“No one should have to spend the holidays in jail simply because they can’t afford bail, and no child should be without their parents during this time," he said.

The former tennis great said others stepped in when he was menaced in prison.

Colette Peters, director of the federal Bureau of Prisons, defended her decision to rally behind an official who climbed the ranks after beating Black inmates.

"There is something special about sharing space with a living thing that doesn’t know your past ― a space where judgment is nonexistent."

The WNBA star is waiting for her appeal to be heard by a Moscow region court next Tuesday.

California’s governor has blocked the parole of Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel, more than five decades after she scrawled “Helter Skelter” on a wall using the blood of one of their victims.