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Watchdog points to low budget requests for prison upkeep issues - Roll Call

The Bureau of Prisons for years has lowballed budget requests to Congress and has infrastructure issues, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

Roll Call

Friends who stuck up for Leeds homeless man being attacked by convicted robber spared jail

Christopher Mills has been recalled back to prison after he was punched by the group in November 2021

Leeds Live

'I am innocent and have been waiting nearly 20 years for justice' -Man who served years in prison for rape he denies

Andrew Malkinson has always denied raping a woman near the M61

Manchester Evening News

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Watchdog bans Tory government from reusing 'racist' advert

THE UK Government has been rapped for “perpetuating a negative ethnic stereotype” after an advert looking for new prison officers featured a…

The National (Scotland)

Former LaLiga star accepts six-year prison sentence after leading drug trafficking ring

Koke, full name Sergio Contreras, played for boyhood club Malaga, Marseille and Sporting Lisbon across a globetrotting career which spanned nine countries and three continents

Daily Mirror

Health of Survivors of Houthi Prisons Deteriorates

Dozens of survivors from the Houthi prisons have seen their health deteriorate as a result of the physical and psychological torture they suffered while in detention, Yemeni sources revealed. Medical sources in Marib revealed that journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansouri and Harith Hamid were transferred to hospital after their health deteriorated days…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Teenage killer of schoolboy Jermaine Cools in knife attack is named for first time

Marques Walker faces a life sentence for the murder of Jermaine Cools

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Turkish pop star sentenced to 10 months in prison over religious schools remark -Anadolu

A Turkish court handed pop star Gulsen a suspended sentence of 10 months in prison for incitement to hatred and hostility over a remark she made on stage about religious schools, state-owned Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

Dissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison

A Belarusian court has convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country

The Independent UK

Ilhan Omar condemns US’s failure to act since George Floyd: ‘A broken system’

Exclusive: three years after the murder, the Minnesota congresswoman talks prison abuse and her new police violence resolution

The Guardian - US

Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta

Myanmar's military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said were numerous political detainees.

Reuters

A court in Belarus sentences a dissident journalist to 8 years in prison

Raman Pratasevich and his Russian girlfriend were arrested in May 2021 when their Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was ordered to land in the capital of Belarus, Minsk.

WEKU

Minority Report Ending Explained: What Actually Happened?

Over 20 years later, a question surrounding Minority Report's ending still has fans wondering about this Steven Spielberg classic.

Cinemablend

Ex-Yala governor jailed in bogus bomb detector case

Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors from 2007-2009.

Bangkok Post

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Asharq Al-Awsat

PA Accuses Israel of Assassinating Adnan, Islamic Jihad Vows Vengeance

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has accused Israel of assassinating the prisoner Khader Adnan, one of the most prominent leaders of Islamic Jihad. Adnan, 44, died in his prison on Tuesday after a long hunger strike that lasted 87 days. The Israeli Prison Service said in a statement announcing his…

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire domestic abuse survivor fears 'monster' ex-husband will take her life after he dodges prison

Mark Donnelly pinned Nicola Thompson against walls, slapped her and grabbed her by the neck but has avoided a custodial sentence and now survivor Nicola has bravely spoken out

The Independent UK

Pardon frees more than 2,100 Myanmar political prisoners

Myanmar’s ruling military council says it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture

Irish Mirror

Jonathan Dowdall set for prison move - because being on a landing on his own uses too much space

Sources have confirmed that Dowdall is currently alone on a landing that can house up to a dozen prisoners - despite massive overcrowding crisis in the Irish prison system

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Chester-le-Street savage jailed for stabbing man he found with ex wife using tracking device on car

Afshin Hejazi, of Chester-le-Street, who had been a control freak during his marriage, attacked his estranged wife and Fafa Fajjo in South Shields

Dublin Live

State witness Jonathan Dowdall to be moved prison because he is taking up too much space

Sources have confirmed that Dowdall is currently alone on a landing in Limerick Prison that can house up to a dozen prisoners

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ceasefire Agreed after Death of Palestinian Hunger Striker

A Palestinian hunger striker died in Israeli custody on Tuesday, sparking an exchange of fire between Israel and armed groups in Gaza, before three Palestinian officials said the sides had agreed to a ceasefire. Earlier, Israeli jets struck in Gaza as armed groups there fired rocket barrages toward Israel in…

The Independent UK

Florida to execute prisoner for 1986 fatal stabbing of woman

Florida is scheduled to execute a man for breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986

The New Daily

Ceasefire agreed after hunger striker’s death in Israel

A ceasefire has been agreed after Israeli planes hit Gaza amid fighting sparked after a Palestinian hunger striker died in an Israeli prison.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar pardons 2,153 prisoners jailed for dissent

Myanmar's junta on Wednesday announced it had pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners jailed under a law used widely in its crackdown on dissent since seizing power more than two years ago.

The Independent UK

3 imprisoned Iranian female journalists win top UN prize

The United Nations says its premier prize for press freedom has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian female journalists “for their commitment to truth and accountability.”

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