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Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall settles at Limerick Prison after being 'lonely and sad'

The killer is understood to have finally accepted her surroundings

Irish Mirror

Nativity plays and carols to return to Irish prisons this Christmas

They will also get to enjoy some bingo and board games on Christmas Day

Dublin Live

Countries should 'absolutely' follow Scotland's lead on prisons, expert says

OTHER countries should “absolutely” be following Scotland’s lead in looking to evolve beyond the “bankrupt” idea of traditional…

The National (Scotland)

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UK prisons 'most hostile workplaces in Western Europe' as days off with stress soar

The Prison Officers’ Association says staff are facing mental health issues because they’re operating in the most hostile workplaces in Western Europe

Daily Mirror

'Menial' jobs inside Canberra's prison fuel rising levels of prisoner discontent: report

Boredom fuels trouble inside Canberra's prison.

The Canberra Times

Illinois keeping the spotlight on uplifting the wrongfully convicted

Our state has a shameful track record of sending innocent people to prison. But the silver lining is that there is an awareness in our city and state — and action being taken — to right these unconscionable wrongs.

Chicago Sun-Times

UN Experts Urge Iran to Release Critically Ill Dissident

United Nations experts on Friday urged Iran to release a prominent rights activist with a life-threatening illness and expressed concerns over the fate of scores arbitrarily detained during nationwide protests. Arash Sadeghi, who has been in and out of prison since 2009, was arrested again on Oct. 20 “for unknown…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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The Mancunian Way: Strangeways, off you pop

A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours - Manchester Council Strangeways prison out of city

Manchester Evening News

Elizabeth Holmes appeals Theranos fraud conviction, prison term

Elizabeth Holmes appealed her criminal fraud conviction, two weeks after she was ordered to serve 11 1/4 years in prison for deceiving investors in her blood-testing startup Theranos Inc.

Tribune News Service

Man to receive almost $18 million for wrongful NY conviction

Lawyers for a man who was freed in 2015 after spending a quarter-century in prison for an infamous tourist killing says he will receive nearly $18 million in legal settlements from the city and state of New York

The Independent UK

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9/11 compensation bill tangled up in Beirut victims’ push

Tribune News Service

Human rights groups criticize Cuba’s new criminal code

Cuba enacted a new penal code this week that activists and human rights organizations worry could further limit free expression and snuff out protests at a time of deepening discontent on the island

The Independent UK

Trump defends rioters after Ye pressure

Ye criticized Trump and said he should have freed the Jan. 6 prisoners when he “had the chance”

Salon

Taking nude photo of woman in her cell was an accident, says ex-prison warden charged with sex abuse

OAKLAND, Calif. — Jurors no longer have to wonder how Ray J. Garcia will explain the nude photo of an incarcerated woman, on all fours inside her cell, that allegedly shows a reflection of his face holding the camera.

Tribune News Service

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Al Jazeera

Former US marine imprisoned in Russia makes contact with family

Paul Whelan’s brother has confirmed the American, convicted on espionage charges, gave ‘proof of life’ in phone call.

Evening Standard

Watch: Thieves try to steal judge’s motorbike in audacious robbery in court car park

The robbery plan started to go awry when Shay Hollis struggled with the weight of the motorbike

The Guardian - UK

Dominic Raab urged to release prisoners jailed under abolished IPP scheme

Thousands of prisoners still serving indefinite sentences in England and Wales, even for low-level crime

Daily Mirror

24 Hours In Police Custody sparks £150,000 GoFundMe for dad jailed over burglary chase

Channel 4's 24 Hours In Police Custody told the tragic story of dad-of-two Adam White, who was jailed for 22 months after chasing after two burglars who stole his motorbike from his home

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UK rapper Pa Salieu jailed for 33 months over mass brawl

Musician will go to prison on charges of violent conduct and possessing a bottle as a weapon relating to incident in 2018

Tribune News Service

Will Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes cooperate to avoid long prison sentence?

Oath Keepers founder and North Texas resident Stewart Rhodes has big decisions to make now that he’s been convicted of sedition and a potentially lengthy prison sentence could mean he dies in prison because of his age.

Tribune News Service

‘Worst decision of his life.’ Jan. 6 defendant from California seeks leniency at sentencing

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Tommy Frederick Allan says he knows he’s going to prison, that after scaling the walls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, on a rope, stealing an American flag and some documents from the Senate chamber and later declaring on social media that it was the…

France 24

From FRANCE 24 to Hollywood: Former presenter Angela Yeoh on her role in 'She Said'

Angela Yeoh is on the road to stardom with her role in the #MeToo film "She Said", about the investigation into Harvey Weinstein. The former FRANCE 24 presenter plays Rowena Chiu, the Hollywood producer's former assistant, in the movie directed by Maria Shrader. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan play the…

Chicago Sun-Times

Feds seek 5 years in prison for man who bought gun used to kill Chicago Police Officer Ella French

Straw purchasing cases present special challenges to prosecutors. They have been characterized as “paperwork” crimes that simply involve lying on a form, as Jamel Danzy did.

Bangkok Post

Manila prison holds mass burial of 70 unclaimed bodies

MANILA: The unclaimed bodies of 70 inmates at the Philippines’ largest and most congested prison were buried on Friday, several weeks after justice authorities discovered decomposing bodies.

The Independent UK

Brother of Russia-imprisoned American says contact resumed

The family of Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for espionage, says that he has resumed contact after unexpectedly becoming unreachable in November

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