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Australian Murderer Has No Right to Vegemite, Court Says

A judge said that denying him the staple in prison restricted his cultural rights but ruled that keeping drug dogs focused and cells free of illicit home brew was more important.

© Abigail Varney for The New York Times

Andre McKechnie filed suit last year, arguing that the Vegemite ban in prisons in Victoria denied him his “culture as an Australian.”
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What Putin Gains From Releasing an American Prisoner

After Russia released an American prisoner, President Trump’s special envoy praised President Vladimir V. Putin as “a humanitarian.” Our White House and national security correspondent, David E. Sanger, describes how the release comes amid Mr. Trump’s broader shift toward Russia and away from Ukraine.
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Denying Gender-Affirming Care to Trans Prisoners

The justices, for now, agreed to continue preventing the Bureau of Prisons from implementing a policy that would prohibit gender-transition medical treatments.

© Alex Kent/The New York Times

Guards on the steps of the Supreme Court on Monday.
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Calls Show How Confusion Delayed Emergency Response for Christa Pike

The first 911 call from inside the prison was made at 8:40 p.m. It took about 30 minutes to verify its authenticity.

© Denny Simmons/The Tennessean/USA TODAY NETWORK, via Reuters

Dispatch and radio calls show confusion that led to a delay in emergency response.
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