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Convicted killer Alex Murdaugh’s secret prison location revealed

Disgraced lawyer spending life behind bars for murder of wife and son in 2021

The Independent UK

Strangeways 'locked down' with prisoners returned to their cells after inmate got onto roof

A prisoner has now been protesting on the roof of the jail for over six hours

Manchester Evening News

Kevin Strickland alleges ‘reckless’ KCPD misconduct led to 43-year wrongful conviction

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kevin Strickland, who spent four decades in prison for a 1978 triple murder he did not commit, filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that serious misconduct by Kansas City police led to his wrongful conviction.

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Clad in fluffy slippers and dressing gowns, filming for Snapchat, they arrived to watch the Strangeways protest

The inmate sketched “Free IPPZ” onto the roof of the building before continually shouting out the phrase, in what appeared to be a protest against the abolished court sanction titled Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence

Manchester Evening News

Inmate makes heart gesture and scrawls message on Strangeways roof

Police negotiators have been attempting to talk the man down from the roof for several hours

Liverpool Echo

Claims guards aided killer fake death in S. Africa jailbreak

A parliamentary hearing in South Africa has been told that a man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison by faking his own burning death likely got warders to help smuggle a corpse into his cell

The Independent UK

Strangeways protestor daubs 'FREE IPPZ' on the roof - what the sentence means and why it's so controversial

The Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence (IPP) was abolished in 2012 and branded 'unjust'

Manchester Evening News

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Savannah Chrisley Gets Honest About Being Told To ‘Distance’ Herself From Parents Todd And Julie Chrisley Ahead Of Their Prison Sentences

Savannah Chrisley opens up about being advised to stay away from her parents ahead of their incarcerations.

Cinemablend

Lawsuit: Guards beat, taunt inmate with, 'You can't breathe'

An advocacy group for prisoners’ rights has filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officers who allegedly ignored requirements that they videotape a prison-cell encounter with an inmate, who says he was sexually abused, beaten without provocation and taunted with words that evoked the 2020 death of George Floyd at…

The Independent UK

Strangeways prisoner 'wearing a binbag' makes love heart gesture to camera as he shouts from rooftop

The dramatic footage showed the prisoner clambering precariously along the roof of the jail wearing a makeshift waterproof fashioned from what appears to be a bin bag amid cold and rainy conditions

Manchester Evening News

Inmate climbs onto roof of notorious Strangeways prison as negotiators called in

In a video from the scene, the prisoner is seen gesturing and shouting, while concentrating on keeping his balance amidst high winds and rain, which made the roof visibly wet and possibly slippery.

Daily Record

Aide: Jailed Russian opposition leader ill, perhaps poisoned

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is reportedly in failing health because of a new suspected poisoning

The Independent UK

Prison service issues statement after inmate climbs on roof of Strangeways - what we know so far

Specialist negotiators are at the scene along with police officers and paramedics

Manchester Evening News

Inmate climbs onto roof of notorious UK prison in standoff with police

An inmate can still be seen on top of Strangeways prison in Manchester, standing on a sliding roof, where he has been for six hours as police negotiators attempt to bring him down

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Weinstein returns to NY prison system after LA conviction

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has returned to the New York prison system after spending nearly two years in California, where he was tried and convicted of raping an Italian actor and model

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile spared jail as judge told he is 'motivated' to change

The 29-year-old received a suspended sentence

Cinemablend

Real Housewife Jen Shah's Legal Team Reportedly Dropping Her Due To Massive Unpaid Bill

Jen Shah is facing another legal setback after her legal team reportedly dropped her.

The Independent UK

Teachers noticed he was starving. Then he froze to death in a garage. What happened to Thomas Valva?

Thomas’ father, former NYPD officer Michael Valva, and his then-fiancée Angela Pollina have been sentenced to life and 25 years in prison, respectively. Andrea Blanco outlines the egregious case

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Survive prison by recruiting an army of alien rats in this turn-based RPG

Space Prison is a "social survival" game about climbing the ranks of alien criminal hierarchies, brawling with anyone who gets in your way, and, er, befriending the local vermin.

Daily Mirror

Brothers slapped with ASBOs at 10 and 13 now attacking people in the street for 'sport'

Brothers Tyler, Shamen and Brandon Williams have been found guilty of attacking people in the streets of Gillingham and Chatham, Kent, in 2021 "for sport" and jailed

Evening Standard

OPINION - Tech & Science Daily podcast: Theranos founder to start 11-year prison sentence

Elizabeth Holmes was once compared to Steve Jobs, but the disgraced founder of failed blood-testing start-up Theranos once worth billions will begin her prison sentence at the end of April.

Manchester Evening News

Killer who shot dead man and woman in brutal gangland-style double murder dies in prison

Raymond Whittaker killed two people in their home in East Yorkshire

Reuters

Vietnam jails prominent political activist for 6 years

A Hanoi court on Wednesday sentenced a prominent Vietnamese political activist to six years in prison for conducting anti-state activities, his lawyer said, in a case that has raised international concerns over the communist country's treatment of dissidents.

France 24

Ivory Coast: Are personal freedoms on the decline ahead of local elections?

Several opposition activists were arrested and convicted at the end of February, once again sparking a debate on free speech and freedom of assembly in the country. A few months ahead of municipal and regional elections this autumn, opposition groups and civil society actors are denouncing intimidation attempts and attacks…

ABC News

Former UWA student Luigi Rayapen jailed for Rottnest Island sexual assault following appeal

Former UWA law student Luigi Rayapen is sentenced to more than three years in prison on appeal after initially being handed a suspended jail term for sexually assaulting a woman on Rottnest Island as she tried to sleep.

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