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Unsealed secret order reveals why convicted SC killer was released 16 years early

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A secret order that resulted in the early release of convicted South Carolina murderer Jeroid Price was unsealed Thursday by the state Supreme Court, detailing publicly for the first time what information Price shared to cut nearly 16 years off his prison sentence.

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Prison riot as cons throw things and block windows before unloading fire extinguisher

Prisoners are rioting at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth, Massachusetts - inmates have been seen throwing things and unloading a fire extinguisher from the windows

Daily Mirror

College student who killed a man with sword sentenced twice to 55 years in prison

Two courts issued separate prison sentences to a man who attacked two people with a samurai sword, fatally shot a former classmate, kidnapped a woman and led police on a six-day manhunt in 2020.

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Seven criminals who escaped Irish 'open' prisons have yet to be recaptured

Loughan House in Co Cavan and Shelton Abbey in Co Wicklow usually accommodate prisoners who are considered to pose a reduced risk to the public or are preparing for release towards the end of their sentences.

Irish Mirror

Olivia Pratt-Korbel killer could have 42-year prison sentence increased due to 'complaints'

Thomas Cashman, 34, was convicted of gunning down nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool in August last year.

Daily Record

Several members of Kinahan cartel granted protective custody in prison

It's understood they no longer have the cash to pay for their drug debts as the Kinahan cash machine dries up

Irish Mirror

Music to Trump's ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with song

A song featuring ex-President Donald Trump and a choir of prisoners charged with crimes related to the deadly Capitol insurrection briefly took the No. 1 spot on iTunes last month, edging out Taylor Swift

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Thomas Cashman's 42-year prison sentence could be increased after complaints

The drug dealer has already appealed the length of his sentence but not the murder conviction

Liverpool Echo

Inmate who wanted to be prison mentor spits in officer's face

The prisoner later said he wanted to degrade the officer

Wales Online

Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies

With virtually all the Kremlin's opponents already jailed or in exile, and liberal press outlets and human rights groups forced to shut down, it might have appeared that years of repression in Russia had achieved their objective.

Reuters

Commentary: Fox News and the prison of profit

I am not a Fox News fan, so I was curious what the conservative media company’s viewers made of this week’s massive $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over broadcasting lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

Los Angeles Times

‘Bikini dope dealer’ sentenced to four-year stretch

A Sydney woman convicted of dealing drugs has been urged to study so she can help addicts upon release from prison.

The New Daily

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia

Opposition worried what President Kais Saied’s next step will be with a number of opposition figures in prison.

Al Jazeera

‘Cartel wives’ of Chicago’s twin cocaine kingpins plead guilty to stashing drug cash

Vivianna Lopez and Valerie Gaytan, wives of Pedro and Margarito Flores, admitted to involvement in a conspiracy to launder millions from their husbands’ drug trafficking business after the men were taken into federal custody.

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The Independent UK

2 men wrongly convicted in California are declared innocent

Two men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted murder have been declared innocent by a California judge

The Independent UK

Sword attack killer gets another 55-year prison sentence

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for a vicious and random sword attack that killed one man and seriously wounded another in 2020

Daily Mirror

Rats 'as big as cats' take over homes as mum feels like they're 'living in prisons'

Families in Burnley, Lancashire, claimed their homes have been overrun with giant rats that help themselves to food from their cupboards, as they were told to "close windows"

Nottingham Post

Prisoner squirted noxious substance out of cell in Nottinghamshire prison

He struck again at a prison in London

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Daily Record

Transgender sex offender who attacked child in Morrisons toilet locked up in male prison

Katie Dolatowski was convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Kirkcaldy in 2018 as well as violent assaults on adults. She went against court orders to stay at her bail address at night.

Daily Mirror

Stephen Bear's girlfriend 'applies to be cleaner in prison' to be closer to him

Jessica Smith, girlfriend of Stephen Bear, has vowed to stand by the disgraced reality star despite him serving jail time for sharing footage of himself having sex with his ex Georgia Harrison without her permission

Evening Standard

Man jailed for killing banker in mistaken West End attack over mobile phone

Construction worker to serve less than a year in prison after sentence judge admitted ‘will seem like nothing’ to victim’s family

Liverpool Echo

Mum's life changed when friend showed her what 'little bit of kindness' can do

Charlotte worked in a prison as a teacher for 15 years before taking redundancy

Daily Record

Man sparked bomb scare at city mosque, Glasgow police station and prison with hoax claims

A man who falsely reported that a bomb had been planted at Stirling’s Islamic Centre was this week jailed for two years and six months. Keith Smyth, of Cowie, had made the claim, on the night of June 20 last year, that a bomb was likely to explode a

The National (Scotland)

Rapists should be sent to jail, FM insists amid outcry over Sean Hogg sentence

THE First Minister has said he agrees that all rapists should be sent to prison, amid outcry over one convict who was given community service.

Irish Mirror

Garda killer Stephen Silver 'behaving himself' in prison so will serve life sentence in Mountjoy

The Irish Prison Service has no plans to move him and say so far he is a "model prisoner" who is full of remorse

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