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'Fat' Freddie Thompson smashed up cell in rage after getting news mother had died

The convicted killer is said to be “heartbroken” over his mother’s death

Irish Mirror

‘I’ve been beaten up by the police. They’re bullies’: Potter Payper on life after prison and his debut album

Ahead of the release of his debut album, the Barking-bred rapper opens up to Ellie Muir about getting caught in prison’s ‘revolving door’, inspiring his listeners, and having your lyrics used against you in court

The Independent UK

All these men made big mistakes. But are we punishing them too much?

"How can anyone build the life they want to live when they have to live under a state of perpetual anxiety and limbo?"

Manchester Evening News

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Washington Renews Calls on Iran to Release American Detained Citizens in Tehran

Washington described Iran’s imprisonment of US nationals for use as political leverage as outrageous and inhumane, calling on the Iranian authorities to release US nationals wrongfully detained in Tehran. US Department of State Spokesperson Vedant Patel said that the US has no higher priority than securing the release of its…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Cost to replace notorious Scots prison with state-of-the-art super-jail soars to £400m

Scottish Government ministers had initially pencilled in £100 million to replace Barlinnie with the new purpose-built HMP Glasgow.

Daily Record

Book bans are soaring in US schools, fueled largely by new laws in Republican-led states

Fearing criminal penalties, public schools throughout Missouri removed hundreds of books from their libraries after state lawmakers last year made it illegal to provide students with “sexually explicit” material — a new law that carried punishment of up to a year in prison.

Los Angeles Times

Britain's Got Talent mum reveals jailbird past over £6,000 cannabis stash

Claire Connolly posed as a hopeful on the talent show to get her daughter to audition, and then opened up about going to prison over a £6,000 stash of cannabis before her daughter wowed the judges

Daily Mirror

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Daughter of US Citizen Jailed by Iran Says She Has Lost Confidence in US Efforts

The daughter of an environmentalist imprisoned by Iran said on Saturday she had lost confidence in US President Joe Biden's efforts to free her father. Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds British citizenship, has served five years of a 10-year sentence after being convicted of spying. He was briefly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ex-Marine gets 12 years for smuggling fentanyl into the US from Mexico

A former U.S. Marine who smuggled drugs from Mexico into the U.S. for years was sentenced Friday to 12 years in federal prison.

Tribune News Service

Murderer who killed champion Irish boxer moved to UK prison over 'fears for his safety'

Logan Jackson, who was jailed for life after repeatedly running over 20-year-old Kevin Sheehy with his 4x4 Jeep, has been transferred from Limerick to a prison in England

Daily Mirror

The former Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright will be freed Monday

Kim Potter, who was convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her handgun for a Taser in the 2021 incident, is set to be released from prison after serving 16 months. Daunte Wright was 20 years old.

WEKU

A prison manual, a gangster, and a new alignment? Why Anand Mohan Singh is back in the public eye

On December 5, 1994, an agitated funeral procession in Bihar turned violent. Moving down the Vaishali-Muzaffarpur highway, the procession was led by a few politicians including Anand Mohan Singh, a don turned legislator and the founder of the now defunct Bihar People’s Party. It was carrying the body of Kaushlendra…

Newslaundry

Shared rooms, rancid food, no clothes: new report lays bare shocking conditions of those seeking refuge in UK

Asylum seekers are enduring conditions worse than prison as they wait in hotels for claims to be processed

The Guardian - UK

Former Rochdale vicar's defiant message as he's jailed for taking part in Insulate Britain roadblock

The Rev Mark Coleman vowed to carry on protesting despite being sent to prison for his part in a demonstration which brought the City of London to a standstill

Manchester Evening News

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Nottingham Post

Criminal absconded from prison and burgled Lenton student home

Alan Steel, 42, broke into a shared house in Derby Road, Lenton, on the morning of June 4, 2022

Glasgow Live

Glasgow pensioner left a 'prisoner in own home' after breaking hip on 'loose' slab

Morag Herbertson, aged 80, was walking through the city centre, towards Argyle Street, when she stepped on a loose slab at the Four Corners and slammed into the pavement breaking her hip.

Radio France Internationale

Paris court sentences man to life for 1980 synagogue bombing

A Paris court on Friday sentenced Lebanese-Canadian citizen Hassan Diab to life in prison in absentia for the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in which four people died.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago can be a true ‘second chance’ city for ex-offenders

Providing job opportunities and resources for those returning home from prison or jail is deeply personal for me, Mayor Lori Lightfoot writes. Chicago now has a roadmap for this work.

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Irish Mirror

Fat Freddie Thompson escorted from prison as he's granted temporary release to see beloved mother after her death

Exclusive: Fat Freddie, 43, got to spend a short time with his mum Lisa before he was brought away and back down to the jail, with strict security measures in place at all times.

Al Jazeera

Guantanamo Bay prisoners show signs of ‘accelerated ageing’: ICRC

The Guantanamo prison camp has come to symbolise the brutality of the US’s so-called ‘war on terror’.

The Independent UK

U.S. Marine gets 12 years for cross-border drug smuggling

A former Marine who helped smuggle drugs for years from Mexico into the U.S. and even tried to get a song written about his exploits has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison

The Independent UK

Texas man gets 2nd life sentence for pregnant wife’s killing

A former Houston-area high school football coach has been sentenced for a second time to life in prison in his pregnant wife’s killing more than 24 years ago

Tribune News Service

Why wasn’t man accused of shooting black teen charged with a hate crime? Experts point to gap in Missouri law

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In explaining his decision not to file a hate crime charge against the 84-year-old man accused of shooting Ralph Yarl, Clay County Prosecutor Zachary Thompson said Monday he did not want to risk double jeopardy.

Reason

Brittney Griner's Russian Imprisonment Outraged the Country. So Should Vladimir Kara-Murza's.

The journalist and dissident, who was sentenced to 25 years in a penal colony for criticizing the Russian government, has not received the same attention.

The Independent UK

Arsenal fans display banner in support of US journalist detained by Russia

Evan Gershkovich is being held in Moscow on espionage charges and faces up to 20 years in prison

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