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Authorities expand search area for killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison after latest sighting

Authorities have moved and expanded the search area for a convicted murderer who escaped from a suburban Philadelphia prison last week

The Independent UK

Nitrous oxide to become class C drug with users facing two year prison sentences

User of laughing gas will face up to two years in prison or an unlimited fine, while dealers could receive 14 years sentences

Evening Standard

Search for escaped murderer prompts Pennsylvania school closures after mother’s surrender message

Unusual tactics are being deployed to help find murderer Danelo Cavalcante in Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

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Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for Jan. 6 riot role

Tarrio was one of six Proud Boys leaders to be charged for conspiring to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Of them, he has received the longest prison sentence to date.

WEKU

France World Cup lock Bastien Chalureau insists ‘I’m not racist’ despite conviction

The lock is appealing against a suspended prison sentence for a racially-motivated attack in 2020

The Independent UK

‘Donald Trump’s army’: Proud Boys members face decades in prison for January 6 sedition

A former leader of the far-right gang and three members were convicted of seditious conspiracy. They received some of the largest sentences yet in connection with the attack on the US Capitol, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK

Who is Enrique Tarrio? Ex-Proud Boys leader faces longest prison sentence yet for January 6

The former leader of the neo-fascist gang was sentenced to 22 years in prison

The Independent UK

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Notorious French gangster stands trial for helicopter jailbreak

Infamous French criminal Rédoine Faïd, who escaped prison in 2018 aboard a hijacked helicopter in a jailbreak that astonished France, went on trial in Paris on Tuesday. Faïd, dubbed the “getaway king”, faces life in prison on charges of escaping jail in an organised gang and hijacking an aircraft.

France 24

Germany refuses to extradite man to UK over concerns about British jail conditions

Court in Karlsruhe decides against extradition of Albanian man ‘in view of the state of the British prison system’

The Guardian - UK

Bastien Chalureau says he is ‘not a racist’ following France World Cup call-up

The lock is appealing against a suspended prison sentence for a racially-motivated attack in 2020.

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania police hone in on heavily wooded area during ongoing manhunt for dangerous fugitive Danelo Cavalcante

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was sentenced last week to life in prison without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing his 33-year-old former girlfriend

The Independent UK

Manhunt for dangerous fugitive hones in on heavily wooded area after four sightings

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, was sentenced last week to life in prison without parole after being convicted of first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing his 33-year-old former girlfriend

The Independent UK

Danelo Cavalcante killed his girlfriend in front of her children. Now he’s on the run after a prison break

Danelo Cavalcante was sentenced to life behind bars for the April 2021 murder of Deborah Brandao. He broke free from jail days later, sparking an ongoing manhunt, Faiza Saqib reports

The Independent UK

Minnesota prison resolves dispute with 100 inmates refusing to return to cells

Facility put on lockdown after inmates refused to return to cells amid extreme high temperatures

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The Independent UK

Convicted Proud Boys leader boasts that ‘Trump will pardon him’ in phone call to Alex Jones

Joe Biggs made jailhouse phone call to complain about prison food and ask for donations to support his family

The Guardian - UK

How I turned prisoners’ misery into reading pleasure: the brilliant story of Bang Up Books

When I heard Covid was keeping inmates in cells, I drove a car load of donated books to Pentonville. It became a project that now delivers thousands of books to British jails

The Independent UK

‘Coward’ Call Of Duty killer fails to attend sentencing days after law change

Mr Allen’s family gathered at the Old Bailey for Adeoye’s sentencing – only to learn he had refused to leave Pentonville prison

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh claims mystery evidence will prove need for new murder trial

Murdaugh’s attorneys plan to reveal new evidence and release motion requesting new trial at press conference on Tuesday afternoon

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The Guardian - UK

Man jailed for life for murder and sexual assault of his sister near Glasgow

Connor Gibson, 21, sentenced to minimum prison term of 22 years at high court in Livingston

The Independent UK

Minnesota prison reaches resolution with inmates who refused to return to their cells in heat wave

A Minnesota prison has “resolved without incident” a situation involving about 100 inmates in one housing unit who would not return to their cells

The Independent UK

Convicted Proud Boys leader calls Alex Jones from prison and boasts that ‘Trump will pardon him’

Joe Biggs made jailhouse phone call to complain about prison food and ask for donations to support his family

The Guardian - UK

Forcing criminals to attend sentencing is illogical

Letter: Jeremy Dein KC says the government’s plan will simply add unnecessary pressure to a prison system already on the verge of collapse. Plus a letter from Duncan Curtis

The Guardian - UK

Number of offenders with indefinite sentences recalled to prison soars

Exclusive: Campaigners say people are being sent back to jail in England and Wales ‘for no good reason’

The Guardian - UK

UN highlights ‘psychological harm’ to UK man jailed since 2012 for phone theft

Exclusive: Expert repeats call to review indefinite sentences such as Thomas White’s, whose family says now suffers from psychosis

Reason

Federal Prison Guards Confessed to Rape and Got Away With It

"I knew they were scumbags," a former Bureau of Prisons officer tells Reason.

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