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Washington brute knelt on his partner's neck and kicked her in the mouth after Christmas Day drinking

Steven Ashcroft was handed a suspended prison sentence at Newcastle Crown Court

Chronicle Live

Justice secretary asks for review of child murderer’s release from prison

Decision by Parole Board to free Colin Pitchfork, who raped and killed two teenagers in 1988, called ‘unthinkable’ by Alex Chalk

The Guardian - UK

Emaciated and imprisoned, ex-president Saakashvili tells Georgian court he is spiritually fit

Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him

The Independent UK

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How evil child killer ended up back behind bars 8 weeks after release

Colin Pitchfork was jailed for life after raping and strangling 15-year-olds Lynda Mann and Dawn Ashworth

Liverpool Echo

Russia-Ukraine war: at least 19 injured in drone attack; US ambassador meets with jailed reporter Evan Gershkovich in Moscow – as it happened

Child among people injured in attack in Sumy; Lynne Tracy visits Wall Street Journal reporter in prison after court upholds FSB request to extend his detention

The Guardian - AU

John M. Crisp: 'Paying for your mistakes is one thing. But living like this is wrong'

It’s hard to imagine an endeavor more hopelessly quixotic than trying to generate sympathy for prison inmates. But let’s take a shot at it:

Tribune News Service

How our collaborative writing project helped prisoners connect with their families

The UK prison population has risen by around 74% since 1990, with 78,037 people now serving sentences. Research shows that taking part in educational activities while serving a sentence can help people cope with prison life and reduce reoffending.

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What happened to the tourist accused of carving his name into Rome Colosseum wall?

Ivan Dimitrov, a 27-year-old fitness instructor living in Bristol, faces up to five years in prison and a €15,000 fine after being filmed defacing 2,000-year-old amphitheatre of world historical importance

The Independent UK

'We've seen jail car park where missing English king may be buried – and have doubts'

The historian who discovered Richard III's remains underneath a car park in Leicester reckons she's struck gold again at another car park – but fellow experts aren't too sure

Daily Mirror

The origins of Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison and where the name comes from

With HMP Barlinnie set to close for good within the next couple of years, we look back on the origins of Glasgow's 'Big Hoose' and how it got its name.

Glasgow Live

Drug drone zooms across prison yard as police sit watching

A gang flew drugs and phones into prison via drones for months

Liverpool Echo

Woman rings helpline warning 'I am going to my sister's house to kill her, I have been to prison and will go again'

Caitlin Evans' sister told the court she feared her sibling would carry out the threat

Wales Online

Dangerous gangsters FLEW drugs and phones into prison for months on end in major £1.7m racket

Members of the group responsible have been jailed

Manchester Evening News

Drone gang flew £1.7m of drugs into jail for Liverpool prisoners to sell

Charlie Swann and Aaron Dodd, inmates at HMP Risley, were responsible for collecting the drone packages and then selling the items inside the prison

Liverpool Echo

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Glasgow Live

'No remorse' from Lanarkshire killer as family blast crime podcast after prison release

Convicted murderer Sean Toal served 15 years behind bars for stabbing 20-year-old Paul Gerard McGilvray to death in the street in Coatbridge in 2004. He has always maintained his innocence.

Los Angeles Times

California tried and failed to ban for-profit ICE detention centers. What does that mean for other states?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — California's landmark ban on private prisons and immigrant detention facilities saw its fate sealed when a federal court officially repealed the 2020 law.

Bangkok Post

Investment scammer sentenced to 1,155 years

The Criminal Court on Monday sentenced former businessman Prasit Jeowkok, 52, to a total of 1,155 years in prison for an investment scam and ordered he make payment of one billion baht in compensation to his victims.

Chronicle Live

Agony as Walker dad-to-be's killer could be released from prison as parole hearing looms

Murderer Philip Craggs, who stabbed young dad-to-be Paul Gilbert to death in 2008, was jailed for life with a minimum of 15-and-a-half years

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Manchester Evening News

Predatory police officer, teen killers and a sick couple amongst those jailed in Greater Manchester in June

The M.E.N. has dedicated court reporters on hand to cover the most serious cases day-in-day-out

The Guardian - UK

Ex-offenders could help cut UK labour shortages, says report

Good Jobs Project from ReGenerate aims to help ex-prisoners, neurodivergent people, asylum seekers and other groups into work

Dublin Live

Regency Hotel getaway driver Jason Bonney insists he's innocent to fellow inmates

He is serving an eight-and-a-half year sentence in Wheatfield Prison

Daily Mirror

Inmate charged with hate crime against transgender double rapist Isla Bryson

Rapist Isla Bryson has claimed a breach of human rights after a fellow inmate was charged with a hate crime

The National (Scotland)

Man charged after rapist Isla Bryson alleges ‘abuse’ in prison

A man has been charged in connection with alleged threatening and abusive behaviour after double rapist Isla Bryson claimed to have suffered…

The Independent UK

Man charged after trans rapist Isla Bryson alleges ‘abuse’ in prison

Police Scotland said a 24-year-old has been charged after an allegation of a hate crime was made at HMP Edinburgh.

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle's penal settlement and its roll call of rogues

Coal River was certainly full of 'interesting' lads.

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