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Suspected Lidl shoplifter was escaped prisoner

Paul Clohessy spent 10 days on the run before being arrested

Liverpool Echo

Woman whose testimony led to Harvey Weinstein's LA rape conviction reveals identity

LOS ANGELES — In December, Harvey Weinstein was convicted in L.A. of the 2013 rape of "Jane Doe 1." On Thursday, he got a 16-year sentence that, added to the 23-year sentence he's been serving in New York, likely ensures the 70-year-old is in prison for life.

Los Angeles Times

Family sues after nuclear physicist's death in Virginia jail

The family of a nuclear physicist who died by suicide in a Virginia jail is suing the U.S. government after his psychotropic medicine was discontinued and he was denied admission to a federal medical prison

The Independent UK

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Former Bears WR Sam Hurd released after 10 years in federal prison

Former Bears WR Sam Hurd is out of prison after serving 10 years of a 15-year sentence on drug charges

USA Today Sports Media Group

El Salvador begins transfers to 'mega prison' amid gang crackdown

El Salvador's government moved thousands of suspected gang members to a newly opened "mega prison" on Friday, the latest step in a controversial crackdown on crime that has caused the Central American nation's prison population to soar.

Reuters

Moroccan singer convicted of rape in Paris, gets 6-year term

A court in Paris has convicted Moroccan singer Saad Lamjarred of rape and assault charges and sentenced him to six years in prison

The Independent UK

Brothers leave Guantanamo Bay without charge after 20 years

Two brothers who were held in the US military prison Guantanamo Bay for nearly 20 years have been released without charge.

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Italy's high court upholds tough prison regime for militant

Italy’s high court has reaffirmed a strict prison regime for an Italian left-wing militant whose cause has been taken up by anarchist groups in several countries that have staged a series of attacks on Italian diplomatic missions

The Independent UK

Italy's top court rejects softer prison terms for hunger-striking anarchist

Italy's top appeals court ruled on Friday that prison terms should not be eased for Alfredo Cospito, a jailed hunger-striking anarchist with an international following.

Reuters

More than a third of prisoners are locked up without a sentence. For decades, that number has been growing

A gradual tightening of bail laws has fundamentally shifted who goes to prison and why. With a record percentage of prisoners on remand, experts warn that people are being unnecessarily pushed into incarceration.

ABC News

Love Island’s Kaz Crossley urges fans to stop trolling ex Theo Campbell after drug arrest

Kaz Crossley has recently been released from prison in Dubai after being arrested on suspicion of drug offences, but she's now having to urge fans to stop trolling Theo Campbell over false speculation that he tipped off police officers

Daily Mirror

Apology from Carmelite Order as "serial abuser" rugby coach John McClean handed four year sentence

McClean (78) is currently serving an eight-year sentence, for abusing 23 Terenure College pupils.

Irish Mirror

Harvey Weinstein rape victim ‘Jane Doe’ breaks her silence: ‘I want my life back’

Evgeniya Chernyshova is speaking out after the disgraced Hollywood film producer was sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her

The Independent UK

Teen begged for his life as killer told him 'I'll show you who the gangster is'

Michael Toohey was chased by a gang of drug dealers and beaten to death in an internet café

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Police launch appeal for man with links to Wigan wanted on recall to prison

Lee Wallbank, 32, has connections to the Hindley, Leigh and Atherton areas

Reuters

Tunisia sentences Algerian activist in absentia-Mosaique FM

A Tunisian court has issued in absentia a prison term of three months to Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui for illegally crossing borders, Tunisia's radio Mosaique FM reported on Friday, in a case that has caused a diplomatic row.

Al Jazeera

‘I was a prisoner of Mexico’s US-backed migrant detention regime’

An American writes about her time in the migrant prison city of Tapachula, where she is threatened with deportation.

The Independent UK

2 Pakistanis reach home after being freed from Guantanamo

Officials say two Pakistani brothers who were held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay military prison for two decades have been freed and returned home

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BBC The Apprentice viewers 'sobbing' as public 'verbally abused' by candidates in baffling scenes

But it wasn't as it seems on the hit BBC One show

Evening Standard

Man jailed for raping former flatmate just months after he got out of prison for attacking her

Koshin Ali, 40, develeoped a violent obsession with the victim

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous prisoner spent less than an hour in medical unit after emergency, Victorian coroner told

Inquest hears Michael Suckling struggled with drug addiction, back pain, mobility issues and significant weight gain in prison

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Admits Executing Political Prisoner Amid Condemnations by Human Rights Organizations

London, Tehran: Iran on Wednesday secretly executed a political prisoner who had been convicted of killing a police officer in 2018 and of being a member of an opposition Kurdish party, rights groups revealed. This came two days after activists reported the execution of another political prisoner. On Thursday, the…

ABC News

Dennis Sore sentenced to life in prison for murdering Samantha Bong in Townsville

Murderer Dennis Sore had a history of violent crimes before he stabbed his sister, a Queensland court has heard.

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire prison officer who smuggled drugs into jail for convicted murderer locked up

Heather McKenzie was snared during a corruption probe into staff at HMP Shotts. The 31-year-old had befriended murderer Zak Malavin, who is currently serving a life sentence.

Asharq Al-Awsat

German Court Convicts Man Over Syria War Crime

A German court on Thursday convicted a Palestinian man from Syria of a war crime and murder for launching a grenade into a crowd of civilians waiting for food in Damascus in 2014. He was sentenced to life in prison. The 55-year-old, identified only as Moafak D. in line with…

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