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Why life sentences don't mean life in prison as David Carrick gets 36 of them in one

The 48-year-old was accused of 85 offences in total, including more than 20 rapes against 12 victims between 2003 and 2020

Wales Online

How cop David Carrick was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders

David Carrick has been sentenced to 30 years and 239 days in prison after attacking a dozen woman over a 17-year period - but warning signs had been posted continually about the serving policeman's behaviour

Daily Mirror

‘A long time coming’: Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam runs for office

Salaam, who was falsely accused at age 15 of gang rape and incarcerated for seven years, is hoping to use his experience to create a positive change

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Hong Kong starts largest ever trial against pro-democracy activists

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

Radio France Internationale

Man could face £50,000 flytipping fine after trying to create community allotment in derelict park

Simon Martin could face a £50,000 fine or prison after he tried to bring a derelict play park back into use as an allotment

Wales Online

Int’l Report Unveils Iranian Diplomats' Role in Distorting Image of Protesters

A report by Amnesty International has shed light on the Iranian diplomats' involvement in the cover-up of 1988 executions and the current crackdown on protests. The executions were done based on a fatwa by Khomeini, the Supreme Leader at the time. The Iranian authorities' refusal to acknowledge let alone ensure…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At Least 20 Escape Syria Prison Holding ISIS Inmates after Quake

Prisoners mutinied in a northwestern Syria prison Monday following a deadly earthquake, with at least 20 escaping the jail holding mostly ISIS group members, a source at the facility told AFP. The military police prison in the town of Rajo near the Turkish border holds about 2,000 inmates, with about…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Lanarkshire police officer beaten unconscious says he's 'lucky to be alive'

Josh Smith, 20, attacked the officer in 2021 and beat him unconcious, however, he was spared a prison sentence and handed a six-month electronic tagging order with an 8am to 7pm curfew

Glasgow Live

Thug admits to murdering man in Mountjoy Prison cell

The criminal, aged in his late 30s, made the admission to gardai after he was arrested in jail

Dublin Live

Man who 'danced' on body of Robert O'Connor after beating admits to brutal Mountjoy prison murder

Exclusive: "It's simply not known at this stage why he has made this move but no doubt he has his own motivations for doing so"

Irish Mirror

Catholic priests in Nicaragua sentenced to decade behind bars

A Nicaraguan judge sentenced four Catholic priests to 10-year prison terms on Monday, after they were charged with "treason" and "spreading false news," amid what rights groups call a growing clampdown on critics of President Daniel Ortega.

Reuters

Tarikjot Singh pleads guilty to murder of Adelaide aged care worker Jasmeen Kaur

A man will be sentenced to life in prison after admitting to killing 21-year-old aged care worker Jasmeen Kaur in South Australia two years ago.

ABC News

‘You will not break my spirit’: Leonard Taylor speaks out day before execution in Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Leonard “Raheem” Taylor answered the phone exuberantly on Monday from a prison in eastern Missouri.

Tribune News Service

Hunt for prison escapee in far north Queensland

A man guilty of breaking and entering with threats or violence is on the run after escaping a far north Queensland correctional centre overnight.

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The Guardian - US

Argentinian rugby players sentenced to life in prison over teen’s murder

Fernando Báez Sosa, son of Paraguayan immigrants, was attacked outside nightclub in what family see as racially motivated attack

The Independent UK

Prisoners to be held in police cells after surge in jail overcrowding

Last year, the Government announced it had asked to use 400 police cells to hold inmates after a surge in overcrowding.

The Guardian - UK

Insulate Britain protester faces prison over contempt of court conviction

David Nixon defied judge’s instruction not to cite climate crisis as motivation for causing public nuisance

The Independent UK

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson facing public Parole Board hearing next month

An application by Bronson’s lawyers to request the hearing takes place in public was granted last year.

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Georgian court rejects appeal to release ex-leader Saakashvili on health grounds

A Georgian court on Monday rejected an appeal to release former President Mikheil Saakashvili from prison on health grounds, a decision the ex-leader said was akin to a "death sentence."

Chronicle Live

Double killer and rapist dies behind bars while serving life sentence at HMP Frankland

George Naylor was jailed for life for killing two prostitutes in Bradford

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal issued to trace wanted man, 25, with links to Manchester and Tameside

TeeJay Etchells is wanted on prison recall

Radio France Internationale

Frenchman imprisoned in Iran for spying goes on hunger strike

Benjamin Brière, the French tourist who was jailed in Iran in May, 2020, has been on hunger strike since 28 January. Announcing the development, his sister Blandine Brière and the imprisoned man's legal team said it was the only protest available to him.

Daily Record

Duncan Ferguson in Rangers throwback as he claims prison food can't compare to Forest Green Rovers vegan grub

The former striker has made reference to the time he got locked up in a Scottish prison after taking over at Forest Green Rovers.

The National (Scotland)

Nicola Sturgeon responds to popularity rating drop amid trans prisoner row

Over the weekend, a YouGov poll reported the First Minister’s personal approval rating had dropped and the gender reform row was blamed

The Conversation

The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy laws

On Jan. 17, 2023, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which carries the death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The new law now extends the punishment to those deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, with…

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