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Former Sydney prison officer sentenced to 23 years in jail for sexually assaulting inmates

Wayne Gregory Astill was convicted by a jury of 27 charges, which included counts of aggravated and indecent assault last year.

ABC News

NT independent politician Yingiya Guyula wants to see elders given authority to help offenders heal

An Arnhem Land politician says there are answers to the dire situation the NT is facing with crime and prisons – and they're solutions that have existed for generations.

ABC News

S.African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius denied parole a decade after killing girlfriend

Former South Africa Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been denied parole, South Africa's prison authorities and a lawyer for the victim's family said on Friday.

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Canberra airport shooter jailed for more three years

The man charged over a shooting at Canberra Airport has been sentenced to more than three years in prison. The total sentence of three years and three

The New Daily

Who’s who in the Manhattan DA’s Donald Trump investigation

As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican

The Independent UK

Trump indictment won't keep him from presidential race, but will make his reelection bid much harder

A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict former President Donald Trump. The specific state charges, reports The New York Times, “remain a mystery” but will be related to the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Trump for making hush money payments to a porn star just before the 2016 presidential…

The Conversation

Don Blankenship Loses Libel Lawsuit Against Donald Trump, Jr., Who Called Blankenship a "Felon"

Coal baron and later Senate candidate Blankenship had been convicted of a misdemeanor, and served a year in prison for it; a federal judge has concluded that Blankenship hadn't introduced enough evidence that Trump, Jr. knew that he had erred in calling Blankenship a "felon."

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Jury convicts former Presidente Supermarket exec of plotting brutal murder of wife’s lover

MIAMI — More than a decade after the body of his wife’s lover was found tortured and disfigured and after seven years on the lam in Europe, former Presidente Supermarket magnate Manuel Marin was found guilty of planning and the brutal crime.

Miami Herald

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Paul Rusesabagina arrives in US following release

In tonight's edition: Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is given a two-month suspended sentence in his libel trial. Also, Kenya sees a third day of opposition and anti-inflation protests. Plus, Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina arrives back in the United States after being released from prison. He spent more than…

France 24

National security watchdog calls for controversial terror laws to be dumped in scathing review

The national security watchdog argues laws that allow convicted terrorists to be held in prison after their sentence is over should be dumped.

ABC News

Q&A: Prosecutors open up about prisoner's fatal beating

Three former Illinois prison guards will spend years behind bars for fatally punching, kicking and stomping a 65-year-old Black inmate, after dragging him out of sight of security cameras

The Independent UK

Killing, smuggling of rare sheep could land Northern California hunter in prison for 26 years

A Northern California man who attempted to enter San Francisco airport customs with eight full or partial animal corpses in his personal baggage was indicted last week for conspiring to violate the Endangered Species Act.

Los Angeles Times

'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley is released early from jail into halfway house

'QAnon Shaman', 35-year-old Jacob Chansley, stormed Capitol Hill during the Jan 6 riots while wearing a viking helmet and face paint - he was sentenced to 41 months in prison

Daily Mirror

Russia's arrest of US reporter is a 'retaliation' as Putin's man rules out quick swap

The case against The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia, could be used as a 'trump card' for exchange of prisoners with the US, a Russian lawyer claimed

Daily Mirror

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'Babes in the Wood' killer died in prison after catching Covid and choosing not to shield despite cancer diagnosis

Russell Bishop died in January 2022. He had declined to shield despite cancer having spread to his brain, lungs and bowel.

The Independent UK

Bronson’s ‘son’ says they faked relationship for six years in publicity stunt

George Bamby said he faked the connection with the notorious prisoner in order to gain publicity for him.

The Independent UK

Belarus detains Russian dad convicted in antiwar art case

Authorities in Belarus say they have detained a fugitive single father who escaped house arrest in Russia shortly before he was convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter’s antiwar sketch at school

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson makes heartbreaking call to his mum to tell her 'I'm not coming out'

The notorious lag - who has held 11 hostages in nine different sieges during his 48 years in prison - had begged the parole board to set him free, claiming he was a 'retired prison activist'

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The Independent UK

‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley released from prison 14 months early

Chansley has reportedly been transferred to a halfway house

The Guardian - UK

The Auriol Grey case exposes Britain’s obsession with prison

Letters: Readers respond to Simon Jenkins’ article on a justice system stuck in the dark ages

The Independent UK

Mulberry bush that inspired nursery rhyme has new lease of life

Historians believe the rhyme Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush refers to a tree that grew inside Wakefield Prison.

Daily Mirror

Olivia killer Thomas Cashman's target was drug dealer who had been shot before

Joseph Nee, 35, ran towards Olivia Pratt-Korbel's home after he was shot in the midriff by Thomas Cashman last August - the minutes that followed lead to the nine-year-old girl's death

Daily Mirror

Bizarre reason Charles Bronson boycotts Colman's Mustard - and cartoon threat

Charles Bronson, the UK's most notorious prisoner, has a strange vendetta against a certain brand of mustard and has drawn a number of unusual cartoons on the subject

Tribune News Service

A Maryland appeals court reinstated Adnan Syed’s convictions. Here’s everything you need to know.

BALTIMORE — A Maryland appellate court sent shock waves around the globe this week when it ordered a redo of the legal hearing that set Adnan Syed, subject of the hit podcast “Serial,” free.

Axios

Russia has detained a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage allegations. Here's what we know.

Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison.

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