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Manish Sisodia lodged in segregated ward; Tihar jail authorities dismiss AAP's allegations

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Prison officials on Wednesday denied the Aam Aadmi Party's allegations and referred to them as "unfounded," adding that former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was lodged in a section of Central Jail No. 1 of Tihar, where there are no gangsters and a small number of…

The Times of India · Mar 8, 2023

Disturbing sketch by Charles Bronson with inmate's eye gouged by machinery on sale

Described on auction website eBay as "Raw and Intense - as real as a Charles Bronson gets" the grim £6,000 sketch shows a fellow lag having their limbs torn off

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023

Thai hunger strike activists calling for justice reforms fight for life in hospital

After 44 days of hunger strikes, two Thai activists in their early twenties were rushed to a hospital near Bangkok over the weekend amid fears they may not survive the night. The pair are calling for the release of political prisoners and urgent reforms of the Thai justice system, which…

France 24 · Mar 8, 2023

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What it's really like to be a woman working inside a male prison

Two female prison staff share their experiences on International Women’s Day

Wales Online · Mar 8, 2023

Thai man gets 2-year term for calendar said to mock king

A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2023

Gary Green: Killer begs victim's family to forgive him moments before execution

Gary Green, 51, received a lethal injection for the September 2009 deaths of Lovetta Armstead, 32, and her daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, at their home in Dallas

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023

Suburban church leader gets 15 years in prison for sex assault, abuse of a child

Mark Rivera, a former lay pastor at a Kane County church, is sentenced to at least 11.7 years in the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old child who attended his church.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 8, 2023

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Mother spared jail after flinging boyfriend off car

A Melbourne woman has avoided prison after she nearly killed her ex-boyfriend by braking while he was holding on to their car, flinging him onto the road.

AAP · Mar 8, 2023

Man serving life sentence admits to 1990 Missouri slaying

A prisoner who has been behind bars for decades for a St. Louis-area killing has pleaded guilty to killing one woman

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

The 'self-assured' double killer whose actions shocked even the most experienced police detectives

The killing of a backpacker whose body parts were dumped in a Welsh layby 33 years ago has been re-investigated as part of a crime documentary

Wales Online · Mar 7, 2023

Call for change over prison visits to convicted terrorists to stop radicalisation after Manchester Arena bombing

The chairman of the public inquiry into the attack said preventing prisoners from radicalising others 'cannot be achieved' under the current system

Manchester Evening News · Mar 7, 2023

Russian gallery shows art by 'Merchant of Death' freed by US

Viktor Bout, a former Russian arms dealer who was released from U.S. prison in a swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner in December, has unveiled an exhibition of his artworks in Moscow

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Paedophile hid in cupboard after sending 'girl', 13, naked picture

Wayne Jones, 34, missed a previous court hearing after being beaten with a broom handle in his cell

Liverpool Echo · Mar 7, 2023

Health care offered to women in prison should match community standards – and their rights

On this International Women’s Day, let’s not forget women in prison.

The Conversation · Mar 7, 2023

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Manchester Evening News · Mar 7, 2023

Police hunt man, 25, wanted on recall to prison

Charlie Boyle has links to Wigan and Leigh

Manchester Evening News · Mar 7, 2023

Urgent appeal to find 40-year-old man wanted in Greater Manchester

Adrian Michaels is wanted on recall to prison

Chronicle Live · Mar 7, 2023

Houghton-le-Spring pervert who distributed indecent images of children spared prison

David Craddock, of Houghton-le-Spring, admitting sending and making sickening images

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Inside abandoned £1.5million prison with unbreakable glass walls instead of bars

Photos reveal inside an abandoned prison with unbreakable glass walls worth £1.5million and built to house 46 male and female inmates in Florida, US

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The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Alex Murdaugh associate Russell Laffitte is denied new trial over financial fraud charges

Russell Laffitte, the former CEO of Palmetto State Bank, was convicted in November of financial fraud charges in connection to Murdaugh’s alleged white collar fraud schemes

Wales Online · Mar 7, 2023

First Dates' Fred Sirieix behind plans to open a restaurant in a Welsh prison

The television star is a trustee and founder of The Right Course charity, which is behind the scheme to help train inmates in the hospitality industry

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 7, 2023

Kuwait Acquits 13 Nationals of Terror-funding, Affiliation with Hezbollah

The Kuwaiti Criminal Court on Tuesday acquitted thirteen nationals of charges of financing terrorism and joining the ranks of the Hezbollah party. In November, 2021, the defendants were interrogated on charges of funding groups and organizations linked to the Lebanese Hezbollah group. The prosecution ordered the defendants be put in…

Evening Standard · Mar 7, 2023

Black inmates face disproportionate force, prison watchdog warns

Wormwood Scrubs blighted by violence, gangs, drugs and mental health crises

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Charles Bronson's prison pal shares what he should expect after public parole hearing

Stephen Gillen is a reformed gangster and once befriended Charles Bronson as they did time together, and now he's spoken out as the infamous prisoner is going through a public parole hearing

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

What’s next for Alex Murdaugh after guilty trial verdict and life prison sentence?

Whatever the verdict had been in the murder case, Murdaugh was never walking out of court a free man

Edinburgh Live · Mar 7, 2023

Edinburgh prison faces 'corporate homicide' investigation after death of inmate Alan Marshall

Police Scotland has been ordered to investigate the Scottish Prison Service over the death of Allan Marshall. The organisation could face 'corporate homicide' charges.

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