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Families beg for end to IPP scandal as Lords vote on indeterminate sentence reforms

Cross-party peers take up cause of ‘inhumane’ sentences highlighted by The Independent – but proposals fall short of resentencing

The Independent UK

Hunter Biden Faces Up To 42 Years In Prison

Hunter Biden faces federal gun and tax charges, potentially leading to 42 years in prison. Stay updated as the trial unfolds.

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‘How do you get hypothermia in a prison?’ Records show hospitalizations among Virginia inmates

A lawsuit over a Virginia prison inmate's death has raised broader questions about conditions at the lockup and newly obtained records are providing further insights

The Independent UK

A prison guard trainee walked into a bank, killed five women and called 911. Now a jury will decide his fate

Now 12 jurors will decide whether the 27-year-old former prison guard trainee is sentenced to death or life without parole

The Independent UK

Officials visit district jail and women’s prison in Kurnool

Officials visit district jail and women's prison, discuss provision of free legal services for inmates with supervising officer.

The Hindu

Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’

With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is signalling that no detainee is safe

The Guardian - UK

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How maths teacher in her dream job became sexual predator who abused trust to groom pupils

Rebecca Joynes is facing a potential prison sentence after she abused her position of trust to have sex with schoolboys – having a baby with one of them

The Independent UK

Conservative scion sentenced to 45 months in prison for role in January 6 riot

Pennsylvania man said his actions put ‘stain’ on his family name

The Independent UK

Scottie Scheffler says ‘stretching in a jail cell was a first’ after arrest at PGA Championship

The world number one said one officer had jokingly offered him ‘the full [prison] experience’ and gave him a sandwich as he waited behind bars

The Independent UK

Another front opens for Colombia's Petro as prison mutiny sees murder of warden

Local media reported that other prisons across the country are in turmoil as well, with criminal gangs operating within

Latin Times

Nancy Pelosi's husband's attacker sentenced to 30 years

The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison.

France 24

Police report reveals details of Scottie Scheffler’s arrest as bus crash victim identified

Scheffler faces one Class C felony, which carries a five to 10 year prison term and fines up to $10,000

The Independent UK

Anna Delvey use the courtroom as advertising for fashion brand

Delvey was released from prison in February 2021

The Independent UK

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Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband with hammer sentenced to 30 years in prison

‘When I awoke in a pool of my own blood, I had severe head, arm and hand injuries,’ Paul Pelosi writes in letter to judge

The Hindu

The cases and charges against the Bhima Koregaon 16 | Explained

Bhima Koregaon case: Legal status of the 16 activists, lawyers, scholars and artists arrested in the Elgar Parishad-Bhima Koregaon case in 2018.

Roll Call

Paul Pelosi attacker sentenced to 30 years in prison - Roll Call

The man who bludgeoned Paul Pelosi with a hammer in 2022 was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Friday, the Justice Department said.

The Independent UK

Memphis man gets 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing

A judge has sentenced a Tennessee man to 80 years in prison for raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school teacher who was on an early morning run

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Evening Standard

Rebecca Joynes: Teacher facing prison after being found guilty of having sex with two pupils

Rebecca Joynes has been convicted of having underage sex with two pupils at the school where she worked

The National (Scotland)

Design for HMP Barlinnie replacement coming this summer, says Justice Secretary

Designs for the replacement for HMP Barlinnie will be available this summer, the Justice Secretary has said, as Parliament faces “profound”…

The Guardian - UK

‘Exhausting and extremely dangerous’: Mohammad Rasoulof on his escape from Iran

Exclusive: The director of The Seed of the Sacred Fig details how he discarded electronic devices and fled over the mountains on foot after authorities sentenced him to eight years in prison and flogging

The Guardian - UK

‘The real smugglers are rarely on the boat’: activists in Greece question jailing asylum seekers

Hundreds of people – including children – face lengthy prison sentences under harsh Greek anti-smuggling law

International Business Times

Turkey Court Jails Kurdish Leader For 42 Years Over 2014 Unrest

A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced the former head of a pro-Kurdish party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.

Axios

Gov. Greg Abbott pardons ex-U.S. sergeant who killed BLM protester

Daniel Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a Black Lives Matter protester in 2020.

The Independent UK

Arrests of US tourists in Turks and Caicos for carrying ammunition prompts plea from three governors

Five Americans are facing prison sentences of up to 12 years in the Turks and Caicos Islands on charges they illegally carried ammunition while in the popular, upscale tourist destination about 600 miles southeast of Miami

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