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Michigan man sentenced for gun crime in WVa bar shooting

A Michigan man who was thrown out of a West Virginia bar during a New Year’s Eve party was sentenced to eight years in prison stemming from a shooting that wounded seven

The Independent UK

NT prison officers feel unsafe, depressed

A union survey of prison officers at Alice Springs has blamed a staff shortage for guards feeling unsafe and depressed at work.

AAP

Paisley sheriff warns bully who threatened ex he avoided jail by skin of his teeth

Sheriff Laura Mundell fired a broadside at the accused in the dock and told him she was all set to send him to prison.

Daily Record

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Tunisia judge imprisons former Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh- lawyers

Tunisia's anti-terrorism judge decided to imprison Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after hours of investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria, lawyers said on Monday.

Reuters

Baltimore rapper YGG Tay federally indicted with alleged group of Black Guerilla Family members accused of 6 killings

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Rapper YGG Tay, who already is in federal prison, and a prominent “hit man” were part of an alleged subset of the Black Guerilla Family gang that is accused of carrying out six homicides and about a dozen other shootings, a recently unsealed federal indictment shows.

Tribune News Service

Baltimore rapper YGG Tay federally indicted with alleged group of Black Guerilla Family members accused of 9 killings

BALTIMORE — Baltimore Rapper YGG Tay, who already is in federal prison, is among a group of alleged members of the Black Guerilla Family gang accused of carrying out nine homicides, a recently unsealed federal indictment shows.

Tribune News Service

Central Park entry gate commemorates the 'Exonerated Five'

An entryway to Central Park has been dedicated to remember the injustice that imprisoned five Black and Latino teenagers after they were wrongly convicted of the 1989 rape of a white jogger

The Independent UK

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Who’s accused of what: Jan 6 panel makes criminal referrals

The former president has been referred under four criminal statutes including defrauding the US and inciting an insurrection

The Independent UK

Even if Jan. 6 referrals turn into criminal charges – or convictions – Trump will still be able to run in 2024 and serve as president if elected

The criminal referral of Donald Trump to the Department of Justice by a House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack is largely symbolic – the panel itself has no power to prosecute any individual.

The Conversation

'Jekyll and Hyde' thug bit, suffocated and pointed 'gun' at girlfriend in string of frenzied rages

Jason Dyer subjected his girlfriend to a string of attacks

Manchester Evening News

Iranian artist Elham Modaresi being 'tortured' in prison and denied medical care, says sister

In a prison West of Tehran, Iranian artist Elham Modaresi's will to survive is being gradually broken. Her sister says Elham is facing torture and being denied medical care.

ABC News

Rikers Island Sees 19th Death This Year After Judge Gives Leaders More Time To Fix Its Messes

Somehow deaths have climbed even though the prison population has dropped.

Reason

Kettering murder accused seen for first time since mum and two young kids killed in home

Saju Chelavalel, 52, was pictured as he was led to a prison van after appearing at Wellingborough Magistrates' Court on Monday charged with the murders of his wife and two children

Daily Mirror

R. Kelly manager gets a year in prison for theater threat

R. Kelly’s onetime manager has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for calling in a shooting threat that halted a screening of a damning documentary about the R&B star

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AAP

Report shows rise in deaths in custody

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released new data showing 106 people died in custody in 2021/22, 23 more than last year.

Tribune News Service

Mutulu Shakur, planner of 1981 Brink’s robbery and Tupac Shakur’s stepfather, paroled from prison for health reasons

NEW YORK — A radical group leader who planned the 1981 Brink’s robbery that left two Nyack, New York, police officers and an armored car guard dead has been released from prison after 37 years, according to a report.

Tribune News Service

SC county settles ACLU lawsuit over ‘debtor’s prison,’ promises improved public defense

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lexington County, South Carolina, has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by several people who had been jailed in the county for a failure to pay court fines and fees, who compared their situation to a modern-day “debtor’s prison.”

Bristol Post

HMP Bristol prisoner 'heard shivering on the phone' as heating fails

"It’s to the point that when they’re on the phone, I can hear them shivering. It's inhumane."

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The Guardian - AU

Indigenous deaths in custody rises to 516 since the 1991 royal commission, report says

The Australian Institute of Criminology’s annual report shows 106 people died in custody between July 2021 and July 2022, with 16 of those being of Indigenous descent

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire prisoners dismantling surplus Covid tests and PPE for £3.50 a day

Some tests are reportedly still in date

Asharq Al-Awsat

Report: Iran’s Government Accesses Social Media Accounts of Detainees

As protests spread in Iran, some worry the government is using technology to access mobile applications to surveil and suppress dissent, CNN reported. “They told me ‘Do you think you can get out of here alive? We will execute you. Your sentence is death penalty. We have evidence, we are…

The Guardian - US

An elderly woman in prison is losing her memory. Why won’t California release her?

The parole board’s refusal to free Janet Carter, 69, is part of what advocates warn is a growing humanitarian crisis across the US

Manchester Evening News

Police appeal for help as they hunt man, 33, wanted on recall to prison

Jonathan Cole is being hunted by officers

Daily Record

Dangerous inmate admits stabbing two guards at Shotts Prison

Darren Cornelius was given an extra 16 months in jail because of the incident.

Daily Mirror

Rugby boss Bernard Laporte refuses to step down despite corruption conviction

French Rugby Federation President Bernard Laporte was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined £64,300 last week after being convicted of corruption charges

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