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Tas prisoner found shot dead at property

A 26-year-old prisoner who escaped custody while being treated at hospital has been found shot dead outside a Hobart home.

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State seeks long prison term for accused NYC subway gunman

Prosecutors plan to seek a decades-long prison sentence for a man who is expected to plead guilty this week to opening fire in a subway car and wounding 10 riders in an attack that shocked New York City

The Independent UK

Sadistic wife killer Mitchell Quy to stay locked up

Mitchell Quy murdered his wife and mother of his children 24 years ago

Liverpool Echo

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Gang leader freed in Mexico prison attack that killed 17

Mexican authorities have raised the death toll from an attack on a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas to 17

The Independent UK

New Year's prison break leaves 14 dead and 13 injured after gunmen attack jail

Gunmen aboard armoured vehicles arrived at Cereso No.3 state prison in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and started shooting at around 7am on New Year's Day. At least 24 inmates escaped during the attack

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker “stronger” after prison stint as he posts New Year message to fans

Boris Becker was released from prison in December after serving just eight months of his sentence, and the former tennis star has taken to social media to declare his mental health is now 'better than ever'

Daily Mirror

Missouri set for first execution of transgender person in the US

Amber McLaughlin faces death by lethal injection on Tuesday, after being convicted of first-degree murder in 2006.

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Mastermind of Banksy removal could face years in jail, Ukraine says

The suspected mastermind behind the removal of a Banksy mural in a Ukrainian town could face up to 12 years in prison if found guilty, Ukraine's interior ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

US may execute its first openly transgender woman

Unless Missouri Gov Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003

The Independent UK

Jonathan Dowdall received over €15,000 in salary and expenses during short Dublin City Council stint

Dowdall was sentenced to four years in prison in October after he pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016

Dublin Live

At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

Mexican authorities said on Sunday at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city.

Reuters

Serial killers who went free from The Serpent to Panama Strangler and Monster of Andes

The Serpent was freed last week after a court ruled in favour due to his age and good behaviour despite murdering at around 24 tourists - but he isn't the only one to taste freedom

Daily Mirror

14 killed in attack on Mexican border prison

Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez across the border from El Paso, Texas

The Independent UK

At least 10 people are dead and 20 escaped after a prison riot in Juárez, Mexico

The riot occurred at the notorious Cereso state prison in Juárez. The mayor, Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, told local media that armed gunmen had entered the prison.

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The Guardian - UK

Happy Valley recap: series three, episode one – a sweary return for one of TV’s most unforgettable characters

After six years, we’re back with Sally Wainwright’s vision of the Calder valley, as West Yorkshire’s finest copper prepares for a nice, quiet retirement. What could go wrong?

WEKU

Leftist Lula da Silva is sworn in as president to lead a divided Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed office as Brazil's new leader Sunday, just three years after being released from prison on corruption charges and 12 years after his first two terms as president.

Miami Herald

A Florida lawyer pleaded guilty to 34 counts of child porn charges. He got probation

MIAMI — A Tampa attorney who was sentenced to eight years of sex offender probation and no prison time after pleading guilty to 34 counts of child pornography charges still will not “acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct,” a Florida judge said.

The Guardian - UK

Iranian police detain top footballers at New Year’s Eve party

Players briefly held after raid on mixed-gender party, as elsewhere dissident Keyvan Samimi is released from prison

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Manchester Evening News

The craziest mugshots of Greater Manchester’s felons of 2022

Originally created for identification purposes, the mugshot has become a necessary aspect of the criminal justice system

The Independent UK

‘Vileness and brutality’: Mother in Iranian jail for 13 years shares letter from inside ‘hell’ prison

Exclusive: Maryam Akbari Monfared was imprisoned for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in 2009 and hasn’t seen her children since

Daily Mirror

'I ventured into Alcatraz after dark and was terrified by what I saw and heard'

Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara, the hosts of Watcher Production's "Ghost Files," went to the prisonoff the coast of San Francisco to investigate the rumours of it being haunted

WEKU

A bill to fight expensive prison phone call costs heads to Biden's desk

Congress recently passed legislation that will give federal regulators greater authority to limit the costs of prison phone calls.

Manchester Evening News

New ITV documentary to delve into Strangeways' grim history including 1990 riots and Ian Brady era

The Manchester prison will feature in a two part series about Britain's Notorious Prisons

Wales Online

Criminals with over 50 convictions avoid jail with just a fine

Courts handed out non-custodial sentences for 1,040 such offenders in 2021, with the number of criminals with over 100 convictions spared prison also rising

ABC News

The 'Torso Killer' struck terror in New York City in the 1970s. But one detective suspected his secrets went far deeper

Richard Cottingham seemed like an average American dad. But when night fell, his ghoulish violence began. WARNING: Readers might find some of the details in this story distressing.

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