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Bedford Prison in ‘urgent’ need of improvement, inspectors warn

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor said ‘this latest inspection is a damning indictment of the state of prisons’.

The Independent UK

Urgent warning over ‘squalid overcrowded’ prison where inmate escaped on stolen bike

Inspection is ‘damning indictment of the state of prisons’ in England and Wales, HM Inspector says

The Independent UK

Texas woman is sentenced to 90 years in prison for killing a pro cyclist

A Texas jury sentenced Kaitlin Armstrong to 90 years in prison for the May 2022 shooting death of cyclist Anna "Mo" Wilson in a case that sent investigators on an international search for the killer.

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Texas woman convicted and facing up to life in prison for killing pro cyclist Mo Wilson

A woman convicted of murder in the shooting death of rising professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson in Texas faces up to life in prison when sentenced in a case that led investigators on a 43-day international search to find her

The Independent UK

New training rolled out after prison staff administered CPR on ‘clearly dead’ inmate

Officers tried to revive Dominic Burges despite the 30-year-old being ‘cold, stiff and with no pulse’

The Independent UK

Former prison guard jailed for eight years for sexually abusing female inmates

Andrew Jones, 36, of Clovis, California, participated in a culture of ‘egregious sexual abuse’ that included multiple employees of the jail, including the warden and chaplain

The Independent UK

Private detective who led a hacking attack against climate activists gets prison time

Aviram Azari was sentenced to almost seven years in prison on Thursday. Azari directed a group of hackers that targeted thousands of victims globally, including U.S. climate activists.

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Ohio man sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for attacks on police during Capitol riot

An Ohio man who repeatedly attacked police officers at the U.S. Capitol during a mob's riot on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison

The Independent UK

Prison staff retrained after administering CPR on ‘clearly dead’ inmate

Officers at Bullingdon prison tried to revive Dominic Burges despite the 30-year-old being ‘cold, stiff and with no pulse’.

The Independent UK

Prosecutors of 6-Year-Old Shooter's Mother Claim Gun-Owning Pot Users Are 'Inherently Dangerous'

Deja Taylor is going to federal prison because of a constitutionally dubious gun law that millions of cannabis consumers are violating right now.

Reason

Trump calls Kim Kardashian "overrated"

Trump also denied commuting prison sentences for her, preferring to credit her ex and his pal Kanye West instead

Salon

In Russia, more Kremlin critics are being imprisoned as intolerance of dissent grows

Russia under President Vladimir Putin has been closing in on those who challenge the Kremlin

The Independent UK

Senior prison officials likely to be questioned in Bitcoin scam

SIT probing Bitcoin scam to question prison officials who had Sri Krishna in custody; hacker had stolen bitcoins from Bitfinex, one of world's largest cryptocurrency heists; SIT to summon 3 prison officials, incl. senior official, for questioning.

The Hindu

Government grants permission for new prison despite council rejecting plans

Michael Gove intervened and granted planning permission for the new prison near Market Harborough after an appeal from the Ministry of Justice.

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

Murugha Sharanaru released on bail from Chitradurga prison in PoCSO case

Seer Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru released on bail from Chitradurga prison after 14 months. Bail conditions bar him from entering Chitradurga district. He is accused of sexually exploiting two minor girls and violating SCs and STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. High Court granted bail on Nov 8, and Chitradurga District and…

Roll Call

Craig's attacker sentenced to more than two years in prison - Roll Call

Rep. Angie Craig's attacker was sentenced to more than two years in prison by a federal judge on Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

Russian artist jailed for seven years over Ukraine war price tag protest

Aleksandra Skochilenko replaced five supermarket price tags with pieces of paper urging shoppers to stop the war

The Independent UK

Nohema Graber murder: Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale sentenced

Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale have now both been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Spanish teacher Nohema Graber

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The Conversation

Jury convictions of Bannon and Navarro for refusing congressional subpoena may energize lawmakers' ability to hold powerful people accountable

On Jan. 25, 2024, Peter Navarro is scheduled to be sentenced – perhaps to prison – after his swift conviction by a jury on contempt of Congress charges. He has joined Steve Bannon as the first defendants in decades to be held criminally liable by the U.S. Department of Justice…

The Independent UK

Russian court convicts a woman for protesting the war in Ukraine in latest crackdown on free speech

A Russian court has convicted an artist and musician for replacing supermarket price tags with antiwar slogans and sentenced her to seven years in prison

Evening Standard

Man who helped start fire that killed six children can be released from prison

Paul Mosley was convicted alongside Mick and Mairead Philpott for his role in starting the fire that killed six Philpott children in Derby in 2012.

Radio France Internationale

French prosecutor urges suspended prison sentence for justice minister

The French public prosecutor facing Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti at the special Republican Court of Justice (CJR) have asked judges to find him guilty of using his position to settle personal scores, and to hand him a one-year suspended prison sentence.

Evening Standard

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: What Iran jail hell taught me about freedom of speech

EXCLUSIVE: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shared a bunk with one of Evin prison’s pillars of resilience. She tells the Standard of what she learned about Iran’s state-sponsored cancel culture and repression

Reason

Brickbat: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Former Hialeah, Florida, police officer Rafael Otano has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison after being convicted of kidnapping a homeless man who was considered a nuisance by shop owners at a local strip mall. Prosecutors said that after a shopkeeper called police last year to…

The Independent UK

Mother of boy, 6, who shot teacher is sentenced to 21 months in prison

First-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner survives injuries from 9mm semiautomatic pistol

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