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Former New Hampshire sheriff sentenced to prison on perjury charges, accused of taking county funds

A New Hampshire sheriff who resigned after he was accused of stealing $19,000 in county funds has been sentenced to 3 1/2 to seven years in prison on perjury charges

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro's Trial On Coup Charges To Begin In Brazil

The trial of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro on charges of planning a coup d'etat will open Monday afternoon as the nation's Supreme Court hears from key witnesses, with the far-right politician potentially facing decades in prison.

International Business Times

France to build high-security jail in Amazon to isolate drug traffickers from gangs

The country's Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin announced the €400-million scheme during a visit to French Guiana on Sunday.

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‘You Don’t Have to Kill Us. You Don’t Have to Throw Us Away.’

Clinton Young spent nearly two decades condemned to die. His peaceful, productive time out on bond poses questions about how Texas decides who lives long enough to get another chance.

Texas Observer

Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told.

Evening Standard

Tiger King’s Joe Exotic says his new husband has been deported - but still begs for a Trump pardon

The former tiger trader pleaded with Trump on X, writing, “just let me go to Mexico and you can keep Carole Baskin.”

The Independent UK

Prison population rises as ministers seek to tackle overcrowding

The prison population stands at 88,103, just 418 below the record high of 88,521, which was reached on September 6 last year.

Evening Standard

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‘I’m not ashamed to say it’: Unhinged Laura Loomer claims Biden will be dead in ‘2 months’ but still demands he go to prison

Looks like Loomer will have to settle for dancing on his grave.

We Got This Covered

Russia is labelling Oscar Jenkins a ‘mercenary’, not a prisoner of war. What’s the difference – and why does this matter?

Oscar Jenkins, a 33-year-old former teacher from Melbourne, was one of many foreigners who responded to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call in 2022 for volunteers to join Ukraine’s armed forces to help repel Russia’s invasion.

The Conversation

Tiger King Star Joe Exotic's New Husband Deported to Mexico

Joe Exotic's new husband Jorge Maldonado was deported to Mexico days after their prison wedding, prompting Exotic to plead with Trump for help from behind bars.

Latin Times

‘It’s a scandal’: Fury as inmates trapped on indefinite jail terms excluded from scheme to free up prison space

Exclusive: Seven in 10 recalled IPP prisoners have committed no further crime but are held for more than two years on average. Releasing them would free up a prison, but they have been left out of the government’s scheme to reduce the recall population

The Independent UK

‘To Easy LOL’: Seven inmates on the run after Shawshank Redemption-style jailbreak from New Orleans prison

The audacious escape saw ten men flee Orleans Justice Centre in Louisiana through a hole behind a toilet

Evening Standard

Kerri Pegg: Moment prison governor in relationship with ‘Jesse Pinkman’ drug gang boss arrested

Police bodycam footage shows the moment a prison governor who formed a relationship with a Liverpool drug gang boss was arrested at home.

The Independent UK

Plea for return of jailed Australian fighter in Ukraine

A captured Australian fighter jailed for 13 years by Russian forces was given a "sham trial" and should be treated as a prisoner of war, the government says.

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Diddy allies are already angling for a pardon for embattled rap mogul from Trump, report says

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces 15 years to life in prison if he’s convicted of sex trafficking in New York

We Got This Covered

‘Stop whining’: Steve Bannon drops truth bomb on teary-eyed George Santos’ as justice is served

Trump's inner circle knows what it's like to break the law.

Al Jazeera

Attacker who stabbed author Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison

Lawyers for New Jersey man Hadi Matar said they planned to appeal the sentence, which was the maximum possible.

Evening Standard

Prison governor jailed over relationship with ‘Jesse Pinkman’ drug boss

Kerri Pegg, 42, was sentenced at Preston Crown Court on Friday.

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The Guardian - UK

Low morale and manipulation: why prison officers are having relationships with inmates

Kerri Pegg, ex-governor of HMP Kirkham, is latest in series of convictions of corrupt staff amid Prison Service crisis

International Business Times

Salman Rushdie Assailant Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison

An American-Lebanese man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for trying to kill novelist Salman Rushdie in a 2022 knife attack at a New York cultural center.

International Business Times

Lawyers For Jailed Venezuelan Migrants Accuse El Salvador Of 'Torture'

Lawyers for 252 Venezuelans deported by US President Donald Trump's administration and imprisoned in El Salvador for two months alleged Friday that the migrants are victims of physical and emotional "torture."

The Guardian - US

Man who stabbed Salman Rushdie sentenced to 25 years in prison

Hadi Matar was convicted of attempted murder for 2022 attack that left writer blind in his right eye

The Guardian - UK

Republican Texas is a surprising model for solving the UK’s prison crisis – but it just might work

Jails in England and Wales are in overcrowded meltdown, but justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has a rare chance to flip the script, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Independent UK

‘I lost my life’: Man wrongly jailed for five years demands fair compensation scheme

The Ministry of Justice acknowledged his innocence but said Brian Buckle must ‘prove it beyond reasonable doubt’

The Texas Tribune

Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas prisons wins House approval

House Bill 3006 would require the installation of climate control in state prison facilities by 2032.

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