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Man convicted over plot to commit FGM in ‘landmark case’ has sentence increased

Emad Kaky, 48, had his sentenced increased to seven years’ imprisonment after the case was referred to the Court of Appeal

Evening Standard

71-year-old Canadian tourist could face up to 3 years in prison for using drone to photograph Cape Canaveral military base

Xiao Guang Pan was originally born in China, and immigrated to Canada in 2001

Digital Camera World

Inside Fort Worth’s Narcotic Farm Experiment

Rehab on the Range tells the story of Texas’ role in one of the largest federal forays into drug treatment.

Texas Observer

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Hunger-strike mother calling for release of son from Cairo to stop No 10 visits

Laila Soueif has been on hunger strike for 142 days as of Tuesday, in protest at her son Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s continued imprisonment in Cairo.

Evening Standard

Memphis Man Sentenced To 261 Years For Five Murders

Memphis man Joshua Dotson sentenced to 261 years in prison for multiple murders after admitting guilt in five deaths.

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Leonard Peltier to be released from prison following sentence commutation in FBI killings

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday

The Independent UK

Notorious crime gang Brothers 4 Life 'no longer active'

Former crime boss Bassam Hamzy is due to be sentenced for directing the sale of methamphetamine while being held in a maximum-security prison for murder.

AAP

UK’s prison overcrowding crisis fuelled by ‘tough on crime’ talk, Labour’s new tsar finds

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

The Independent UK

Prisons crisis: Posturing 'tough on crime' politicians to blame for justice system collapse

David Gauke’s major review of criminal sentencing blames posturing ‘tough on crime’ politicians for the prisons crisis

Evening Standard

Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review

Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds

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The Independent UK

Political drive to look ‘tough on crime’ behind prison capacity crisis – report

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.

Latin Times

American Citizen Freed From Russian Prison After Being Detained Over Cannabis-Laced Marmalade

The marmalade had reportedly been prescribed to the man to treat seizures

The Conversation

Should you be allowed to sue a judge? The High Court says no

Judges in Australian courtrooms have a lot of power. They can decide on someone’s guilt and the punishment for it, including lengthy prison time.

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British PM Vows To Help Mother On Hunger Strike

British PM Keir Starmer supports release of imprisoned activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah in Egypt. Mother on hunger strike. Call for broader human rights action.

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Al Jazeera

Uganda drops military trial as opposition leader’s health falters

Kizza Besigye has grown ‘critically ill’ during hunger strike against imprisonment, his lawyer says.

Evening Standard

Man sentenced to life in prison for rape and murder of Danielle McLaughlin

The family of the Donegal woman travelled to India for the verdict.

Evening Standard

Jimmy Mizen’s killer posts new TiKTok rap clips despite prison recall as social media firms urged to ban him

Jake Fahri, 35, served 14 years in jail for the murder of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen in 2008

The Independent UK

An Indian court sentences a man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish backpacker

A court in India’s western Goa state has sentenced a 31-year-old man to life in prison for raping and murdering an Irish woman at a popular tourist resort nearly eight years ago

Evening Standard

US President Donald Trump ‘would back legal action’ against Prince Harry over US visa

Anyone caught lying on a visa application can face up to five years in prison or deportation

International Business Times

'Very Personal': Hundreds Flock To Navalny Grave On Death Anniversary

Standing in the freezing cold at Moscow's Borisovsky Cemetery, 63-year-old Anna looked at the hundreds of people flocking to the grave of a man whose name the Kremlin has warned not to utter in public -- Alexei Navalny -- and could not hold back the tears.

The Guardian - UK

The punishment doesn’t fit the crime in Britain. That’s why our jails are overflowing

For 20 years, Britain has been inflating sentences despite little evidence it deters crime. But a new review offers a glimmer of hope, says journalist Samira Shackle

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