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Bid to stop ex Downing Street aide who raped woman from open prison move

A woman raped by a former Downing Street aide has launched a petition in a bid to prevent her attacker from being moved to an open prison.

The National (Scotland)

Quick Fix: Roast Beef and Blue Cheese Tartine perfect for Bastille Day (or anytime)

July 14 is Bastille Day, the day in 1789 when the Bastille prison in Paris was stormed, and the French Revolution began. With this in mind, I thought about making a French-inspired supper and decided to make a tartine. The word "tartine" means slice of bread with spreadable ingredients in…

Tribune News Service

Woman raped by ex-Prime Minister aide in Edinburgh bids to stop jail move

Mark Adams attacked the girl, then 17, in August 2017 as she walked home from a night out at the Edinburgh Festival.

Daily Record

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Should people in prison serving life for crimes committed when they were under 21 get another chance? Some Illinois legislators say yes

CHICAGO -- Antonio House hasn’t known freedom since he was 19, when he was locked up as a suspect in the 1993 kidnappings and killings of two teens on Chicago’s West Side.

Chicago Tribune

Woman raped by ex-No 10 aide launches bid to stop him being moved to open prison

Former Downing Street aide Mark Adams was jailed for seven years

The Independent UK

Peter Sagan given suspended prison sentence for drink driving offence

Three-time road world champion also banned from driving for three months, on eve of Tour de France

Cycling Weekly

Danny Weatherson case: Newcastle MP calls for change to prevent others from becoming trapped in prison system

Danny is set to be released 17 years after he was handed a controversial indefinite prison sentence for attempting to steal a coat and mobile phone

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Maryland's highest court to hear appeals in case chronicled by 'Serial' podcast

The Supreme Court of Maryland has announced it will hear an appeal from Adnan Syed, whose conviction for killing an ex-girlfriend was reinstated by a lower court earlier this year after he was released from prison

The Independent UK

Mum plotted with jailed son to smuggle drugs to him in ball thrown over prison wall

Jamie Challis sought the help of mum Amanda Challis to sneak cannabis into Portland Prison in Dorset by throwing it into the compound in tennis balls

Daily Mirror

Prison Ministry Group Sues Indiana Jail for Banning Amazon Books

The lawsuit claims the ban has no "legitimate penological justification"

Reason

Prisoner who slit woman's throat wrote bizarre apology on cell wall - in his own blood

The now 20 year old, who left his victim Stephanie Ng to die on the beach of Dun Laoghaire in 2017, smeared the words 'Sorry Stephanie' on the wall of his cell

Irish Mirror

Peter Sagan given suspended prison sentence over drunk driving incident

Former World Champion also barred from driving for three months

Cycling News

LOCALIZE IT: Thousands more prisoners will get degrees paid for with Pell Grants

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The Independent UK

‘Whatever it takes’: the activists who risk prison to shatter Australia’s climate complacency

Protesters are taking increasingly extreme action to highlight ecological collapse – and new, more draconian laws are failing to stop them

The Guardian - AU

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Wheelchair-using rape suspect facing extradition kicked down door, court told

Nicholas Rossi is fighting an extradition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Manchester Evening News

Wanted man boasts he's 'too good at hiding' as he taunts police on Facebook

Furqaan Hussain, 22, is wanted on recall to prison

Daily Record

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi has no medical need for wheelchair, prison doctor tells court

Dr Barbara Mundweil said Rossi claims to be “paralysed”, but there had been no diagnosis of any condition preventing him from walking.

The Independent UK

5 takeaways from AP's reporting on Pell Grants for prisoners getting college degrees

Thousands of prisoners throughout the United States get their college degrees behind bars, most of them paid for by the federal Pell Grant program, which offers the neediest undergraduates tuition aid that they don’t have to repay

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The Independent UK

Scathing watchdog blames Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide on prison staff leaving him unchecked in cell

The DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General released its report on Tuesday, finding that multiple prison staff members failed to check on the disgraced financier despite him being on suicide watch

The Independent UK

Thousands more prisoners across the US will get free college paid for by the government

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Supreme court rules against fringe legal theory in key voting rights case

North Carolina Republicans requested justices issue after following dispute over electoral maps. Plus, Brittney Griner’s triumphant return to the WNBA

The Texas Tribune

Inmates are dying in stifling Texas prisons, but the state seldom acknowledges heat as a cause of death

Since a heat wave gripped Texas, at least nine inmates, including two men in their 30s, have died of heart attacks or unknown causes in prisons lacking air conditioning. It’s been 11 years since the state last classified a death as heat-related.

Daily Mirror

Great British Menu star Mark Ellis spared prison after major fire safety investigation

Chef Mark Ellis, who found fame on BBC cooking show the Great British Menu, faced two years in jail after a probe into his Allium Bar and Grill restaurant in Tattenhall, Cheshire

The Guardian - US

‘She brings light’: Brittney Griner’s triumphant return to the WNBA

Many feared the Mercury star would struggle on court after her time in Russian prison. But she has already been named in the league’s All-Star team

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: There are no winners in Wagner Group’s thwarted insurrection in Russia

The rebellion ended as quickly as it began. Less than a day after Wagner Group mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led thousands of his men into Russia and made a beeline toward Moscow, he called it off and pulled them back. In a deal brokered by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, Prigozhin…

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