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Woman accused of aiding 2 men who escaped from Philadelphia prison

Authorities say two inmates who escaped Sunday night from a Philadelphia prison were aided by a woman in the city

The Independent UK

YouTuber accused of deliberately crashing plane for views pleads guilty

Trevor Jacob, 29, faces up to 20 years in prison after purposely destroying wreckage of small plane that he crashed in 2021

The Guardian - US

More than 60 per cent of incarcerated women are mothers — Listen

Mother’s Day is just a few days away. It can be a complicated day. For some, it could mean a bouquet of flowers or a breakfast in bed. For others, it can mean mourning the loss of a loved one or dealing with a haunted past. And still — for…

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Secret report condemns orders keeping convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika in prison

A convicted terrorist is being kept in prison using orders that have been condemned in a Home Affairs inquiry. The department kept that report's findings secret — until now.

ABC News

Every murderer of a tortured teenager set on fire will soon be back on the street

Glyn Powell was part of a gang who tortured teenager Suzanne Capper and burned her alive — he is the last one of her killers still in prison but the parole board has now found him ‘manageable in the community’

Wales Online

Timeline of Natalee Holloway’s disappearance as prime suspect faces extradition

The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is now facing extradition to face criminal charges in the United States

The Independent UK

Guantanamo Bay prisoner's drawings lay bare brutal torture in CIA’s post-9/11 program

WARNING, CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES: Abu Zubaydah, 52, was used as a human guinea pig in the CIA’s post-9/11 torture program and a landmark new report shows the brutal torture he was subject to

Daily Mirror

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Kiwi locked up in Thailand with no clothes, food or water

The son of a prominent NZ climate scientist arrested for drug possession in Thailand last year has been imprisoned in a Patong jail without clear indication of his future.

Newsroom.co.nz

US Senate panel raises ‘concern’ over Egyptian detainee’s health

Senate Foreign Relations Committee urges Egypt to immediately release academic Salah Soltan amid ‘neglect in prison’.

Al Jazeera

Inside Swansea Prison's kitchen where Wagamama is teaching inmates to cook its food

'If we can turn one person around, we can prevent future victims'

Wales Online

Serving prisoner's 'awful' actions after he gave officer an 'outright soaking'

He had spent the night unhappily gathering the unnecessary materials

Nottingham Post

Murderer wins High Court case over transfer to open prison conditions

Stephen Wynne killed Chantel Taylor after picking her up near his home in Birkenhead, Merseyside, in March 2004.

The Independent UK

Natalee Holloway disappearance: Timeline as prime suspect faces extradition

The prime suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway is now facing extradition to face criminal charges in the United States

The Independent UK

Josef Fritzl writes book from prison in attempt to be reconciled with his family

Austrian, who was jailed in 2009 for murder, enslavement, rape and incest, co-authors book with his lawyer

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Reuters

UK jails 20-year-old for eight years for terrorism offences

A 20-year-old man who downloaded manuals on making guns and explosives has been sentenced to eight years and six months in prison on terrorism offences, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Thursday.

The Times of India

Entrepreneur and political leader Nowhera Shaikh sets up law group to help get bail for poor and women prisoners

MUMBAI: Entrepreneur and founder of All India Mahila Empowerment Party (AIMEP) Nowhera Shaikh has founded a group to help undertrials, especially women, languishing in jails for want of legal aid or bail amount.

Reuters

Former Russian schoolteacher gets 5.5 years in prison for anti-war posts

A former Russian schoolteacher has been sentenced to five and a half years in a penal colony for remarks he made online about President Vladimir Putin and Russian "fascism" in Ukraine, his fiancee said on Thursday.

Chronicle Live

Washington man whose van was used to illegally dump household waste avoids jail

Steven Adams was involved in a fly-tipping incident near Stanley and has been given a suspended prison sentence

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow doctor who punched nurses remains suspended by medical watchdog after appeal

Karen Clark, 41, turned to theft and violence after spiralling into alcoholism and has served two prison sentences. She punched one nurse in the head, and kicked another.

The Independent UK

Josef Fritzl says he is ‘sure’ his family will forgive him in rare statement

Infamous imprisoner says he is ‘sure’ he will be reunited with family, after admitting to raping daughter ‘at least 3,000 times’

The Conversation

'Courage is contagious': Daniel Ellsberg's decision to release the Pentagon Papers didn't happen in a vacuum

In 1971, when Daniel Ellsberg arrived at a federal court in Boston, a journalist asked if he was concerned about the prospect of going to prison for leaking a 7,000-page top-secret history of the Vietnam War. Ellsberg responded with a question of his own: “Wouldn’t you go to prison to…

Birmingham Post

How waste disposal specialists at Bakers Environmental are helping prisoners get back on the right track

'Having something to look forward to can change your perspective and motivate you to change your life'

The Guardian - US

‘The forever prisoner’: Abu Zubaydah’s drawings expose the US’s depraved torture policy

Exclusive: For 21 years, the detainee has been in US custody without charge, tortured and sexually humiliated, with no prospect for release

Dublin Live

Michael Buble confirmed for this week’s Late Late Show as lineup announced

This week's show will also include an actress, a GAA s atarnd the governor of Mountjoy Prison

Liverpool Echo

McDonald's breakfast led to downfall of drug gang transporting cocaine from Merseyside

One of the members controlled a supply line while he was in prison

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