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Damning watchdog report condemns HMP Bristol

An inspection at HMP Bristol found levels of violence against inmates and staff were higher than most other prisons in the country.

The Independent UK

Aisha Cleary: Baby died after ‘vulnerable’ Black teenage mother gave birth alone in prison cell

‘Nothing can change the nightmare I went through or bring Aisha back,’ mother says

The Independent UK

Three of ‘Newburgh Four’ ordered to be freed from prison over synagogue bomb plot as judge questions FBI role

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

The Independent UK

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Introducing nu-disco shred, a fresh genre of guitar playing that combines ’70s pop and ’80s soloing – and where dancing while you two-hand tap is an absolute must

Nile Rodgers meets Eddie Van Halen in these tap-happy fretboard freakouts – creator Dre DiMura explains what inspired his daring mashup and why “tradition can be a prison”

Guitar World

Donald Trump is now facing three indictments. Can he still run for president?

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

The Independent UK

Public sector staff shortages in ‘hard jobs’ are sparking a wage war as taxpayers feel the consequences of empty positions

At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” … “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS.” No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed. Though the assertion of “great pay” for prison guards would have seemed dubious in the past, a series…

Fortune

Can Unrivaled stop WNBA players being forced to make their money abroad?

Brittney Griner’s ordeal in a Russian prison highlighted the risks of pursuing a basketball career overseas. A new league hopes to solve the problem

The Guardian - US

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Is Donald Trump going to prison?

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

The Independent UK

British rapper turned Islamic State fighter found dead inside Spanish prison cell

He was found dead on Wednesday in Puerto III prison in Cádiz where he was awaiting the trial verdict

Evening Standard

Florida woman who scammed Holocaust survivor out of $2.8m in dating site fraud is jailed for four years

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

Michigan school staffer recalls shooting with 'disbelief' as judge considers sentence

Prosecutors are making their case that a Michigan teenager should be sentenced to life in prison for killing four students at his high school in 2021

The Independent UK

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

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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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

‘His eyes were glassy, and his mouth pasty’

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The Guardian - UK

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 Hindu

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…

Newsroom.co.nz

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?

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - US

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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