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Tottenham’s Pedro Porro: ‘Tim Sherwood won’t be the first to have had to shut his mouth’

The Spain wing-back tells Sid Lowe about a tumultuous start to life at Spurs, that Conte outburst and what would happen if he was let loose in a prison

The Guardian - UK

Experts, lawyers lift lid on Australia's 'woefully under-funded' prison mental health services

It's our nation's secret shame. Experts are saying the neglect of mental health services in prisons has reached a crisis point and could constitute a human rights violation.

ABC News

Cooperating guard gets 6 years in Illinois inmate's death

The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison

The Independent UK

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Prof: Trump calls may land him in prison

"Those could be very incriminating phone calls by themselves," says law professor Clark Cunningham

Salon

Teen victim testifies to save man who beat him into a coma from decades in prison

‘It was his decision to show mercy, and that’s what he wanted to do,’ lawyer says

The Independent UK

Murderer Logan Jackson moved to UK prison over fears for his safety - and safety of prisoners and staff

Jackson could not continue to serve out a life sentence in any Irish jail, and one of the reasons was because State authorities feared he would be harmed or killed in custody

Irish Mirror

Virginia prisoners who used toothbrush to escape caught at pancake restaurant

Two inmates dug their way out of cell using toothbrush but were apprehended within hours at Ihop branch

The Guardian - US

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Norma Foley agrees with Taoiseach that transgender prisoners should not be housed in female prisons

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she also agreed with comments from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that prisoners convicted of violent crimes who were born biologically male should not be placed in female-only prions.

Irish Mirror

San Quentin — California’s oldest prison — executed hundreds from death row over decades

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest death row and was built in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison.

Tribune News Service

Saudi Arabia and Iran restore relations: A chance at peace for Yemen?

The two sides in Yemen's conflict have agreed to free nearly 900 people in a prisoner exchange. That deal comes less than two weeks after Saudi Arabia and Iran re-established diplomatic ties after years of hostility. The two regional powers have backed opposing sides in Yemen's war, and their rapprochement…

France 24

Edinburgh prisoner slashed by fellow inmate with 'psychotic traits'

Damien McCann was caged for repeatedly raping a girl, starting when she was aged 10, as his vile wife filmed the abuse. His attacker, Damian Fowler, was previously told by a judge that he has "psychotic traits"

Edinburgh Live

Scots paedophile monster scarred in prison razor blade attack by serial slasher

Damien McCann, whose wife filmed him raping a young girl, was permanently disfigured after attack by inmate at Saughton Prison.

Daily Record

Victoria's Centre of Excellence VET program helps prisoners gain skills to prepare for employment

One participant started using drugs at 16, was trafficking by 21 and has been in and out of jail for much of her adult life. Now, she's using construction skills she learnt while incarcerated to build herself a better future.

ABC News

Man sentenced to 30 years after police officer shot friend

A judge reduced the prison sentence from 55 to 30 years for an Alabama man convicted of murder when a police officer shot his friend

The Independent UK

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Ireland may need to change laws around trans prisoners – Varadkar

Taoiseach says any response to cases like the Isla Bryson one in Scotland would be dealt with 'in a similar way'

The Independent UK

Ireland may have to consider changing laws around trans prisoners – Varadkar

The Irish Prison Service said that it is currently drafting a policy on transgender prisoners.

AAP

Push for Victorian bail laws to honour Veronica's story

The family of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson, who died in custody in 2020, says Victoria's bail law reforms should be named in her honour.

Tribune News Service

‘I’m flawed, I need grace and forgiveness.’ Missouri man sentenced in Capitol riot

A Missouri man who told a federal judge that “I take full responsibility” for breaching the Capitol in the early minutes of the Jan. 6 riot was sentenced Tuesday to 14 days in prison and fined $500.

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Salon

Pipeline protests criminalized in Utah

Since the Standing Rock protests in 2017, 19 states have passed so-called critical infrastructure laws

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson says Trump’s payoff to a porn actress is ‘ordinary in America’

Fox host ignores context of Michael Cohen’s prison sentence as he portrays Daniels payment as harmless

Salon

Fox hosts sad over possible Trump arrest

"If he's the nominee, you're putting 74 million votes in prison. And that's how I see it," said Jesse Watters

The Independent UK

Man gets 4 years for attacking police at Jan. 6 Capitol riot

A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

Reuters

Chad sentences 441 rebels to life in prison over ex-president Deby's death

A court in Chad sentenced more than 400 rebels to life in prison on Tuesday over the death of former president Idriss Deby, who was killed on the frontline of a battle against their group in 2021, their lawyer said.

France 24

The many lives of French abbeys

Once important seats of Christian worship, and now treasures of the country's heritage, French abbeys often have surprising histories. That’s the case of Fontevraud abbey, in the former duchy of Anjou. Run by a woman during its heyday, the abbey was turned into a prison after the French Revolution. In…

Al Jazeera

Italian anarchist in solitary confinement warns of his death

Alfredo Cospito’s hunger strike began last October in protest against a harsh and controversial regime known as 41-bis.

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