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Former sex worker made famous by Hugh Grant scandal pictured on drugs charge

Divine Brown could face up to 30 years in prison if found guilty of drug charges, after an officer at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta discovered suspected cocaine inside the former sex worker's body

Daily Mirror

Slavery is on the ballot for voters in 5 US states

Voters in five states are deciding whether to close loopholes that allowed convict labor as an exception to slavery

The Independent UK

She joined Charles Manson’s cult and became a murderer. Should she be forgiven?

Patricia Krenwinkel has sought parole more than a dozen times. She was denied, again, just this month, Graig Graziosi reports

The Independent UK

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Louisiana trio imprisoned for 28 years freed after judge tosses murder convictions

Newly uncovered evidence linked police investigation into 1994 New Orleans murder to disgraced officer currently on federal death row

The Guardian - US

Prolific burglars jailed for combined total of 165 years across North East over past 10 months

In 2022, more than 60 thieves and burglars have been handed prison terms in connection with a string of offences committed across the region

Chronicle Live

Boris Becker ‘teaching yoga’ to fellow prisoners after sentence for concealing assets

Becker was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison in April

The Independent UK

Drug dealer in plot to flood Scotland with heroin and coke caught with iPhone in jail

Anthony O'Hare, caged for his leading role in a drug supply plot, admitted a charge of possessing a communication device while in prison

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Boris Becker 'sheds over a stone' in jail while teaching fellow inmates how to keep fit

Tennis legend Boris Becker was sentenced to 30 months in jail in April, with the German then transferred from Wandsworth prison to Huntercombe the following month

Daily Mirror

Liberation Day by George Saunders review – a hell of a ride

The characters in these absurdly funny stories are trapped by hyper-capitalism and their own foolishness, as Saunders investigates the prisons we make for ourselves

The Guardian - UK

Friends of Australian Sean Turnell concerned after fatal bomb blast at Myanmar prison where he is being held

Amnesty International says the violence at the prison "is infuriating and heartbreaking because it shows how those detained and their visiting families are both at risk of serious harm".

ABC News

Vigilante couple 'took the law into their own hands' with a machete in revenge attack

"I want the public to know how serious this sort of behaviour is" a judge said as he sentenced the pair

Manchester Evening News

Bloody London: how 700 years of executions shaped the capital

From Charles I’s bloody tunic to a door from Newgate prison, the Museum of London’s new show explores how public executions shaped the capital’s landscape

Evening Standard

Kuwait Court of Appeals Sentences Mazen al-Jarrah to 5 Years in Prison

The Kuwaiti Court of Appeal sentenced Major General Mazen al-Jarrah and Nawaf al-Shalahi to five years in prison and fined them KD1.360 million for money laundering and bribery in what was known as the case of the Bangladeshi MP. It is the second part of the Bangladeshi MP, which dates…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Staff working with refugees accused of 'wanting to just clock off' after damning Newcastle hotel probe

A council investigation recently uncovered shocking living conditions for asylum seekers in Newcastle hotels, which it is claimed reminded torture victims of being in prison

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The Independent UK

Cambodian court convicts opposition leader of land giveaway

A court in Cambodia has convicted opposition leader Sam Rainsy in absentia of planning to cede national land to a foreign entity and sentenced him to life in prison

Reuters

Exclusive-Deadly Iran jail fire erupted as police clashed with inmates, sources say

Two days before a fire ripped through a section of Iran's Evin prison and killed at least eight people, a riot police unit arrived at the compound and began to patrol the corridors, shouting "God is Greatest" and banging batons on cell doors, six sources told Reuters.

Axios

Far-right ex-UCLA student sentenced to 3.5 years in prison over Capitol insurrection

Christian Secor, a follower of white nationalist Nick Fuentes, was among a group of rioters pushing through a doorway into the Capitol.

The Orange County Register

California man who sat in Mike Pence’s chair during Capitol riot sentenced to prison

A 24-year-old Costa Mesa, California, man who sat in former Vice President Mike Pence’s vacated seat while storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 insurrection was sentenced Wednesday to three and a half years in prison.

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US raises concerns after Saudis sentence American to 16 years in prison over tweets

The U.S. has raised concerns with Saudi Arabia about an American citizen whom the kingdom sentenced to 16 years in prison for posting tweets critical of the Saudi government.

WEKU

Ex-Louisville officers headed to prison for throwing drinks at random residents, cyberstalking

AAP

Jail for assaulting NSW frontline workers

People who assault NSW frontline workers - including paramedics, prison officers, hospital staff and firefighters - could be jailed under new laws.

The Guardian - AU

NSW using prisoners as political pawns, critics say, after state refuses to let UN inspectors into detention facility

Queensland also revealed to be restricting access to mental health wards, despite Australia’s ratification of UN torture protocol

The Independent UK

Ex-UCLA student linked to extremists gets Jan. 6 prison term

A former UCLA student who stormed the U.S. Capitol while waving a flag promoting a far-right extremist movement has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for his role in a mob’s attack on the building

WEKU

A former UCLA student was sentenced to over three years in prison for Capitol riot

Christian Secor, a former UCLA student and follower of the far-right racist livestreamer Nick Fuentes, was sentenced on Wednesday for obstructing congress during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Reason

Saudi Government Sentences U.S. Citizen to 16 Years in Prison for Anti-Regime Tweets Posted from U.S.

Axios (Shawna Chen) reports, as does an opinion piece in the Washington Post (Josh Rogin) (paywalled). From the Post: [L]ast November, when [American citizen Saad Ibrahim Almadi] traveled to Riyadh to visit family, he was detained regarding 14 tweets posted on his account over the previous seven years. One of…

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