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Ever thought Alcatraz Island needed a 450-foot statue of Prometheus? Meet the tech executive hoping to MAGA-fy Silicon Valley’s skyline

Ross Calvin wants to bring a towering Prometheus to San Francisco Bay - and he thinks the president is just the man to green light the project, Josh Marcus reports

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Ex-French President Sarkozy to publish memoir ‘Diary of a Prisoner’ as appeal looms

The former French president was freed from jail this month after serving just three weeks of a five-year sentence

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Court orders Bolsonaro's arrest after suspicion that he tried to remove electronic bracelet

The former president remains under house arrest with an electronic bracelet, but according to local media, the court has ordered his transfer to prison as a precautionary measure and to maintain public order after a vigil was announced outside, amid suspicions that he may have attempted to escape.

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Police chaos destroyed a man’s life, but in one hour, a jury tried to make it all right

It won't give him those years back.

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Brazil’s former President arrested over escape plan days before starting 27-year prison sentence

Bolsonaro is an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has called his trial a ‘witch hunt’

The Independent UK

Revealed: The inmates dying needlessly in Britain’s prisons

Exclusive: Epileptic prisoners are dying in their cells without receiving the care they are entitled to

The Independent UK

Pras Michel: How a Fugees Icon Rose to Music Stardom and Fell into a Global Corruption Scandal

Pras Michel, once a celebrated Fugees member who helped define 1990s hip-hop, has fallen from musical stardom into a global corruption scandal, culminating in a 14-year prison sentence for illegally funneling millions into US political campaigns and lobbying on behalf of foreign interests.

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New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passport

The Guardian - UK

Diddy's Life in 'Zoo' Prison: Chapel Duties and Shower Orgies Revealed

New documents show Diddy working chapel duty and entering drug rehab as ex-inmates describe Fort Dix's violent, chaotic and sexualised prison culture.

International Business Times UK

Ex-University of Virginia student gets five life sentences for fatally shooting 3 football players

A former University of Virginia student has been sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting three football players and wounding two other students on the campus in 2022

The Independent UK

Huckabee visit with spy fuels MAGA's Israel divide

Jonathan Pollard served 30 years in prison for spying before moving to Israel.

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Four guards sentenced in beating death of handcuffed Black man at New York prison

Brooks had been serving a 12-year sentence for first-degree assault

The Independent UK

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro seeks house arrest for prison time citing health issues

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers have filed a petition with the Supreme Court requesting house arrest citing his poor health

The Independent UK

Nathan Gill’s sentencing raises fresh questions over European lawmakers’ Kremlin ties

A former British MEP has been sentenced to ten and a half years in prison for taking bribes in exchange for Russia-friendly posturing in the European Parliament. The sentence comes as scrutiny of European lawmakers’ ties to the Kremlin intensifies.

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P Diddy's Prison 'Overrun With Inmates Having Mass Orgies in the Showers at Night', Ex-Inmate Claims

Former inmates of FCI Fort Dix have shared disturbing accounts of life inside the New Jersey prison where Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs is serving a 50-month sentence, describing unsafe conditions, violence and poor oversight from the staff.

The Guardian - UK

Nicolas Sarkozy to write prison memoir on his 20 days in jail

Former French president complains about noise in extract from A Prisoner’s Diary, to be released next month

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Man sentenced to prison for threatening to kill Donald Trump and his VP, but his identity is the real crazy part

"I've only got about 10 years left anyway so I don't care either way."

Latin Times

Italian Mobster Requests Supermax Prison Authorities Let Him Spend Time With El Chapo To Ease His Isolation

Convicted Italian mobster James Sabatino has requested a federal court to let him spend time with fellow inmate Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to ease his isolation, which the drug lord claims is leading him to the brink of insanity

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EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist

Viktoriia Roshchyna died aged 27 after a year in extrajudicial detention at a jail notorious for torture

Evening Standard

Prisoner 951: how the show tackled its Boris Johnson problem

The then-Foreign Secretary comments on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe caused a diplomatic incident in 2017

The Independent UK

Jen Shah granted early prison release after Real Housewives star served less than three years

Jen Shah has been serving time since February 2023

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Pras Michel’s 14-Year Sentence Follows Foreign Cash Plot That Pulled in Hollywood Names

Grammy winner Prakazrel “Pras” Michel from the Fugees has been handed a 14-year prison sentence after being found guilty

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Four Americans charged with smuggling Nvidia GPUs and HPE supercomputers to China face up to 200 years in prison —$3.89 million worth of gear smuggled in operation

U.S. prosecutors say an Alabama entrepreneur and three partners smuggled more than $3.89 million worth of restricted Nvidia GPUs and HPE supercomputers to China through Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand.

The Independent UK

Nigeria separatists say they are committed to peaceful self-determination after leaders sentenced

The Indigenous People of Biafra, a separatist group in southeastern Nigeria, remains committed to peaceful self-determination after a court sentenced its leader to life in prison for terrorism

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Pras Michel jailed for 14 years

Pras Michel has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after being convicted of 10 charges in an international fraud case.

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