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I’ve found my dream job. And it’s all thanks to that nasty fall into the wild garlic

Nothing could be more fulfilling than making the countryside safe for walkers. No one should have to risk their neck on a rickety stile, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

The Guardian - UK

Youth prison guards walk off job at Banksia Hill Detention Centre as industrial dispute escalates

Youth custodial officers at the Banksia Hill Detention Centre walk off the job as they ramp up their industrial action against the state government.

ABC News

Indonesian match official jailed over deadly soccer stampede

An Indonesian court sentenced a soccer match official to one and a half years in prison on Thursday after finding him guilty of negligence over one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes.

Reuters

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Saudi engineer released from Guantanamo prison camp after 21 yrs

Never charged with a crime, Ghassan Al Sharbi, 48, returns to Saudi Arabia after being held for 21 years at Guantanamo.

Al Jazeera

High-profile prisoner with link to Cleo Smith kidnapper found dead

A high-profile prisoner connected to the man who kidnapped four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found dead in his prison cell.

The New Daily

Scots 'Good Samaritan' could have been saved if murderer was offered accommodation, report says

Alan Geddes was murdered in 2019 by Stuart Quinn who was released from a psychiatric hospital the same day.

Daily Record

Homicide probe after sex offender found dead in cell

Homicide detectives are investigating after a prisoner with an intellectual disability was found dead in his cell at Perth's Hakea Prison.

AAP

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Hakea Prison units in lockdown as death of child sex offender Ashley James Bropho sparks homicide investigation

Homicide detectives probing the death of convicted child sex offender Ashley James Bropho at Hakea Prison interview "a number of male prisoners" in relation to the incident.

ABC News

Former Adelaide Remand Centre general manager sentenced for stealing from prisoners

The former general manager of the Adelaide Remand Centre will spend at least another year behind bars for stealing money from the inmates he was managing, in offending that a District Court judge described as "striking at the heart" of the custodial system.

ABC News

Al-Qaida suspect transferred from US prison to Saudi Arabia

A Saudi man long held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a suspected al-Qaida operative has been returned to his home country

The Independent UK

Patrick Daley Thompson on prison life: ‘It was horrible, absolutely horrible’

The former Chicago City Council member from Bridgeport offered a glimpse Wednesday of his life behind bars as he fought to keep from having his license to practice law suspended for three years.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kansas man who pushed Capitol police officer in Jan. 6 riot is sentenced to prison

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas man who pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding a federal officer during the Capitol riot was sentenced Wednesday to 20 months in prison and two years of supervised release.

Tribune News Service

'Master thief' convicted of Giants ring theft back in prison

The self-described “master thief” and New England Patriots fan convicted of stealing New York Giants Super Bowl rings in 2008 is back behind bars after a judge determined he had violated the terms of his probation

The Independent UK

Charles Bronson has PTSD from 'brutal and unacceptable' jail treatment, hearing told

70-year-old Charles Bronson, who is making a bid for freedom after spending 48 years behind bars, has told officials his aggression has been tempered by his love of art

Daily Mirror

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Los Angeles Times

Woman serving life in prison for murder admits role in $2 million unemployment scam

LOS ANGELES — A woman serving life in prison for murder admitted Wednesday that she played a leading role in a scam by inmates and others to use stolen identities to secure state unemployment benefits during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Guardian - UK

Charles Bronson not ready for release, psychologist tells parole hearing

Prisoner has PTSD but would pose less risk to public in ‘supportive community environment’ than in prison, court told

Chicago Sun-Times

Director of Illinois Department of Corrections resigns

Rob Jeffreys, who has led the department since June 2019, is stepping down.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Targets Iranian Officials for Abuse of Women, Girls

The United States on Wednesday imposed sanctions on Iranian officials and companies over accusations of serious human rights abuses, stepping up pressure on Tehran over its crackdown on protests as Washington marks International Women's Day. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian…

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Idaho firing squad bill forms friction between attorney general, prison officials

BOISE, Idaho — A concerted push to allow Idaho to use a firing squad for inmate executions left out a key collaborator — the agency charged with carrying out the state’s death sentences.

Capital & Main

California Considers Giving the Incarcerated a Right to Vote

It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars. Will it happen?

Daily Mirror

Man sank 12 pints of Guinness at funeral before headbutting Ryanair flight attendant

Patrick McDonagh prison after the sympathetic judge said the mourning 46-year-old was "very much affected by grief" having just attended the funeral of his nan hours before the assault

The Philadelphia Inquirer

YouTube star sentenced to 5 1/2 years, ordered to forfeit $30M in large-scale cable piracy case

PHILADELPHIA — A YouTube star who built a sizable following with slickly produced videos flaunting his fleet of luxury and sports cars, collection of diamond-encrusted bling, and his spacious Swedesboro, New Jersey, home will be forced to give up nearly all of it after he was sentenced Tuesday to 5…

Reuters

Nigerian woman who ran prostitution ring extradited to Italy

A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday.

The Guardian - UK

A former inmate returns to HMP Holloway: Joya Berrow’s best photograph

‘I photographed Tia in the old counselling block where she had often recounted painful stories during her time as an inmate’

Radio France Internationale

Iran jails ill Irish-French national for six-and-a-half years on spying charges

Iran has sentenced an Irish-French citizen to six-and-a-half years in jail. Bernard Phelan has been held since his arrest in October in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

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