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Disgraced crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried to walk back decision to fight extradition, report says

Bankman-Fried potentially faces prison sentence of over 100 years

The Independent UK

Women Lack Basics in Lebanon's Crowded Prisons

Nour is raising her four-month-old daughter in Lebanon's most overpopulated women's prison, struggling to get formula and nappies for her baby as the country's economy lies in tatters. "I don't have enough milk to breastfeed, and baby formula isn't readily available," said the 25-year-old, who was detained eight months ago…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man to be sentenced in murders of 8 from another Ohio family

A man convicted in the killings of eight people from another southern Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced

The Independent UK

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Pussy Riot members detained at World Cup final, activists say

Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained on Sunday after trying to storm the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the oppression of women in Iran, activists said.

Reuters

Ex-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme dies in prison at 89

Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in federal custody at the age of 89

The Independent UK

Brussels Urges Belgians to Quit Iran over Arrest Risk

Belgium's government called Sunday for Belgians in Iran to leave the country, mired in a violent crackdown on nationwide protests, because of the risk of arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. "All Belgian visitors, including (dual) nationals, are at high risk of arrest, arbitrary detention and unfair trial.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prison officer jailed after starting relationship with inmate and sending 'explicit' images

Jennifer Gavan, 27, wept as she was jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office.

Daily Record

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France 'condemns' Israel's expulsion of Palestinian-French rights lawyer

France has condemned Israel's expulsion of Palestinian-French human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who had been held in Israeli prisons without charge since March for alleged security offences.

Radio France Internationale

Zara Aleena’s ‘savage’ killer will always be danger to women, his ex warns

Jordan McSweeney was jailed for life last week after refusing to show up for his sentencing

The Independent UK

Prison officer who sent 'explicit Snapchat video' to inmate sobs as she's jailed

Jennifer Gavan was bribed into giving the inmate a phone which they then used to secretly conduct their affair during the first coronavirus lockdown in the Welsh prison

Daily Mirror

Scissor Sister makes bid for Christmas prison break as notorious killer requests week with family

Sources say Charlotte Mulhall is moving closer to full freedom from prison after 15 years behind bars for stabbing and dismembering her mother's boyfriend.

Irish Mirror

Staff put out fire at Forest Bank prison in Salford

Last night's drama is the latest of a string of incidents at the privately-run Category B jail which houses more than 1,300 inmates.

Manchester Evening News

Notorious Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall hoping to get out of prison for Christmas

The killer, who is serving life for the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor in Limerick Prison, wants to spend Christmas with family in Dublin

Dublin Live

'I started using heroin when I was 14' — How this strongwilled Dublin dad beat addiction

Finglas man Barry Cullen struggled with drug addiction for 20 years after first getting addicted at the age of 14

Dublin Live

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Sam Bankman-Fried will now reverse his decision to fight extradition to the U.S.: Report

The FTX founder was arrested on Monday in the Bahamas and denied bail, with the judge deeming him a flight risk.

Daily Mirror

Prisoners paid £3.50 a day to dismantle Covid tests and PPE bought with taxpayers' money

The Government has been accused of using prisoners to hide its tracks with inmates dismantling PPE including test kits, some of which are reportedly still in date, masks and full body hazmat suits

Daily Mirror

Brazen dealers spotted counting out drugs on morning train by shocked commuters

Billy Hearn and Callum Booth, both serial criminals, were openly counting drugs on a morning train from Llanelli to Swansea, leaving commuters shocked

Daily Mirror

Inmates get cheap cell phone calls as prisons' BT deal branded a 'disgrace'

Lags have a special BT deal on jail coin and card operated phones that means they pay just 3.1p-a-minute to call landlines on a weekday and only 2.75p at weekends

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Manchester Evening News

Prison officer sobs as she's jailed after falling in love with inmate and sending 'sexually explicit' videos

Jennifer Gavan, 27, kissed the prisoner who has an 'appalling' record

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal to find man, 30, wanted on recall to prison

GMP is asking the public for help

The Independent UK

California man who drunkenly attacked decades-old African tortoise at preschool avoids jail time

A Northern California man has avoided prison time after he drunkenly trespassed at a preschool last year and attacked a pet tortoise named Michelangelo

Radio France Internationale

Fate of Belgian aid worker jailed in Tehran linked to Iranian prisoner in Belgium

Iranian authorities have imposed a 28-year sentence on jailed Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, a spokesman for his family said. His fate is linked to that of an Iranian diplomat accused of masterminding a 2018 foiled bomb plot in Paris.

Reuters

Mexico reinvents island prison as Pacific tourist draw

One of Mexico's most notorious prisons begins a new chapter this weekend as a Pacific Ocean getaway after a makeover aimed at bringing in tourists to the former penal colony.

The Guardian - UK

‘We’ll be hated, but it will stir things up’: Insulate Britain on what happened next – and being right all along

Their sit-down protests caused chaos on roads and made them a target for tabloid ire and drivers’ fury. Then an energy crisis hit – and now the government is playing catchup as we shiver in our draughty homes

The National (Scotland)

Michelle Mone's husband facing fraud charges in Spanish criminal case

MICHELLE Mone’s husband is facing the threat of more than five years in prison if he is found guilty of fraud charges levied against him in Spain.

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