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Edinburgh drug baron who vanished from prison 'was warned his life was in danger'

Underworld sources have said Seam McGovern was given a "threat to life" notice just days before before he escaped from HMP Castle Huntly, commonly known as an Osman letter.

Edinburgh Live

Scots drug baron on the run after prison escape 'was warned his life was in danger'

Underworld sources say Seam McGovern was handed a “threat to life” notice – commonly known as an Osman letter – a matter of days before he vanished from HMP Castle Huntly.

Daily Record

A body in a suitcase, Bonnie and Clyde fantasy and baby born in Bali prison: The chilling case of Heather Mack

As Chicago woman Heather Mack prepares to plead guilty over the killing of her socialite mother Sheila von Weise-Mack at a 5-star Bali resort in 2014, all these years on America remains horrified by the case of – a case involving a Bonnie and Clyde fantasy, a body stuffed in…

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Elizabeth Holmes objects to $250 monthly payments to Theranos victims

Lawyers for disgraced CEO, who was once worth $4.5bn, say ‘limited financial resources’ mean she cannot afford repayments

The Guardian - US

Captured Ukrainian soldiers face trial in Russia

More than 20 Ukrainian soldiers who were taken prisoner during fighting in Ukraine are facing trial in southern Russia

The Independent UK

Prisoners dream up a saucy new way of smuggling drugs into jail

Report into the 1,200-capacity HMP High Down in Surrey said drugs were getting into the jail through a variety of methods an identified a cheeky new technique

Daily Mirror

Immigration detention continues in Canada despite the end of provincial agreements

Despite its reputation as a refugee-welcoming and multicultural country, Canada imprisons thousands of people on immigration-related grounds every year. Many of these people are held in provincial jails under agreements between the provinces and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

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Leeds man threw friend from off-road bike in crash after drinking and taking cocaine

Jack Campbell has narrowly avoided a prison sentence

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Elizabeth Holmes objects to $250 monthly restitution payments proposed by government

Federal prosecutors are seeking for Elizabeth Holmes to pay a monthly amount of $250 to victims of her failed blood testing startup after she leaves prison — but her attorneys have pushed back, and cited the ex-Theranos CEO’s “limited financial resources.”

The Independent UK

Campaigner for Vladimir Putin's foe Alexei Navalny sentenced to 7 years in penal colony

Lilia Chanysheva, who was in charge of one of Alexei Navalny's regional offices, has been found guilty of a number of offences including founding a rights-violating organisation in Russia

Daily Mirror

The cunning inmates who escaped Edinburgh's Saughton during jail football match

In the early 1990s, a group of inmates - including one man who had been convicted over Glasgow's ice cream wars killings - escaped through a hole in a fence during a football match at Saughton.

Edinburgh Live

Almost every Victorian Indigenous prisoner has enrolled to vote for body negotiating treaty

First Peoples’ Assembly will begin negotiations with Andrews government later this year

The Guardian - AU

OPINION - This awful abortion case shows how Britain is failing its women still

Two days ago a woman, Carla Foster, was sentenced to 28 months in prison for the crime of inducing her own abortion. The case is a complex one — Foster was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant when she took her anti abortion pill — but the key fact is…

Evening Standard

Briton who climbed Korean skyscraper expects ‘to spend month in jail’

George King-Thompson said he dreamt of his Lotte World Tower ascent while in prison for scaling The Shard in London in 2019.

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Navalny associate jailed for more than 7 years by Russian court: ‘Another hostage in prison’

Sentence for Lilia Chanysheva comes as Kremlin intensifies a crackdown on dissent while it wages war in Ukraine – and sparks outrage from opposition figures

The Independent UK

Donald Trump is the first former president arrested on federal charges. Can he still run in 2024?

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

The Independent UK

Conspiracy, false statements and retaining national defence documents: The federal charges against Trump

The federal indictment against the former president includes 37 counts stemming from his mishandling of classified files at Mar-a-Lago

The Conversation

Woman jailed over abortion – an expert on what UK law actually says and what needs to change

Many people assume that because abortion is relatively accessible in England, it is not a crime. The fact that a woman has now received a 28-month prison sentence for taking abortion pills past the legal time limit shows that this assumption is wrong.

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Russian court sends an associate of Kremlin foe Navalny to prison for 7 1/2 years

A court in Russia has convicted an associate of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on extremism charges and sentenced her to 7 1/2 years in prison, the latest step in a yearslong crackdown by the Kremlin on opposition activists

Los Angeles Times

That was so traumatic! So why are we laughing? 7 comedy stars share why comedy hurts

LOS ANGELES — Today's top comedy series also happen to be some of the best dramas on television. Such shows as "Barry," "Shrinking" and "UnPrisoned" mine humor in the dark corners of intense subjects — PTSD, grief and incarceration. "Abbott Elementary" turns the depressing realities of a broken public school…

The Independent UK

Is Donald Trump going to prison?

Former president pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges during arraignment in Miami, Florida

Bangkok Post

Myanmar's young pro-democracy activists fill up prisons

MAE SOT: Police in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, came for Min Thwe Thit before dawn on Feb 1, 2021. He did not know why they had come — or what was unfolding in the Southeast Asian nation.

Tribune News Service

Disgraced NYPD cop Justin Volpe, who served 24 years for sodomizing Abner Louima with a broomstick, released early from prison

NEW YORK — Justin Volpe, the NYPD officer convicted of sodomizing Abner Louima with a broomstick in 1997 has been released early from federal prison, according to authorities.

Tribune News Service

911 call reveals ‘Unabomber’ Ted Kaczynski hanged himself in prison

Unabomber Ted Kaczynski hanged himself in his prison cell, according to a recorded 911 call.

The New Daily

Nazi symbols risk prison under proposed federal law

People who display Nazi insignia could face up to a year in prison under a proposed amendment to the criminal code prohibiting the use of hate symbols.

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