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Man who testified against gunmen in murder of retired firefighter sentenced to 30 years in prison

Dwain Johnson, 20, was sentenced Friday morning by Cook County Judge Timothy Joyce, just days after his testimony helped secure the convictions of Devin Barron and Jaylen Saulsberry.

Chicago Sun-Times

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘humbled’ by Glastonbury response

She said an image from Glastonbury Festival in 2019 gave her heart while she was imprisoned in Iran.

The Independent UK

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe given standing ovation at Glastonbury Festival

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared emotional as she described seeing a picture of Glastonbury support for her while in an Iranian prison in 2019.

The Independent UK

Paedophile hunter jailed for false imprisonment after man was humiliated and falsely accused of rape

Sam Miller has been sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court to nine months in prison

Chronicle Live

Hunter Biden's Prison-Free Plea Should Be Available to Everybody

If it's not a sweetheart deal, everyone else deserves the same leniency.

Reason

Products made in T.N. prisons to be made available online soon

The Tamil Nadu Department of Prisons and Correctional Services plans to make products made by prisoners available online soon, following demand from the public.

The Hindu

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Shamed Scots lawyer jailed over £1.5m money laundering scheme declared bankrupt

Alastair Blackwood, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for his part in the dirty money scheme, has been declared bankrupt with debts of almost £100k.

Daily Record

Fraudster dubbed one of Britain's 'most heartless love rats' wanted by police

'Serial predatory fraudster' Stephen Davey is wanted on recall to prison

Manchester Evening News

Prison ticking 'time bomb' warning as report finds half of staff don't feel safe

Prison staff in England and Wales reported low morale, concerns about bullying and abuse from inmates, a bombshell report by the Justice Committee found

Daily Mirror

Prisons ‘time bomb’ warning as officers say they are unsafe, understaffed and underpaid

Survey finds 43 per cent of prison officers in England and Wales plan to leave

The Independent UK

Prisons ‘a potential time bomb’, Commons committee finds

A half of staff do not feel safe at work, according to a survey.

The Independent UK

NHRC issues advisory to Centre, States to curb prison suicides

Concerned with the suicides in prisons, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on June 23 issued an Advisory to the Centre, States and UTs to take immediate measures to check the same. Jail authorities were asked to do regular check on bed sheets and blankets of inmates to ensure that…

The Hindu

Krishna police station turns second home for Bangladeshi national stuck in country for eight years

An intruder from Bangladesh, Samrat Monto Biswas, who had served a prison term following his arrest by the Krishna district police in 2013, has been staying in the police station since his release eight years ago

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The Independent UK

8 Mexican army soldiers arrested in 2014 disappearances of 43 students

A military official has confirmed that eight soldiers have been detained and taken to a military prison for their possible involvement in events surrounding the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher's college in southern Mexico

The Conversation

Politicians shouldn't determine where Paul Bernardo is imprisoned, regardless of his crimes

Paul Bernardo is one of Canada’s most notorious criminal offenders.

The Independent UK

Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacre

Fear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 women inmates slaughtered in this week's prison riot in Honduras

Reason

A Troubling Supreme Court Habeas Decision

The Supreme Court was wrong to deny relief to a man imprisoned for activity that Court's own rulings indicate was not illegal - one who never had an opportunity to challenge his incarceration on that basis.

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The Independent UK

Suspect in deadly Minneapolis crash charged with homicide, federal weapons and drug counts

A suspect in a crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis has been charged with 10 state counts of criminal vehicular homicide as well as federal firearms and drug charges

The Independent UK

Brazilian is sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing ex-girlfriend in Australia

A federal court has sentenced Brazilian engineer Mário Marcelo Santoro to 27 years in prison after he confessed to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Cecília Haddad in Australia

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-Proud Boy from Aurora gets more than three years in prison for Jan. 6 Capitol assault

James Robert Elliott claims he was “filled with frustration, at the government, at Trump, at law-enforcement and also at myself” in the days after the riot.

The Independent UK

Tiger King’s wild animal trainer ‘Doc’ Antle gets convicted for wildlife trafficking

Antle faces up to 20 years in prison

Chronicle Live

Prisoner who stripped to pants on HMP Frankland roof brought down after seven-hour stand-off

The Ministry of Justice confirmed the prisoner was brought down late on Wednesday hours after climbing to the roof of the Category A jail

The Times of India

Tihar inmates inflict self injuries to stop prison staff from carrying out searches for recovering mobile phones

NEW DELHI: Over 20 inmates of Tihar jail allegedly inflicted injuries on themselves on Wednesday in a bid to desist the prison staff from carrying out searches in the barracks for recovering mobile phones, officials said on Thursday.

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Police hunt for 'violent offender' wanted on recall to prison

Police have warned the public not to approach the man and call 999 immediately

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