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Recalled prisoners to be released after 28 days under emergency measures to free up 1,400 cells

The justice secretary warned we are five months from running out of prison places – which risks the ‘total breakdown of law and order’

The Independent UK

Turkey Eyes Legal Steps After Kurdish Militant Group PKK Disbands

After the decision by the Kurdish militant group PKK to disband, Turkey was eyeing Wednesday a raft of legal and technical measures to ensure its full implementation and finally end a four-decade insurgency.

International Business Times

Donald Trump’s Escape to Alcatraz

Will the old prison be reborn as America’s Devil’s Island or as a theme park for the carceral state?

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Justice Secretary announces ‘record prison expansion’ to tackle overcrowding

Ms Mahmood also announced a shake-up of prison recall measures.

Evening Standard

More inmates to be released early to cut prison overcrowding as jails set to be full by November

Three new prisons will be built and new recall measures will be introduced in a bid to manage the jail population

Evening Standard

Imprisoned Suge Knight says Trump will pardon Diddy if convicted in sex trafficking case: ‘Puffy’s gonna be alright’

Suge Knight reasoned that President Donald Trump will pardon Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs because he commuted the sentence of his Death Row Records co-founder, Michael Harris, in 2021

The Independent UK

Justice Secretary to set out further plans to tackle prison overcrowding

Shabana Mahmood will address the scale of the crisis being faced in prisons on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

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Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan indicted on accusations she helped a migrant avoid ICE agents

Milwaukee justice facing six years in prison for allegedly helping undocumented migrant flee her courthouse

The Independent UK

Tulsi Gabbard Fires Top Intel Chiefs In Effort To Curb 'Weaponization'

The firings follow an NIC report disputing claims that the Tren de Aragua gang collaborated with Venezuela's president, undermining Trump administration's basis for using wartime powers to order deportations to a Salvadoran prison.

International Business Times

Russia Jails Prominent Vote Monitor For Five Years

Russia on Wednesday sentenced a high-profile election monitor to five years in prison, part of an intensifying crackdown by the Kremlin against independent critics and opponents.

International Business Times

Russia convicts a prominent election monitoring activist and sentences him to 5 years in prison

A court in Moscow has convicted one of the leaders of a prominent independent election monitoring group on charges of organizing the work of an “undesirable” organization and sentenced him to five years in prison

The Independent UK

Prisoners to earn freedom after serving third of sentence under new plans

Offenders in England and Wales to have sentences cut for good behaviour and completion of work, training or education tasks

The Guardian - UK

More miscarriages of justice ‘inevitable’, says CCRC review lawyer after Peter Sullivan freed

Chris Henley says he expects more wrongful convictions to come to light after 1987 murder case ruling overturned

The Guardian - UK

Menendez brothers resentencing: What happened and could they be set free?

The resentencing comes more than three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced for killing their parents.

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The Independent UK

‘ChiefsAholic’ handed 32-year sentence after robbing banks to finance social media stardom

Xavier Babudar was known as ‘ChiefsAholic’ and had a huge online following

Evening Standard

Lawyers will support any compensation bid by man wrongly jailed for 38 years

Peter Sullivan was released from prison yesterday after protesting his innocence for decades.

Cycling Weekly

Rohan Dennis avoids prison over death of wife Melissa Hoskins

Former time trial world champion given suspended sentence as court case closes

The Independent UK

Will the Menendez brothers be released from prison after their resentencing?

The brothers have been in prison for over 30 years

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Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy join The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd cast

Amanda Seyfried and Scoot McNairy are to star in prison break thriller 'The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd', which will be written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson.

Euronews

French President Macron returns to national stage with big words but few concrete announcements

In a three-hour televised interview, Emmanuel Macron made his return to the national spotlight after keeping a low profile on domestic affairs since dissolving the French parliament last year.

Latin Times

Menéndez Brothers Receive Lighter Sentence: What Comes Next in Their Legal Fight

The decision allows them to apply for parole. Erik and Lyle Menendez had been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of early release or bail. Now things have changed.

The Independent UK

Rapper Tory Lanez's alleged prison attacker is man with previous conviction for assault on inmate

Authorities say a man who attacked rapper Tory Lanez in a California prison is an inmate serving a life sentence for second-degree murder who was previously convicted for an in-prison assault with a deadly weapon

The Independent UK

Lawmakers seek investigation into South Carolina's firing squad execution

Two South Carolina legislators are seeking an investigation into the state’s firing squad execution last month

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Lawless Oblivion Remastered player earns 19 years in prison after stealing 2,900 items and murdering a measly 7 people: "Is the Oblivion crisis still going or...?"

At 1,400 Infamy, it's safe to say this Oblivion scoundrel is pretty infamous

The Independent UK

Inside HMP Wakefield, where Peter Sullivan was wrongly held for murder

Peter Sullivan has been freed from notorious prison nicknamed ‘Monster Mansion’

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