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George Floyd’s murderer Derek Chauvin moved to new prison after jailhouse stabbing

Former Mexican Mafia gang member is charged with stabbing Chauvin 22 times behind bars

The Independent UK

‘Do the right thing’: Pressure mounts on government to resentence prisoners with indefinite terms

Exclusive: Sir Bob Neill heaped pressure on Keir Starmer to resentence IPP prisoners after another inmate took his life

The Independent UK

Former officer who killed George Floyd transferred to Texas prison after attack

Derek Chauvin was moved to a low-security facility in Texas after being stabbed 22 times in an Arizona prison last year

The Guardian - US

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Ex-politician due to testify in his trial in killing of Las Vegas investigative journalist

After two years, a former Democratic politician accused of killing a Las Vegas investigative journalist intends to tell his story to a jury that will decide whether he goes to prison or goes free after trial in the killing of an investigative journalist

The Independent UK

Disgraced Minneapolis officer walks free from prison two years after conviction in George Floyd’s death

Thomas Lane, 41, is the first of four officers to be released following death that sparked nationwide racial justice protests

The Independent UK

Federal Inmate Charged In Drug Mailing Conspiracy

Federal prison inmate and accomplices conspired to mail drugs, leading to tragic death of mailroom supervisor.

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3 people charged after death of federal prison worker who opened fentanyl-laced mail

A federal prison inmate and two other people are facing charges of conspiring to mail drugs to a penitentiary in California where a mailroom supervisor died last week after opening a letter that prosecutors say was laced with fentanyl and other substances

The Independent UK

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Man paralyzed in attempted robbery shooting sentenced to life in prison

Jaiden Williams shot a man trying to sell him a THC vape cartridge

The Independent UK

A New Orleans cop sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl he took to the hospital for a rape kit. Will the city be held responsible?

Rodney Vicknair died in prison after being diagnosed with brain cancer

The Independent UK

US Justice Department to investigate violence and sexual abuse at Tennessee's largest prison

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched an investigation into a privately operated Tennessee prison where officials say violence and sexual abuse have gone unaddressed for years

The Independent UK

Ex-officer convicted in George Floyd's killing is moved to new prison months after stabbing

The ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd has been transferred to a federal prison in Texas almost nine months after he was stabbed in a different facility

The Independent UK

Inmate with indefinite prison term took his own life after government rejected resentencing plans

In a tragic suicide note, Sean Davies said he hoped his death would trigger change for IPP prisoners with no hope of release

The Independent UK

Ukraine's capture of hundreds of Russian conscripts in Kursk region undermines Putin's war rhetoric

In a northern Ukrainian prison, young Russian conscripts captured during Ukraine’s incursion into Russian territory await their fate. Ukraine sees them as crucial bargaining chips, while their families back in Russia are demanding their swift return.

France 24

UN torture tsar calls on Starmer to review sentences of IPP prisoners trapped indefinitely behind bars

Dr Alice Jill Edwards says cases raised by The Independent highlight need for ‘urgent’ action to end ‘terrible indictment’ on UK justice system

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Matthew Perry’s assistant found him unconscious at least twice before his death

Kenneth Iwamasa faces up to 15 years in prison if he is convicted

The Guardian - UK

As an ex-prison officer, I know how to make space: let out drug offenders and low-level gang members

Labour’s Operation Early Dawn will address overcrowding, but the problems that cause it need equal attention, says former prison officer Alex South

The Guardian - UK

Union warns of probation officer shortage ahead of prisoners’ early releases

Up to 2,000 offenders due to be freed in England and Wales in September after serving 40% of sentence

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The Independent UK

A woman accused of aiding an escaped prisoner appears in a North Carolina court

The woman accused of helping an escaped prisoner in North Carolina evade police appeared in court for the first time since her arrest

The Independent UK

Disgraced former congressman George Santos faces prison time after pleading guilty to fraud crimes

Santos was indicted last year on 23 charges, including wire fraud, identity theft and abusing unemployment benefits

The Guardian - US

Washington DC council member arrested on bribery charges

Trayon White could face up to 15 years in prison for allegedly accepting $156,000 to aid private companies

The Independent UK

Wisconsin woman who argued she legally killed sex trafficker gets 11 years in prison

A Milwaukee woman who argued that she was legally allowed to a kill a man because he was sexually trafficking her has been sentenced to 11 years in prison

The Independent UK

Riots push overcrowded prisons to breaking point triggering ‘one in, one out’ measures

In Merseyside – where riots first erupted – there were rumoured to be just two spaces left in the prison system at the weekend

The Independent UK

What is Operation Early Dawn and why has it been triggered to tackle prison overcrowding?

The emergency measure was previously triggered by the Conservative government in May in a bid to tackle overcrowding in jails

Evening Standard

Jailed Imran Khan applies to become new chancellor of Oxford University from prison cell

The former premier is serving a 14-year jail sentence after being convicted of corruption and leaking state secrets

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