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40 years in prison for man convicted of killing ‘Chicago Fire’ staffer

Jonathan Owens, 34, was sentenced Thursday by Cook County Judge Steven Rosenblum.

Chicago Sun-Times

More inmates come forward with lawsuits against California prison guard accused of rape

Eight more inmates have filed lawsuits alleging they were raped and abused inside the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla, where former guard Greg Rodriguez is suspected of attacking at least 22 inmates and now faces 96 criminal counts that include rape, sodomy, sexual battery and rape threatening to use…

Tribune News Service

Former Texas Sen. Carlos Uresti, convicted for his role in Ponzi scheme, released from prison

The Democrat from San Antonio was initially sentenced in 2018 to 12 years in federal prison. His sentence was later reduced, and he will stay in a halfway house until December 2024.

The Texas Tribune

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Eight new UK laws passed in the last week explained - including prisoner release dates, rogue landlords and more

A number of Bills have been granted royal assent by the King this week - here's what they all mean

Manchester Evening News

Texas Recruits High School Kids To Be Corrections Officers

Short on guards, the state hopes to attract students enrolled in corrections career training programs once they turn 18.

Texas Observer

Gavin Newsom gets $380 million for San Quentin reforms. But he won’t commit to prison closures

California Gov. Gavin Newsom was able to wrest budget dollars from skeptical lawmakers for his plan to reform San Quentin State Prison — but the spending plan does not commit to closing more facilities, as some Democrats wanted.

Tribune News Service

Work to create 20,000 new prison places 'significantly behind schedule'

The Prison Reform Trust said the prison population had risen by 80% in the past 30 years

Nottingham Post

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Woman who said she was 'lucky not to be in prison' turns life around

A trial to support those in a cycle of addiction has been launched in Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

Plan to create 20,000 new prison places 'significantly behind schedule'

The Prison Reform Trust said the prison population had risen by 80% in the past 30 years

Wales Online

Ex-Ohio GOP chair, lobbyist Matt Borges gets 5 years for role in $60M bribery scheme; vows appeal

Ohio lobbyist Matt Borges has been sentenced to five years in prison and three years of probation for his part in the largest corruption scandal in Ohio history

The Independent UK

Work to create 20,000 new prison places ‘significantly behind schedule’

The Government faces an ‘immediate crisis’ in prison capacity, Mark Day, deputy director of the Prison Reform Trust said.

The Independent UK

Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff 'concerned' by his suffering

Pope Francis has met with Stella Assange, the wife of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK

Maxwell appeal ‘falls far short’ of justifying quashing verdict – US Government

The disgraced British socialite was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June last year.

The Independent UK

Rossi ‘treated abysmally’ in prison, fellow inmate tells extradition hearing

The 35-year-old is wanted in the US over rape allegations and other charges.

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Sex fiend who attacked women at Trafford Centre died in jail after appointment cancelled

An inquest heard Mel Orme had been jailed for life

Daily Record

Notorious paedophile prison pal of US fugitive Nicolas Rossi testifies in extradition case

William King, currently serving six years over horrific abuse of three youngsters, is held in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison alongside Rossi.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge’s ‘people like you’ tirade on Chicago violence didn’t cross the line, appeals court rules

U.S. District Judge John Kness, a Trump appointee, had told a man he was sentencing, “I feel in danger every single day when I drive on the expressway . . . . because of people like you who have absolutely no respect for the law.”

Daily Mirror

East End gangster turned Peace Prize nominee on what it was like being imprisoned at 14

Stephen Gillen, 52, who operated in London's East End criminal underworld for three decades, said he was groomed into a life of crime and over the years, was in and out of prison - doing his first stretch when he was just 14

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The Independent UK

Tourist who carved name into Rome’s Colosseum ‘is British fitness trainer’

The suspect, who is originally from Bulgaria, faces a hefty fine and up to five years in prison

The Independent UK

Tourist who carved name into Colosseum identified as British fitness trainer

The suspect, a British man originally from Bulgaria, could face upto five years in prison

The Guardian - UK

‘I want to tell people that prison life is super dead’: Digga D on rap stardom amid police restrictions

A criminal behaviour order allows the Met police to vet the lyrics of this chart-topping star. It’s unfair and manipulative, he says – but he’s also understanding the scale of his influence

The Independent UK

Ex-student sentenced to 16-plus years in prison for 2022 attack on Las Vegas high school teacher

A former Las Vegas high school student has been sentenced to 16-plus years in Nevada state prison for attacking a female teacher after classes ended for the day more than a year ago

The Independent UK

New jail opens with designs to cut crime and boost the local economy

HMP Fosse Way has been heralded as the greenest prison ever.

Tribune News Service

An Idaho man took $105 million in largest fraud scheme in GI Bill history. Prison is up next

A federal judge has sentenced a Nampa, Idaho, man for his involvement in a fraud scheme that stole nearly $105 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It was the largest such case in the Post-9/11 GI Bill program’s history, the government said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Brian Cox plays low-key notes as regretful father in ‘Prisoner’s Daughter’

In sharply drawn drama, ‘Succession’ star plays a former prisoner and alcoholic desperate to reconnect with his child (Kate Beckinsale).

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