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Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador's fragile security

The fragile security of Ecuador has been underscored by the explosions of four car bombs and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various detention facilities

The Independent UK

Domestic abusers leaving prison to wear electronic tags in pilot scheme

Launching in east and West Midlands, the scheme is expected to be rolled out across England and Wales next year

The Guardian - UK

Ecuador rocked by gang-related violence as law enforcement officers taken hostage in prisons

Ecuador's fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate.

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Jail housing Charles Bronson is ‘fundamentally unsafe’, says watchdog

‘Urgent support’ needed over high levels of violence and drugs at understaffed HMP Woodhill

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog calls for ‘urgent improvement’ of high-security jail holding Charles Bronson

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor wrote to Justice Secretary Alex Chalk to issue an urgent notification for improvement at HMP Woodhill.

The Independent UK

Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to 17 Years in Prison Over January 6 Riot

Civil libertarians should decry the tendency to round everything up to terrorism.

Reason

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend in Pennsylvania, and sought by Brazil, escapes prison

Authorities say a man convicted this month of fatally stabbing his girlfriend escaped from a suburban Philadelphia prison and prosecutors say he's also wanted in his native Brazil in a separate slaying

The Independent UK

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Philadelphia Proud Boys leader sentenced to 15 years in prison for Jan 6 crimes

Zachary Rehl wanted ‘firing squads’ over 2020 election lies and pepper sprayed police at the Capitol

The Independent UK

US court sentences two Proud Boys leaders to jail terms over Capitol attack

A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.

France 24

Ex-Proud Boys leader Joseph Biggs sentenced to 17 years for US Capitol riot

Biggs receives second-longest sentence of anyone charged in connection to storming of US legislature on January 6, 2021.

Al Jazeera

That complicated "Justified" ending

What do those final six minutes mean for the FX series, for Raylan Givens and for us as fans?

Salon

‘Neo-Nazi’ ex-prison officer jailed for possessing terrorist handbook

‘White Resistance Manual’ found on his computer contained information on how to kill people and build bombs

The Independent UK

Ex-Proud Boys organizer sentenced to 17 years in prison for plot to keep Trump in power

A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for spearheading the U.S. Capitol attack to try to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Proud Boy Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years in prison for Jan 6 seditious conspiracy

The sentence is the second largest yet in connection with the attack

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Appeals court agrees that a former Tennessee death row inmate can be eligible for parole in 4 years

A Tennessee appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that allows a former death row inmate to be eligible for parole in four years after spending more than three decades in prison

The Guardian - UK

Ex-prison officer jailed for possessing white supremacist ‘murder manual’

Neo-Nazi Ashley Podsiad-Sharp worked at Leeds men’s prison HMP Armley until his arrest last year

The Independent UK

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Ex-president faces 91 felony counts across four prosecutions

The Independent UK

Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

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

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The Independent UK

Tracking Trump’s criminal charges and lawsuits - and where they stand

Former president faces cases in Washington, Florida, New York and Georgia which could land him in prison. Josh Marcus explains each one

The Independent UK

Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh loses prison privileges over recorded phone call for documentary

South Carolina prison officials said Murdaugh’s lawyer Jim Griffin recorded the killer reading aloud journal entries in a jailhouse call and then handed the recording to documentarymakers

The Guardian - US

Double murderer Alex Murdaugh loses phone privileges after talking to media

South Carolina lawyer, 55, disciplined by prison after giving interviews for new TV documentary on his case

The Independent UK

Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, jailed after returning from exile, requests a royal pardon

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who recently returned from exile and began serving an eight-year prison term, has requested a royal pardon

The Independent UK

‘Brighton cat killer’ Stephen Bouquet died of Covid-19 while in prison – inquest

The coroner ruled Bouquet died of natural causes while serving his prison sentence in HMP Elmley.

The Independent UK

Offenders should be ‘persuaded, not dragged into court’ – murder victim’s family

Farah Naz welcomed plans to allow judges to order offenders to attend sentencing but thinks they should not be physically forced.

The Hindu

Suicide major cause of unnatural deaths among prisoners in India: SC committee tells apex court

SC-appointed committee finds suicide major cause of 817 unnatural deaths in jails across India between 2017-2021. UP recorded highest number of suicides (101). Committee recommends building suicide-resistant cells/barracks, identifying potential hanging/anchoring points, providing psychological first aid, implementing health insurance schemes, and setting up a robust grievance redressal mechanism. SC to…

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