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Record number of trials adjourned over failure to bring suspects from prison to court

Exclusive: Defendants stuck in custody vans miles from court while victims, witnesses, lawyers and police spend wasted hours awaiting them at ‘untold’ cost

The Independent UK

Young inexperienced prison officers at risk of ‘grooming’ from most dangerous criminals

Exclusive: Nearly a third of prison officers at category A, high-security jails have fewer than three years of experience

The Independent UK

NIA questions two accused in custody

NIA questions 2 of 13 accused in Coimbatore car blast case. Idris & Azarudeen, 12th & 13th accused, granted 8-day custody. NIA took them to various locations for questioning & evidence collection. Idris was friend of alleged mastermind Mubeen, Azarudeen met Mubeen in Kerala prison.

The Hindu

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Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan moved to another jail after custody extended

Opposition leader moved to prison near capital after his judicial remand in ‘cipher’ case is extended until October 10.

Al Jazeera

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Ex-president Donald Trump faces 91 felony counts across four prosecutions as he runs for 2024 election

The Independent UK

What did Ron DeSantis do in Guantanamo?

Former prisoner has told The Independent that Florida governor watched him be force-fed to such a degree that he was ‘bleeding and throwing up’

The Independent UK

The Rezaians were wrongfully imprisoned 9 years ago. For Yeganeh, the pain is fresh

Journalist Yeganeh Rezaian speaks about her time being imprisoned in Iran with her husband, Jason Rezaian, in 2014 and how that experienced has shaped the rest of her life.

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UK inmates broadcast prison life online from contraband phones

Videos on TikTok, YouTube and Instagram show prisoners interviewing peers, cooking and doing stunts

The Guardian - UK

Woman bribed guard to smuggle drugs to jailed partner

A judge has told a woman who admitted bribing a prison officer to smuggle drugs she would be going to jail herself had she not co-operated with authorities.

AAP

Fake nurse jailed for jabbing without qualifications

A woman who falsely pretended to be a nurse has become the first person in Australia to serve prison time for impersonating a registered practitioner.

AAP

Chicago man gets 10 days imprisonment, 9 months’ probation for role in U.S. Capitol riot

Athanasios Zoyganeles pleaded guilty last year to misdemeanor parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building.

Chicago Sun-Times

California man who spent 28 years in prison is found innocent of 1995 rape, robbery and kidnapping

A man who spent nearly 30 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery and rape has been exonerated and freed

The Independent UK

Russian appeals court upholds opposition leader Alexei Navalny's 19-year prison term

Navalny, a fierce critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, says the charges against him are politically motivated.

WEKU

Serial killer who walked free for four decades after murders dies in prison

John Arthur Getreu convicted of murdering three young women

The Independent UK

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Wisconsin woman gets life without parole for killing and dismembering ex-boyfriend

A Wisconsin woman convicted of killing and dismembering a former boyfriend and scattering his body parts at various locations has been sentenced to life in prison without parole in the grisly case

The Independent UK

Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

Republican former president Donald Trump faces federal indictments in Florida and DC and criminal and civil cases in both New York and Georgia

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter who trained for a 'firefight' with paintball gets over four years in prison

A California man whom prosecutors say was fixated on arresting Democratic leaders and training for combat with paintball fights after the 2020 presidential election has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot

Reason

Washington State Prison System Sued for Using Unreliable Drug Tests To Put Inmates in Solitary

Reason reported in 2021 how prisons use cheap field kits to test mail for contraband—and use the faulty, unconfirmed results to severely punish inmates.

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The Independent UK

Moscow court upholds 19-year prison sentence for Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny

A court in Moscow has upheld a 19-year prison sentence for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was convicted on charges of extremism in August

Chicago Sun-Times

Murder charges dropped after man imprisoned 30 years: ‘I’m not bitter’

Francisco Benitez, 53, was 18 years old when he was arrested and later convicted in the 1989 fatal shootings of two teens. He has long maintained his innocence.

The Independent UK

Wife killer denied prison release after refusing to reveal location of body

Glyn Razzell was convicted of the murder of his wife, Linda Razzell, 41, and sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 16 years, in 2003.

The Guardian - UK

Pepper spray could be used at young offender institutions in England and Wales

Exclusive: Whitehall sources say use of Pava to incapacitate children is under consideration amid sharp rise in violence

The Independent UK

Ex-MP jailed over expenses fraud loses appeal against prison sentence

Jared O’Mara, 41, represented the constituency of Sheffield Hallam from 2017 to 2019.

The Independent UK

Sex offender who crashed car into Downing Street gates spared jail

Seth Kneller, 43, drove his Kia Ceed into the gates protecting the Prime Minister’s residence on May 25 in an ‘attack on democracy’.

Zenger

FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried To Plead Not Guilty In Wire Fraud Case

Prosecutors seek guilty verdict for entrepreneur facing decades in prison; Defense argues lack of wrongdoing

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