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Lawyers for ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed move to get case dismissed after Baldwin trial collapses

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in March for Halnya Hutchins’ death and sentenced to 18 months in prison

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Man gets 226-year prison sentences for killing 2 Alaska Native women. He filmed the torture of one

A man who killed two Alaska Native women and was heard while videotaping the torture death of one say that in his movies “everybody always dies” was sentenced in Anchorage Friday to 226 years in prison

The Independent UK

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Expecting Baby Amid Divorce And Past

Gypsy Rose Blanchard, pregnant and expecting a baby with boyfriend Ken Urker, navigates motherhood post-prison release and divorce.

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Former Mexican governor who conspired with Gulf Cartel has been released from a U.S. prison

Tomás Yarrington had been in an Illinois prison since 2018 on money laundering charges

Latin Times

Migrants detained at the New Mexico Detention Facility denounce inhumane treatment

More than 90% of all individuals detained by ICE are currently being held at detention centers either owned or operated by private companies such as Torrance

Latin Times

Alec Baldwin's Legal Team Argues For Dismissal In Trial

Alec Baldwin's demeanor during 'Rust' trial, legal team seeks dismissal. Potential 18-month prison sentence if convicted of involuntary manslaughter.

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Albania's supreme court leaves ethnic Greek ex-mayor in prison

Albania’s Supreme Court has upheld a verdict of the lower courts keeping a former elected mayor from the country’s Greek minority in prison after he was convicted of buying votes

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UK To Release Thousands Of Prisoners Due To Overcrowding

Thousands of prisoners are to be released early from September in order to prevent the "collapse" of the prisons system, the UK's new justice minister announced on Friday.

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Suella Braverman says Tories ‘shamefully’ did not build enough prisons in bizarre attack on own party

As Labour announced a series of measures to ease the overcrowding crisis facing UK jails, Suella Braverman said the Tories needed to ‘take responsibility’

The Independent UK

Former OSCE Staff Member Convicted Of Spying In Ukraine

Former OSCE staff member convicted of spying in Moscow-occupied Donetsk, sentenced to 16 years in prison for gathering information about industrial facilit...

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Prisoners to serve shorter sentences until 2026 to avert ‘total breakdown of law and order’

Labour confirms it will release many prisoners 40 per cent of the way into their sentences instead of halfway through to ease overcrowding crisis

The Independent UK

Thousands of prisoners to be released earlier than planned from September as jails face 'collapse'

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood warns prisons will run out of space within weeks leading to ‘a total breakdown of law and order’ without immediate action to address overcrowding

Evening Standard

Sunak and ministers are ‘guilty men’ in prisons crisis, says justice secretary

Shabana Mahmood says Tories left country threatened with total breakdown of law and order

The Guardian - UK

Sunak government freed more than 10,000 prisoners up to 70 days early

New justice secretary preparing to announce further emergency measures to ease overcrowding crisis in jails

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Britain's Justice Secretary Plans Early Release Of Prisoners

Britain's justice secretary plans emergency measures to address prison overcrowding by early prisoner release to prevent system collapse.

The Guardian - UK

Could Britain solve its prisons crisis by going Dutch?

After the UK prisons minister praised the system in the Netherlands, experts there say the reality is more complex

The Independent UK

UK's new justice secretary set to outline emergency measures to relieve prison overcrowding

Britain’s new justice secretary is set to outline emergency plans to relieve prison overcrowding, including the early release of thousands of prisoners

The Independent UK

Labour’s prisoner release plan a ‘dangerous gamble’, warns aunt of murdered Zara Aleena

Farah Naz, whose niece Zara Aleena was murdered by a man who had been out of prison on licence for nine days, warned of the potential consequences if the probation service was unable to cope

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UK politics: probation chief questions if there is ‘enough time’ for early prisoner release plan – as it happened

Justice secretary’s plan includes extra recruitment but head of service queries timings, with moves to bring forward releases starting in September

Evening Standard

Met chief Mark Rowley says Government freeing prisoners earlier to avoid 'dangerous for public' crisis

The Guardian - UK

Law and order on UK streets would break down if jails became full, say police sources

Warning comes as justice secretary prepares to set out emergency measures to free up space in prisons

The Independent UK

Ex-veterans’ minister Johnny Mercer facing prison as request to withhold names denied by Afghan inquiry

Former Tory MP given two-week deadline to hand over names of whistleblowers who told him about alleged special forces murders after appeal denied

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Philadelphia Union Leader Sentenced To 6 Years For Corruption

Philadelphia labor union powerbroker sentenced to six years in prison for bribery and theft, highlighting the importance of upholding ethical standards and...

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Starmer says prison overcrowding 'beyond what I imagined' ahead of emergency measure roll-out

Immediate measures to ease prison crisis set to be announced on Friday

The Independent UK

Calls to end injustice of indefinite jail terms as Keir Starmer to release prisoners early

David Blunkett backs calls demanding action on IPP sentences as Labour prepares to announce mass early release of other inmates

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