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Mum wakes up screaming after seeing son's lifeless body on the floor

Four men and a boy, 14, have been jailed for life

Manchester Evening News

Appeal to UN over ex-marine's incarceration

Lawyers for former marine Daniel Duggan have filed an official complaint with the UN over his ongoing incarceration in the NSW prison system.

AAP

Tunisia Sentences Algerian-French dissident to Jail in Absentia

French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, whose "exfiltration" via Tunisia sparked a diplomatic incident with Paris, was sentenced in absentia on Friday to three years in prison for illegally entering Tunisia, her lawyer said. Bouraoui had been banned from leaving Algeria after being sentenced to two years in jail for "offending Islam"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Mum wakes up screaming at night after seeing son's lifeless body on floor

Michael Toohey, 18, was found fatally injured at an internet café

Liverpool Echo

Man allegedly rams police vehicle, charged with 32 offences after recent prison release

A 34-year-old man has faced court on multiple charges after he allegedly stole a vehicle, assaulted his partner, damaged her property, fled the scene and rammed a police vehicle.

The Canberra Times

20-year-old Georgia man found guilty of 2 felonies in Jan. 6 riot

A Milton, Georgia, man who made his way to the Senate floor during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot faces a potentially lengthy prison sentence after a federal judge found him guilty of two felonies in a verdict delivered Friday in Washington, D.C.

Tribune News Service

Elizabeth Holmes gives birth to second child while seeking to further delay imprisonment

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has given birth to a second child as she seeks to delay her impending imprisonment for felony fraud, according to a court filing this week.

Tribune News Service

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Nearly 800 died in SC jails and prisons from 2015-2021, report shows

Nearly 800 people died in South Carolina jails and prisons between 2015 and 2021, according to a new report from researchers at the University of South Carolina School of Law.

Tribune News Service

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

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

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Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

Reuters

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.

ABC News

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.

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Daily Mirror

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

Irish 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.

The Independent UK

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

Liverpool Echo

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

Manchester Evening News

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.

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