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Brazilian influencer on the run after fleeing sentencing in fatal road crash case

A Brazilian influencer, Rosa Iberê Tavares Dantas, has become a fugitive after fleeing the country before beginning a three-year prison sentence for negligent homicide. She was convicted in a fatal road accident that killed a 31-year-old personal trainer. Authorities have placed her on Brazil's arrest warrant system and notified international…

The Times of India

ER doctor imprisoned for hitting a pedestrian then driving around dying victim to go to work

The Oregon doctor showed up to work about 20 minutes after fatal crash, court heard

The Independent UK

Pregnant Alabama woman claims jail staff ignored her for 24 hours as she went into labor on prison floor

Even some of the prison staff thought the entire incident was "barbaric."

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California dad faces years in prison after opening fire on daughter’s bullies as they drove away after a prank: police

Two shots were fired at the teenagers as they fled in an SUV, with one bullet shattering a passenger-side window

The Independent UK

Cuba Hits Record 1,260 Political Prisoners as NGO Alleges Torture and Sexual Abuse

Cuba reached a new record of 1,260 political prisoners in April, according to a report released Thursday by the human rights organization Prisoners Defenders, which alleged a worsening pattern of torture, sexual assaults, death threats and denial of medical care inside the island's prison system.

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Israel says it will sue New York Times over article on sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners

Media law experts cast doubt on viability of a defamation lawsuit promised by Netanyahu over Nicholas Kristof essay

The Guardian - US

Utah mom wrote a children’s grief book after her husband’s death. Now, she faces life for poisoning him with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl

Kouri Richins, the mother who wrote a children’s book on grief after her husband’s death, has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for poisoning him with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl. The 35-year-old real estate agent and house flipper was convicted in March…

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A Tennessee grandmother spent 5 months in jail for a crime committed 1,000 miles away until bank records proved she never left her hometown

A Tennessee grandmother spent five months in prison for a crime committed 1,000 miles away until it was found that she never left her hometown to begin with. Angela Lipps, a 50-year-old grandmother of five from Elizabethton, Tennessee, was arrested in July 2025 after facial recognition software wrongly linked her…

The Mary Sue

The backlash to revelations of sexual torture of Palestinian prisoners aims to raise the cost of speaking out

Israel’s response to recent New York Times reporting detailing the horrific sexual violence inflicted on detainees seeks to silence those who assert the basic fact of Palestinian humanity

The Guardian - US

Will Smith lands new lead movie role in action thriller

Amazon MGM has secured worldwide rights to Will Smith’s new prison-set thriller Supermax in a major streaming deal as the actor continues his Hollywood return following his assault of Chris Rock at the 2022 Oscars.

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Hawaiian tourist who allegedly bragged ‘I’m rich’ after hurling rock at endangered seal gives new reason for actions: report

Igor Mykhaylovych Lytvynchuk faces prison and substantial fines if convicted of harassing a protected animal

The Independent UK

Amazon delivery driver caught stealing ‘much-loved’ family cat is spared prison

Catalin Stancu returned Nora only after footage of the incident circulated on social media

The Independent UK

Russia's prison population falls by 40%, partly by sending convicts to fight in Ukraine

Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the last 20 years.

Euronews

John Worboys is denied parole for second time

Parole Board tells victims of black cab rapist that it had decided against open conditions or release

The Guardian - UK

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International Business Times UK

Who is David Venturella? Ex-Private Prison Exec Tapped by Trump to Lead ICE Immigration Efforts

Donald Trump appoints David Venturella, a former private prison executive, as acting director of ICE, intensifying scrutiny over the agency's ties with private detention firms.

The Guardian - UK

I’ve been writing to Jeremy Bamber for years, but suddenly the prison has stopped me. Why?

Prisoners have a right to communicate with the media about their cases. Yet after 41 years in jail, Bamber has been banned, asks Guardian features writer Simon Hattenstone

The Independent UK

Neo-Nazi leader gets 15 years for recruiting violent attacks, including a Santa poison plot

The leader of an Eastern European neo-Nazi group has been sentenced in New York to 15 years in prison for trying to recruit others to commit violent acts against Jews and racial minorities

International Business Times UK

Investigation Reveals California Death Row Inmates Use Free State-Funded Tablets To Watch Pornography, Groom Minors

California death row inmates allegedly misuse state-issued tablets for porn and contacting minors, raising concerns over Newsom's £145m prison reform safeguards.

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Former BBC producer avoids prison after downloading 6,000 child abuse images

Judge says Dylan Dawes has suffered significant ‘public humiliation’

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Hawaii seal attacker named as Seattle resident Igor Lytvynchuk and officially charged, potentially facing 2 years in prison

Justice for Lani the monk seal!

The Guardian - US

UN pleads for Equatorial Guinea not to send US asylum seekers to their home countries: ‘Their life would be in danger’

Human rights experts make rare public appeal as US deportees describe being held in ‘prison-like’ conditions

Euronews

Drug counsellor who supplied fatal ketamine to Matthew Perry sentenced to two years in prison

The counsellor admitted he connected the actor to a dealer prosecutors dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” later cooperating with investigators after being tracked down months after Perry’s death.

International Business Times UK

Woman Sentenced For Making Viral 'Pew Pew' TikTok Videos Threatening to Shoot MAGA Supporters On Site

A Florida woman was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison for posting TikTok videos threatening violence against Trump supporters, sparking debate over online speech and political rhetoric.

The Economic Times

Drug counselor who delivered 'Friends' star Matthew Perry ketamine that killed him gets 2 years

Erik Fleming, a drug counselor, received a two-year prison sentence. He supplied Matthew Perry with ketamine that led to the actor's death. Fleming later became a key informant for investigators. He connected Perry to a drug supplier known as 'The Ketamine Queen'. Fleming's cooperation helped speed up the investigation.

The Independent UK

World’s first laughing gas breathalyser being trialled by UK police forces in bid to combat ‘emerging threat’

Possession of the class C drug for unlawful use can lead to a prison sentence of up to two years

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