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Drug dealer, 22, jailed after being found with £14k of crack cocaine

Liam Southart was sentenced to to seven years and one month in prison

Liverpool Echo

Family of young Scots woman who died behind bars slam prison service as deaths soar

Linda and Stuart Allan have hit out after a new report from Glasgow University found there have been 121 deaths in prison in Scotland since the start of 2022.

Daily Record

Billy McFarland, the Fyre Fest organiser, is back with another venture

Fyre Festival's organiser Billy McFarland is out of prison and back with a new business which he hopes will repay his debts.

The New Daily

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'Deeply disturbing' Prison deaths in Scotland at record high as drugs and suicide fatalities on rise

Researchers from Glasgow University claim that while covid infections had an impact on numbers, it was the increase in deaths from suicide and drugs that had been the most significant.

Daily Record

The rise and fall of Sean Quinn - From leaving school at 15 to Ireland's richest man and prison

The business tycoon was flying high during the boom with many ventures but was bankrupt by 2011

Irish Mirror

Cowgate brute threatened to 'do a Raoul Moat' if he was jailed for strangling and assaulting partner

Robert Strain had been arrested for the violent attack on his girlfriend when he began harassing her in a bid for her to drop the charges

Chronicle Live

Prisoner had 'no forethought' in 'short-lived' escape with fiancée

The prisoner whose fiancée busted him out of a corrective services car has been sentenced.

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Canberra prisoner Kane Quinn sentenced for escaping custody when girlfriend rammed corrections car

While being driven to a medical appointment last year, Kane Quinn escaped custody when his girlfriend crashed into the car that was transporting him — sparking a city-wide manhunt.

ABC News

Family concerned about whereabouts of Whelan, American jailed in Russia

The brother of Paul Whelan, an American jailed in Russia, said on Wednesday his family was concerned about his whereabouts as they had not heard from him for days and had received unclear messages from prison staff that he was moved to the prison hospital.

Reuters

Inter-American Human Rights Court says Nicaragua in contempt

The Inter-American Human Rights Court has declared the government of Nicaragua in contempt of court for ignoring rulings on political prisoners

The Independent UK

Prisoners taught how to set up businesses in bid to cut re-conviction rate

New course aims to set prisoners nearing release up with the skills needed to become an entrepreneur

Insider UK

Collingwood identity Jeffrey 'Joffa' Corfe pleads guilty to child sexual abuse

One of the Collingwood Football Club's most colourful and divisive identities, Jeffrey "Joffa" Corfe, pleads guilty to child sex abuse, but is unlikely to ever set foot in prison for the crime.

ABC News

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of seditious conspiracy

Far-right militia leader faces up to 20 years in prison after plotting to violently subvert 2020 election

The Independent UK

Imprisoned Belarus activist taken to hospital emergency unit

The father of a prominent member of the Belarusian opposition serving an 11-year prison sentence for helping organize anti-government protests says his daughter was taken to a hospital emergency department and underwent surgery

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

Scammer spared prison after he conned elderly couple out of £36k

The 28-year-old fell into debt after losing his job during lockdown and becoming addicted to cocaine

Glasgow Live

Former Celtic youth coach pervert Jim McCafferty dies in prison

Jim McCafferty was found dead at HMP Glenochil on Saturday, November 19 at the age of 76, after being jailed for six years and nine months in 2019.

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for M25 disruption

Magistrate reportedly speaks of using Jan Goodey’s case as a ‘deterrent’ during court proceedings

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire Police warning not to approach man wanted on recall to prison

Officers want to locate him "as soon as possible"

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Reuters

Killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Hani stabbed in prison

Janusz Walus, the killer of South African anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani nearly three decades ago, was stabbed in prison and is receiving treatment, authorities said on Tuesday.

Daily Mirror

Ghislaine Maxwell's appeal in 'jeopardy' as estranged husband 'refuses to pay legal bill'

Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is serving her 20-year prison sentence at Florida’s low-security FCI Tallahassee prison after being convicted for helping Jeffrey Epstein in his sex trafficking scheme

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire bus driver stole more than £72k from employer and colleagues

Andrew Berry has been handed a suspended prison sentence

The Conversation

South Africa's prisons are a breeding ground for the spread of TB. Our model shows how

South African prisons are famously overcrowded. Prison populations are believed to exceed capacity by an overall 33%, although that number jumps to over 200% at some facilities, according to recent reports.

Irish Mirror

YouTuber interviews inmate in Irish prison before officers storm cell

The man's cell was raided earlier today after the interview was published on YouTube

Liverpool Echo

Man, 44, died in cell days after returning to prison

The prisoner was flagged as 'high risk' and was checked up on five times an hour

Daily Mirror

'Torture rooms' where prisoners electrocuted found in Kherson after Russians driven out

Russia surrendered Kherson more than two weeks ago, but as investigators move in they have discovered a number of rooms seemingly used to torture members of the Ukrainian population

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