Category: Prisons and Prisoners

With Brittney Griner’s Release, Anxiety turns to Relief

The New York Times – Sports:
Supporters of the W.N.B.A. star had watched with dismay as her situation appeared to worsen over the summer. Now they are celebrating her release.
Ramesh Balwani, No. 2 Theranos Executive, Is Sentenced for Fraud

The New York Times – Business:
Ramesh Balwani, the former chief operating officer of the failed blood testing start-up, was convicted of 12 counts of fraud in July.
Elizabeth Holmes Is Sentenced to More Than 11 Years for Fraud

The New York Times – Business:
Ms. Holmes was convicted in January of four counts of wire fraud for deceiving investors with claims about her blood testing start-up Theranos.
‘Master of Light’ Review: Rebuilding Through Rembrandt

The New York Times – Movies:
The painter George Anthony Morton, who spent his 20s in prison on a drug conviction, is the subject of this documentary coming to HBO Max.
Brittney Griner Transferred to Russian Penal Colony

The New York Times – Sports:
The U.S. basketball star, detained for more than eight months so far, is being transferred to an undisclosed prison in Russia, her lawyers said. The United States denounced the move.
Brittney Griner Transferred to Russian Penal Colony

The New York Times – Sports:
The U.S. basketball star, detained for more than eight months so far, is being transferred to an undisclosed prison in Russia, her lawyers said. The United States denounced the move.
Elizabeth Holmes Denied New Trial and Is Set to Be Sentenced

The New York Times – Business:
The founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Elizabeth Holmes Denied New Trial and Is Set to Be Sentenced

The New York Times – Business:
The founder of the failed blood testing start-up Theranos faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Heir, Elevated to Chairman After Jail Stint

The New York Times – Business:
Lee Jae-yong, the company’s longtime de facto leader, had been serving a prison term for bribery before being released on parole and later pardoned.
‘Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros’ Review: A Prison in the Jungle

The New York Times – Movies:
A documentary from the 1980s, now premiering in a restored version, is an eye-opening visit to a Peruvian penal colony.
Fake Heiress Who Fooled Manhattan as Anna Delvey Is Out of Jail

The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Ms. Sorokin, who was convicted of swindling Manhattan’s elite as the high-flying Anna Delvey, was taken from an ICE detention facility on Friday to her new apartment in Manhattan.