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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

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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.

Fortune

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

Daily Mirror

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

Manchester Evening News

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

The Independent UK

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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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Dublin Live

Mountjoy officers refuse to cooperate with RTE documentary fronted by Philly McMahon and Rory's Stories

They are angry with the way they are being portrayed during filming and have pulled out of a proposed Gaelic football game between prisoners and wardens at Croke Park

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker to be 'dropped from BBC's Wimbledon coverage after being banned from UK'

The six-time Grand Slam winner faces being banned from re-entering the UK until his prison sentence is over making it impossible for him to attend next year's Wimbledon

Dynamite News

High Court Asks Delhi Govt To Fill All Pending Vacancies In Prisons Within 6 Months

The Delhi High Court has directed the Government of NCT Delhi to ensure that all the pending vacancies in jails are filled in 6 months. Read on for details:

The Independent UK

The man who was jailed after working on Qatar’s World Cup

Miguel Delaney explores the case of Abdullah Ibhais, who was imprisoned after offering advice on payment issues at a labour camp in Al Shahaniya

Asharq Al-Awsat

European MPs Support Iranian Detainees

European lawmakers across the continent have started to sponsor Iranian detainees, hoping to shed light on their injustice and force authorities to back down from handing down lengthy jail sentences or carrying out executions. Sponsoring MPs take responsibility for lobbying for the safety of individual prisoners, demanding information on their…

The Independent UK

California man avoids prison after 2021 attack on tortoise

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

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Up to 49 years in prison for an ex-Philly homicide detective who sexually abused witnesses and informants

PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia homicide detective was sentenced Friday to 24 1/2 to 49 years in prison for sexually assaulting witnesses and informants in murder cases, capping a stunning downfall for the once-celebrated investigator.

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