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Man gets 14 months in prison for threatening Ardern

David Ruck was held on remand for months after a judge determined he was likely to continue sending death threats if released.

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Nicola Sturgeon says Stirling women’s prison won’t be home to transgender double rapist

A double rapist who now identifies as a woman won’t serve her sentence at Stirling’s Cornton Vale women’s prison despite being sent there this week. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirmed yesterday (Thursday) that Isla Bryson, who is due to be sen

Daily Record

GMB presenter who was racially assaulted says ‘more robust penalties’ needed after attacker avoids prison

Noel Phillips, the US Correspondent for ITV’s Good Morning Britain, says his life was ‘turned upside down’ after racist attack in London in September

Evening Standard

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Thai activist sentenced to 28 years for online posts on king

A court in Thailand has sentenced a 27-year-old political activist to 28 years in prison for posting messages on Facebook that it said defamed the country’s monarchy

The Independent UK

‘Deplorable’ ex-tax office worker jailed for defrauding £52,348 of debtors’ cash

Nicola Barnes was sentenced to two years and four months in prison, HM Revenue and Customs said.

The Independent UK

Paris: Franco-Irish Citizen Held in Iran Must be Freed Immediately

Bernard Phelan, a Franco-Irish citizen detained in Iran, must be released immediately and provided access to urgent medical care, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said on Thursday. "The denial of medical access by Iranian authorities is unacceptable", Foreign Ministry spokesperson Anne-Claire Legendre told journalists, adding France was very concerned about…

Asharq Al-Awsat

On-the-run murderers who escaped prison caught after nationwide manhunt

A cross-border appeal was launched earlier this week for help in locating the two prisoners who were 'unlawfully at large'

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Trans rapist will not be jailed in Scotland's women's prison, Sturgeon confirms

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the Scottish Prison Service decision during FMQs

The National (Scotland)

Trans woman rapist Isla Bryson moved to male prison

She has been convicted of raping two women when she was a man.

The Independent UK

Transgender rapist will not serve sentence at all-female prison – Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon confirmed the decision at First Minister’s Questions at Holyrood.

The Independent UK

Transgender rapist Isla Bryson moved to male prison in Scotland

Bryson had been remanded in Cornton Vale women’s prison sparking a huge row

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon confirms rapist Isla Bryson will not serve her sentence in women's prison

The First Minister insisted there was no 'automatic right' for a trans woman convicted of a crime to serve their sentence in a women's prison

Daily Record

Transgender woman convicted of rape not allowed to serve sentence in women’s prison

Isla Bryson, from West Dunbartonshire, committed the crimes against two women before she transitioned

The Independent UK

The U.S. Probation System Has Become a Quagmire

What was originally intended as an alternative to incarceration has become a system for mass state control.

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The Independent UK

Estranged wife accuses rapist of transgender ‘sham’

Isla Bryson raped two women when she was a man, and is believed to be held in a women’s prison.

Bangkok Post

Hundreds rally as hunger strikers weaken

Hundreds of people staged a candlelight vigil in central Bangkok on Thursday evening in support of two hunger striking political activists whose health is deteriorating fast.

Irish Mirror

Young inmate found dead at Castlerea Prison as investigation launched

A full investigation has now been launched into the circumstances of his death in Roscommon

Tribune News Service

Jail time and wrist slaps: US secrets probes boast messy history

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump, Joe Biden and now Mike Pence join a long line of U.S. officials investigated for mishandling classified material. A look at dozens of similar cases over decades shows that the Justice Department’s decision to press charges is rarely as simple as it might seem.

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Birmingham Post

Life insurance ad featuring serial killer Harold Shipman attracts criticism

Shipman committed suicide in prison having been sentenced to life for murdering 15 elderly patients

Liverpool Echo

Thug brutally battered girlfriend before issuing grim 'parting shot'

Domestic abuser left nurse unable to walk for weeks after he came out of prison a "different man"

Al Jazeera

Indonesia’s charity laws in spotlight after Lion Air crash scam

Three charity workers have been given prison terms for misappropriating $7.8m from a victims’ fund set up by Boeing.

Dublin Live

Wheatfield Prison records largest number of phones, drugs and weapons seized last year

No contraband was found in three prisons in the country

AAP

Junta amnesty backflip concerns Australia

Concerns have been raised after Myanmar's junta cancelled the amnesty of Australian Professor Sean Turnell, who was imprisoned there for 650 days.

The Independent UK

Freed after 20 years, Hawaii man reflects on case, future

A Hawaii man who spent more than 20 years in prison for the murder and rape of a tourist has been released because of new evidence

Chicago Tribune

Judge slaps ex-Chicago college student who spied for China with 8 years in federal prison

A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a former Chicago college student to eight years in federal prison for spying on behalf of the Chinese government, saying it was clear that his ultimate goal was to become a “sleeper agent” and infiltrate some of the United States’ most sensitive operations.

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