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Man who sniffed cocaine from Pablo Escobar's grave jailed as part of drug gang

The gang shipped large quantities of cocaine into south Wales

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

College scandal middleman blames 'winning at all costs'

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send the consultant at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal to prison for six years

The Independent UK · Dec 29, 2022

Thug threatened to 'chew woman's face off' in horrific calls from prison

Prisoner bombarded victim with abusive messages

Liverpool Echo · Dec 29, 2022

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe recalls watching Sir Andy Murray claim Wimbledon title from behind bars in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has recalled watching Sir Andy Murray win Wimbledon from solitary confinement in an Iranian prison, during an emotional meeting with the Dunblane tennis star. The 44-year-old British-Iranian dual national said Sir Andy offe

Daily Record · Dec 29, 2022

One of James Bulger's killers Jon Venables could be 'freed from prison in weeks'

Jon Venables has reoffended twice since he was convicted of abducting and murdering James Bulger in 1993

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

'A perversion of justice': Decision to release Greater Manchester's worst rapist given 13 life sentences is slammed by politicians and public

Andrew Barlow will be fully released from prison next month

Manchester Evening News · Dec 29, 2022

The relentless indignities of being a woman working for justice

Doing their jobs requires navigating a centuries-old, male-dominated system — while suffering an almost institutionalized onslaught of indignities.

Mic · Dec 29, 2022

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Police appeal for help to track down woman wanted on recall to prison

Officers are searching for Anne Marie Jaques

Manchester Evening News · Dec 29, 2022

Daughter who stole B250m from sick mother gets 20 years

A woman who stole more than 250 million baht from her bed-ridden 85-year-old mother was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison.

Bangkok Post · Dec 29, 2022

'I'm one of UK's youngest prison officers - I deal with men twice my age and 2ft taller'

Emily, 22, started working in the prison at the age of 20 but after two years in the job and a lot of training she has now established herself and got some respect from inmates

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Serial rapist who was UK's most wanted man back on streets despite 13 life sentences

Andrew Barlow was dubbed 'the Coronation Street rapist'

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

Serial 'Coronation Street rapist' allowed out of prison despite 13 life sentences

Andrew Barlow - known as 'The Coronation Street rapist' - was sentenced to 13 life sentences but the Parole Board has deemed it safe to release him from prison next month

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

Young female prison officer on how she deals with 'screaming' male inmates

Emily says she loves her job despite some difficult moments with rowdy prisoners

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

Fears growing for Irishman held in sub-zero Iranian hellhole prison

Bernard Phelan was jailed in October after he was charged with inciting propaganda against the regime

Dublin Live · Dec 29, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · Dec 29, 2022

He was once branded 'Britain's most wanted man'... and now Greater Manchester's worst rapist is back on the street despite THIRTEEN life sentences

"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community"

Wales Online · Dec 29, 2022

The ridiculous lengths some drivers go to avoid being prosecuted

From naming an imaginary builder as the driver to fitting stripes on their vehicles or paying a 'Mr Fix It' to make the problem go away, some drivers go to extraordinary lengths to avoid taking responsibility for their wrongdoing on the roads

AAP · Dec 29, 2022

Three inmates escape Darwin prison

Northern Territory Police say three male prisoners escaped from a Darwin correctional facility overnight and remain at large.

WEKU · Dec 28, 2022

Dominican court convicts 10 people in the shooting of Red Sox star David Ortiz

Two men, including the shooter, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for the Hall of Famer's 2019 ambush in Santo Domingo. Eight others received prison sentences of between 5 and 20 years.

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Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

Inmate planned to use stimulus check to pay hit man to kill Florida judge, feds say

A Florida prison inmate pleaded guilty to engineering a murder-for-hire plot that would have used federal stimulus money to pay for killing a judge and his family, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida.

Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

In surprise interview Bill Cosby announces plans to tour in 2023

Bill Cosby, having been released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed his conviction, is planning a comeback tour.

France 24 · Dec 28, 2022

Eleven sentenced to life in prison for 2016 Ivory Coast beach attack

Eleven people have been sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people and injured dozens more on a tourist beach nearly seven years ago.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 28, 2022

Another long prison term handed down in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Prosecutors had sought a life sentence for Barry Croft Jr., 47, the fourth and final federal defendant to learn his fate. Judge Robert J. Jonker called Croft “the idea guy” behind the plan to abduct Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Reason · Dec 28, 2022

2022 Was a Year of Bad, Botched Death Row Executions

Fortunately, government kills fewer prisoners each year.

Daily Record · Dec 28, 2022

Dad-of-eight on death row living in constant 'torture' waiting to be decapitated

Hussain Abu-al-Khair is currently living in a prison cell in Saudi Arabia with no idea when he will be killed as his sister fights for justice for his life.

Liverpool Echo · Dec 28, 2022

A Place In The Sun buyers refuse to view 'old fashioned prison'

The house hunters refused to step a single for inside after seeing the exterior

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