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Inside mega prison hellhole as thousands of gangsters forced to sleep on metal shelves

El Salvador has had a problem with gang-related violence for decades, but the South American country's new President Nayib Bukele has promised a crackdown on crime, and has already rounded up 63,000 gangsters and thrown most in jail

Daily Mirror

Man given life in prison for 2019 killing of Gdansk mayor

A Polish court has given a life sentence to the man who fatally stabbed the popular mayor of Gdansk in 2019

The Independent UK

Former TOT chief gets 20 years for 2008 deal

Former TOT president Varut Suvakorn has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay about one billion baht to the state agency for an unauthorised deal with Samart I-Mobile in 2008.

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Jim Gordon death: Drummer for Eric Clapton and Beach Boys dies in prison aged 77

The session drummer was convicted of killing his mother in 1983 and was serving time in prison when he died

The Independent UK

Rick Kogan: It may be only rock ‘n’ roll but Blagojevich was back in the spotlight for a few songs at a Chicago club

CHICAGO — Beer was flowing, the band was playing, people danced and in the audience sat a former governor of Illinois at a table with his wife, ready to rock ’n’ roll.

Chicago Tribune

Man found with 53 bags of cocaine not jailed as prisons are too full

The judge said: "Given the current state of prisons and the overcrowding, I am going to suspend that sentence"

Wales Online

Jim Gordon, famed session drummer convicted of murdering his mother, dies at 77

LOS ANGELES — Jim Gordon, the prolific session drummer who played with some of rock’s biggest stars — including the Beach Boys, several Beatles and Eric Clapton, whose classic “Layla” he’s credited with co-writing — before he was sentenced to prison for killing his mother, died Monday at the state-run…

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Truck driver Amala Paulson in court for statements from family of Liam Batson

A lawyer for a truck driver found guilty of dangerous driving causing death says his client is in isolation in a women's prison for 23 hours a day because her transition is not yet complete.

ABC News

Former Mexican presidential candidate sentenced to US prison

Tomas Yarrington Ruvalcaba, ex-governor of Tamaulipas, is accused of using $3.5m in bribes to buy property in the US.

Al Jazeera

Ex-Wells Fargo exec to plead guilty for role in bank scandal

A former Wells Fargo Bank executive accused of overseeing a ruse that created millions of bogus customer accounts has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges likely to send her prison for her role in the scandal

The Independent UK

El Salvador: 2,000 more to prison, vows will 'never return'

El Salvador's government has sent 2,000 more suspects to a new prison built especially for gang members, and the justice minister vows that “they will never return” to the streets

The Independent UK

Oklahoma City bombing figure's son guilty in Nevada robbery

The troubled son of imprisoned Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols has pleaded guilty in Las Vegas to kidnapping and armed robbery in a case that will get him at least five years in a Nevada prison

The Independent UK

Convicted felon Joe Exotic announces bid for 2024 US presidential election

Infamous ‘Tiger King’ star is currently serving a 21-year prison sentence

The Independent UK

Tiger King star Joe Exotic announces his bid to run for US president from prison

Joe Exotic, who rose to fame in the 2020 Netflix documentary Tiger King, wants to be the next president of America, he announced as he serves a 21 year prison sentence

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Todd Chrisley's son, Kyle, arrested for allegedly assaulting and threatening boss

Kyle Chrisley, the son of imprisoned reality TV star Todd Chrisley, is facing legal issues of his own.

Daily Record

Stirling thug jailed after fireraising and assaults in city centre

The incidents took place on a couple of days in August last year.

The Independent UK

Navalny 'terribly glad' documentary about him won an Oscar

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says he is “terribly glad” that a film detailing his poisoning and political activism won the Oscar for best documentary feature

The Independent UK

Alex Murdaugh’s accomplice in financial crimes seeks new trial based on killer’s testimony in murder case

During his murder trial, Alex Murdaugh testified that Russell Laffitte was not involved in his multi-million-dollar fraud schemes

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Luther: The Fallen Sun viewers complain about glaring plot hole in new Netflix film

‘More holes in it than Swiss cheese,’ one person claimed

Daily Mirror

Man jailed for 400 years released after 34 years for crime he didn't commit

Sidney Holmes, 57, was sentenced to 400 years in prison for an armed robbery which took place in 1988, but he was found innocent in a reinvestigation of the case in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

The Independent UK

Florida man guilty in 2019 fatal shooting of 5 women at bank

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to fatally shooting five women at a small-town bank branch in 2019 and will face either life in prison or a death sentence during the penalty phase next year

The Independent UK

Amanda Knox sparks controversy by weighing in on viral op-ed complaining about Italian study abroad programme

‘Girl, what are you talking about? Studying abroad is awesome!’ Ms Knox wrote

Wales Online

Rogue trader brothers handed prison sentences after exploiting two elderly men from Cowbridge

The brothers threatened and intimidated their victims when payment for the poorly carried out work was refused

The Independent UK

Man sentenced to life in prison for killing niece and dumping body on wasteland

Mohammed Taroos Khan killed Somaiya Begum at her home in Binnie Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, last year.

Irish Mirror

Eleanor Williams: Man falsely accused of rape wants woman sentenced to life after being brought to brink of suicide

Jordan Trengove was one of the men falsely accused of rape by Eleanor Williams, and spent 73 days in prison after he was charged as a result of Williams' claims

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