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Escaped killer known as ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ has likely fled Arkansas, say US Marshals

Former police chief Grant Hardin was serving lengthy sentences for murder and rape at the time of his escape

The Independent UK

Elite US Border Patrol team joins hunt for escaped Arkansas prisoner known as 'Devil in the Ozarks'

Authorities say an elite and highly trained U_S_ Border Patrol team has joined the search in the Ozark Mountains for Grant Hardin, an inmate known as the “Devil in the Ozarks.”

The Independent UK

Ubisoft sexual harassment trial: Up to three years suspended prison sentences requested

The prosecutor called for suspended prison sentences of up to three years and fines for all three former top Ubisoft executives, describing the accusations as “extremely serious”. The verdict is expected on 2 July.

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Cheng Lei: ‘I’m catching up on four years. I missed my children so much’

After years in a Chinese prison, the journalist talks of freedom, falling foul of Chinese authorities and trying to make fried potato on her cell floor

The Guardian - AU

Border Patrol Deploys Unit To Track Arkansas Fugitive Who Pleaded Guilty To Murder

Border Patrol has deployed a tactical unit to help track an Arkansas fugitive who escaped from prison on May 25

Latin Times

Former Arsenal star Jay Emmanuel-Thomas sentenced to four years in prison for involvement in £600,000 drug smuggling plot

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas pleaded guilty to the charges against him after playing a part in importing 60kg of cannabis into the UK from Thailand

FourFourTwo

‘How much can one person take?’: Posy Sterling on her intense portrayal of a mum trapped in custody hell

Working with a theatre company for women affected by criminal justice has given the actor a passion for stories that fall between society’s cracks. Now she is swapping Broadway for a powerful account of Britain’s broken prison system

The Guardian - UK

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Tony Hudgell’s birth mother still ‘high risk to children’, adoptive parent says

Tony’s birth mother Jody Simpson is to be released from prison following a decision by an independent

Evening Standard

Australian engineer freed on bail after four years in Iraqi prison

Robert Pether remains barred from leaving Iraq

The Independent UK

Record prison guard hiring in crime-troubled territory

Hundreds of prison guards are being recruited and trained after the new government of a crime-troubled territory toughened its bail laws.

AAP

Australian detained in Iraq released after four years

An Australian engineer has been released on bail after being imprisoned in an Iraqi jail on fraud and misrepresentation charges.

AAP

Officer who used excessive force allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor after felony conviction

A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed U.S. attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a jury convicting him of a felony

The Independent UK

Soldier killed pregnant wife with a machete before dumping her body in the trash

After the killing, Dewayne Johnson II reported his wife missing, then joined search parties looking for her

The Independent UK

Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration's El Salvador prison deal

A coalition of immigrant rights groups is suing to invalidate the Trump administration's deal to house detainees in a notorious prison in El Salvador

The Independent UK

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Ginny & Georgia season 3 ending explained: how does Georgia avoid going to prison?

Ginny & Georgia season 3 was quite the dramatic roller coaster ride, so we're provide in-depth answers to your biggest questions.

Reason

A Federal Judge Orders Relief for Alleged Gang Members Deported and Imprisoned Without Due Process

Without such intervention, he warns, the government "could snatch anyone off the street, turn him over to a foreign country, and then effectively foreclose any corrective course of action."

Euronews

Sweden reaches 'historic' deal with Estonia to rent prison cells to tackle overcrowding

Renting prison places abroad was a key component of the Tidö Agreement, the aim of which was to remedy the shortage of places in Swedish prisons, caused by a stream of inmates arising due to escalating gang crime.

The Independent UK

Mother who abused her baby so badly his legs had to be amputated to be released from prison

Jody Simpson was jailed for 10 years in 2018 for causing or allowing harm to her 41-day old son Tony Hudgell

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The Independent UK

Update in hunt for ‘Devil in the Ozarks’ rapist who escaped Arkansas prison

A new federal court filing shows that investigators believe the convicted murderer and rapist has likely fled Arkansas

The Guardian - UK

‘My biggest fear’: the artist spending three days banged up in a jail cell

Cell 72 will put a detained man on show for three full days and nights to confront spectators with the reality of confinement and take apart the gangsta romance of life inside

The Independent UK

The true story behind A Widow’s Game is even wilder than the Netflix film

A Spanish true-crime drama about the so-called ‘Black Widow of Patraix’ is a firm favourite with Netflix viewers. Katie Rosseinsky looks at the harrowing case behind the streaming hit

The Independent UK

British woman held in Sri Lanka ‘could be months’ from bail hearing, lawyer warns

Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer tells The Independent

The Independent UK

Jury convicts Wisconsin inmate accused of killing cellmate for being Black and gay

A Wisconsin inmate accused of killing his cellmate for being Black and gay has been convicted

The Independent UK

Judge compares Trump’s Alien Enemies deportations to ‘Kafka’-esque nightmare that ‘entombed’ immigrants in El Salvador

Judge James Boasberg orders the government to give dozens of deported Venezuelans a chance to challenge their removals in court

The Independent UK

Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

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