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Florida woman who stole nearly $3 million from Holocaust survivor gets over 4 years in prison

A Florida woman who drained an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor's life savings by posing as a love interest and then lived lavishly off the $2.8 million she got has been sentenced to over four years in prison

The Independent UK

More than a picture: how the work of documentary photographer Raphaela Rosella is defined by co-creation

Documentary photographers have traditionally aspired to tell other people’s stories. For 15 years, artist Raphaela Rosella and the women close to her have forged their own complex visual narratives, despite frequent interventions by the criminal justice system.

The Conversation

Government warned over prison overcrowding as suicides soar

‘Violent and drug-ridden’ HMP Bristol becomes latest prison to be given urgent notification over failings

The Independent UK

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Judge questions FBI's role in post-9/11 sting and orders 3 of 'Newburgh Four' freed from prison

Three men ensnarled in an infamous post-9/11 terrorism sting have been ordered freed from prison

The Independent UK

Ex-Mississippi prison guard pleads guilty to federal charge in 2019 inmate beating

Federal prosecutors says a former Mississippi prison guard has pleaded guilty in the 2019 beating of an inmate

The Independent UK

Hit it: Blues Brothers Con will return to Old Joliet Prison

Dan Aykroyd, Jim Belushi set to take stage again in second celebration of the beloved film.

Chicago Sun-Times

United Airlines pilot given suspended prison sentence after showing up for flight ‘staggering drunk’

‘His eyes were glassy, and his mouth pasty’

The Independent UK

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The Guardian view on the freeing of Andy Malkinson: a case for reform

Editorial: This 17-year-long wrongful imprisonment scandal has lessons for all levels of the criminal justice system

The Guardian - UK

Worker at central prison caught smuggling phone

Security personnel caught a prison maintenance man, Bhanuprakash H.R., trying to smuggle a mobile phone into the prison. He was under the influence of alcohol and handed over to prison authorities. Police suspect he was trying to give the phone to inmates to make calls and money. The incident has…

The Hindu

The home detention solution

After Auckland's CBD shooting the knives were out for home detention sentences – but is it the justice system we should be pointing at, or is the problem more deeply-rooted?

Newsroom.co.nz

Self-harming in women’s prisons reaches highest level on record

The figures came in the latest safety in custody statistics for England and Wales.

The Independent UK

Arizona mother who pleaded guilty to murder and abuse of her young son has sentencing set

An Arizona mother who pleaded guilty to murder and child abuse faces up to life in prison for the 2020 starvation death of her 6-year-old son who had been locked in a closet and denied food at their Flagstaff apartment

The Independent UK

Child murderer Colin Pitchfork’s ‘irrational’ prison release blocked by judge

Decision on Pitchfork, who raped and strangled to death two 15-year-olds in the 1980s, now sent back to Parole Board

The Independent UK

El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up

Congress passes bill that could allow 900 people to be tried together if they are accused of being in the same criminal group

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‘Love is the answer’: the Kurdish refugees finding art and healing in a country that imprisoned them

After fleeing their homes in Iran, Mostafa Azimitabar and Farhad Bandesh spent eight years detained by Australia. A new film, Freedom is Beautiful, tracks their journey

Evening Standard

Child killer Colin Pitchfork’s release from prison delayed

Pitckfork left prison in 2021 but was recalled two months later for approaching a lone female

The Conversation

I've taught in prisons for 15 years – here's what schools need to know as government funding expands

In spring of 2023, I taught a class on memoir at the California Institution for Women, a medium-security facility, in Chino.

Evening Standard

Sergeant Matt Ratana’s killer Louis De Zoysa sentenced to rest of his life in prison for murder

Judge said the murder of Sgt Ratana by Louis De Zoysa was planned, premeditated, and carried out ‘in cold blood’

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The Independent UK

Colin Pitchfork Parole Board decision to be reconsidered by fresh panel

The Justice Secretary asked the Parole Board to reconsider its decision to release the double child killer.

The Independent UK

Lowest number of prisons rated outstanding in six years, figures show

The Annual Prison Performance Ratings for 2022/23 showed there was a slight increase in the number of prisons rated as a ‘serious concern’.

The Independent UK

Donald Trump has been hit with new charges in classified documents case. Can he still run in 2024?

Trump faces the possibility of two federal indictments and criminal and civil cases in several states

The Independent UK

Is Donald Trump going to prison?

The former president is at the centre of several federal investigations and criminal cases

The Guardian - UK

Child killer Colin Pitchfork’s release from prison put on hold

Judge rules decision to release man convicted in 1988 of murdering two 15-year-old girls should be reviewed

Bangkok Post

Thaksin can seek royal pardon: Wissanu

Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra can ask for a royal pardon on the first day of his imprisonment, acting Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Ukraine MP being investigated for taking family holiday in Maldives amid Russian invasion

Yuriy Aristov faces up to three years in prison if convicted

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