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Tetraplegic terror offender jailed for six years

A partially paralysed offender has been sentenced to six years' jail for planning terrorist acts while already incarcerated in a maximum security prison.

AAP · Nov 23, 2023

Prisons boss rejects blame for ex-guard's sex crimes

A break-down in prison processes has been blamed for a former guard's persistent sexual abuse of female inmates at an inquiry into the crimes.

AAP · Nov 23, 2023

Damien Linnane's emotional memoir oozing with raw truth

Newcastle law student and prison mental health advocate Damien Linnane has launched his memoir.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 23, 2023

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Goosebumps alert: Watch Thomas Gabriel conjure up the ghost of his grandfather Johnny Cash with an eerily familiar cover of Folsom Prison Blues

Thomas Gabriel's cover of the classic Folsom Prison Blues was filmed at Cash Cabin in Hendersonville, TN

Louder · Nov 23, 2023

War crimes whistleblower in fight to stay out of jail

David McBride faces an anxious wait to learn whether he serves prison time after pleading guilty to leaking classified information exposing alleged war crimes.

AAP · Nov 22, 2023

Three men escape from Queensland prison

The search is on for three men who escaped from a prison in north Queensland.

AAP · Nov 22, 2023

The spy who fed CIA secrets to Russia – then betrayed the US again from prison

Harold James “Jim” Nicholson, a 16-year veteran of the CIA, was sentenced to more than 23 years in prison in 1997 for espionage – but he kept up the treason from behind bars, enlisting his adult son to liaise with the Russians on the outside. Nicholson was convicted for a…

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

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Anxious, optimistic: Families of female Palestinian prisoners await release

According to terms of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas, 150 Palestinian women and children will be released.

Al Jazeera · Nov 22, 2023

Naidu’s release on bail, TDP-JSP combine will have no bearing on poll prospects of YSRCP in Andhra Pradesh, says Sajjala

Claiming that the changing political equations in Andhra Pradesh and the release of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu from prison on bail in the skill development scam case will not have any bearing on its prospects, the YSR Congress Patry (YSRCP) says that it is confident of its…

The Hindu · Nov 22, 2023

The Young and the Restless spoilers: what really happened to Gloria in Singapore?

The Young and the Restless’ Gloria has finally blown back into town and reveals why she was in a Singapore prison. Here’s what happened.

WhatToWatch · Nov 22, 2023

Israel-Hamas deal: Which captives, Palestinian prisoners could be freed?

Hamas and Israel have both said that they will release women and children.

Al Jazeera · Nov 22, 2023

French bill seeks to compensate thousands jailed for homosexuality

A proposed law to compensate thousands of men who were convicted and imprisoned for the offence of homosexuality in France between 1942 and 1982 is being debated in the Senate.

Radio France Internationale · Nov 22, 2023

Four men jailed for murder of Ashley Dale in Liverpool

James Witham, 41, Joseph Peers, 29, Niall Barry, 26, and Sean Zeisz, 28, sentenced to life in prison

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023

Sending prisoners abroad to cost at least £200m and won’t happen until 2026, government’s own report warns

Justice secretary Alex Chalk plans to send prisoners to jails abroad to ease overcrowding

The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

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The Independent UK · Nov 22, 2023

An American man convicted of child sex crimes in Kenya 9 years ago is rearrested on new charges

An American man convicted of child sex crimes in Kenya nine years ago has been denied bail on new charges of defilement, months after he was mysteriously released from prison where he was serving a 50-year sentence

Reason · Nov 22, 2023

Brickbat: Letters from Home

Coi Morris, a mail handler at the U.S. Postal Service processing center in New Orleans, has pleaded guilty to embezzling. Morris admitted that for months, he opened and stole from greeting cards at the processing center, taking between $500 and $800 plus some gift cards. He faces up to five…

Evening Standard · Nov 22, 2023

Oscar Pistorius may win freedom after almost 10 years in prison for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp

Murdered Reeva Steenkamp's mother is reportedly not opposing Pistorius' parole bid

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2023

The Russell murders: is Michael Stone in prison for a brutal crime he didn’t commit?

He was jailed for the murders of Lin and Megan Russell in 1997. Now, 26 years, two trials and two appeals later, Stone’s case is being reviewed

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The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Woman sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty in case of boy found dead in suitcase in Indiana

A Louisiana woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for her involvement in the death of a 5-year-old Atlanta boy whose body was found last year in a suitcase in rural southern Indiana

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Derek Chauvin breaks silence in first prison interview over George Floyd’s murder

The interview was part of a documentary about the fallout of George Floyd’s death

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

Madras High Court modifies convict’s death sentence into life imprisonment for sexually abusing his minor daughter

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Rosalynn Carter made a wrongfully convicted felon a White House nanny and helped win her pardon

Rosalynn Carter used her powerful posts to address injustices as her husband rose in politics, especially those imposed as part of the racist Jim Crow system that prevailed in Georgia

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Prison officers ‘left suicidal inmate in dark cell with makeshift noose’

Anthony Paine, 35, had a history of self-harm, jurors have been told.

Al Jazeera · Nov 21, 2023

As a Muslim prisoner in the US, I worry I will be cremated when I die

I will likely die in prison, but before I do, myself and other prisoners want a process to ensure Islamic burial rites.

The Independent UK · Nov 21, 2023

Pakistan court rules the prison trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan is illegal

A defense lawyer says a Pakistani court has ruled that the ongoing prison trial of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of revealing state secrets is illegal

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