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Ex-Southern Cal official gets 6 months in college bribe case

A former University of Southern California athletics department official who accepted bribes from the ringleader of the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal to help get often unqualified students into the school as sports recruits has been sentenced to six months in prison

The Independent UK

‘Real Housewives’ star scammed older Americans, is sentenced to years in prison, feds say

Prosecutors wanted “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jennifer Shah to spend a decade in federal prison after leading a yearslong telemarketing scheme that scammed Americans nationwide, including many older individuals, officials said.

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New Love Island villa overlooks prison where Nelson Mandela spent jail term

The Love Island villa waiting to house the latest batch of fame-seeking singletons overlooks one of South Africa's most famous prisons, where the late Nelson Mandela spent the last part of his jail term

Daily Mirror

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Real Housewives star Jen Shah sentenced to six-and-a-half-years in prison for wire fraud

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah star has been sentenced after she pled guilty to committing wire fraud in a telemarketing scheme targeting the elderly

Daily Mirror

Ex-lawmaker who served time for Jan. 6 riot seeks House seat

A former West Virginia lawmaker who served three months in prison for his participation in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot says he's running for Congress

The Independent UK

'Concerning' law passed which will see homeless charged £630 to sleep in parks

On January 1, Missouri, US, passed a new law that makes it a crime for any homeless person to sleep on a government owned property or face fines and up to 15 days in prison

Daily Mirror

Irish haulage boss ordered to pay £180,000 to families of 39 container death victims

The judge said the penalty for defaulting on the order was two years in prison

Irish Mirror

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January 6 Capitol riot: Charges, convictions, trials two years on

More than 950 people are charged with federal crimes, some already convicted of serious charge of seditious conspiracy.

Al Jazeera

Investigation launched after another inmate dies at HMP Forest Bank

Sodexo, the private company which runs the jail, confirmed that a prisoner died there on Wednesday.

Manchester Evening News

Idaho murders victim’s parents call for death penalty for accused killer Bryan Kohberger

Bryan Kohberger faces the death penalty or life in prison for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin

The Independent UK

'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' member faces sentencing

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for a member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” who they say lived lavishly after defrauding thousands of people nationwide in a telemarketing scam, many of them elderly

The Independent UK

Michigan program trains prisoners to trim around power lines

When Scott Steffes leaves Michigan’s Parnall Correctional Facility this month he expects to walk into a new life with a new career that will take him upward of 25 feet above ground

The Independent UK

Takeoff shooting: Man accused of murder released on $1 million bail

Patrick Clark has been released from prison and put under house arrest until the murder trial goes ahead

The Independent UK

Israel Releases Longest-serving Palestinian Prisoner

Israel released the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner Karim Younis, who spent 40 years in Israeli prisons. Younis was released on the roadside of a Jewish town without any means of communication, but he finally arrived in his hometown, where a grand reception and celebration were held for him. “I got out…

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Iran Detains Celebrity Chef Who Posted 'Cutlets' Video on Suleimani Anniversary

Iran has detained a prominent chef and Instagram influencer, known for his videos promoting Persian cooking, in its crackdown on nationwide protests, human rights groups and supporters said on Thursday. Navab Ebrahimi was arrested in Tehran on Wednesday and taken to the city's Evin prison, the Human Rights Activists News…

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Apprentice Scottish star Reece Donnelly's brother serving life in prison for knife murder

Reece Donnelly has thrown his hat in to the ring for a chance to be Lord Alan Sugar's apprentice. He appeared on the first episode of the hit show on Thursday night.

The News Lens

China: Zhang Zhan’s Prison Letter Offers Hope and Fear

The rare insight into prison life comes over two years after the citizen journalist was handed a four-year sentence. She was imprisoned after covering the Covid-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan in early 2020.

The Independent UK

Biden signs law to curb costs of expensive prison phone calls, a major blow to a ‘predatory’ industry

Federal regulators will ensure ‘just and reasonable’ rates that fuel a billion-dollar telecomms industry

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Apprentice star Reece Donnelly's brother serving life in prison for violent murder outside Glasgow tower block

Drama school boss Reece Donnelly, 25, appeared on the BBC show for the first time on Thursday night.

The Independent UK

Why the arrest of cartel kingpins like Ovidio Guzman fuels drug violence in Mexico

Celebrated as major setback for Sinaloa Cartel, detention of Ovidio ‘El Raton’ Guzman Thursday has already led to revenge attacks in city of Culiacan

The Independent UK

UN disbands prison killings probe in Ukraine over security

The United Nations has announced it is disbanding a fact-finding mission requested by Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in eastern Ukraine controlled by Moscow-backed separatists

The Independent UK

Biden signs bill to ease costs for prisoner calls to family

President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill aimed at easing the cost for prisoners to call family and friends

Daily Mirror

Wife murderer to be FREED after historic public parole hearing despite admitting cover-up

Russell Causley made history as the first UK prisoner to face a public parole hearing - he was convicted of killing his 40-year-old wife Carole Packman after she went missing in 1985

The Guardian - UK

Prisoner fighting extradition ‘bullied’ by cellmates singing Leaving on a Jet Plane

Nicholas Rossi, 35, says he is being taunted with John Denver song over his possible extradition to the US

Dublin Live

Freed teacher Enoch Burke breaches court order by returning to school

Burke had been in Mountjoy prison since early September after breaching a High Court order directing him to stay away from the school. He was released just before Christmas however he was warned by Mr Justice Brian O'Moore that the only threat to Burke’s freedom would be if he again…

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