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US rape suspect Nicholas Rossi to make freedom bid from Scots jail within days

Lawyers for Rossi, who is fighting extradition, are submitting fresh bail application to try and get him out of Saughton Prison.

Daily Record

Brittney Griner at 'weakest moment' in Russia, her wife says

WNBA star Brittney Griner is at her “absolute weakest moment in life right now” as she faces a hearing in Russia later this month for her appeal of a nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The Independent UK

Barlinnie prisoner took out 'contract' on rival days before taking his own life

A Fatal Accident Inquiry has heard that Paul Hamilton took out a 'contract' on a rival that he had clashed with inside the prison days before he took his own life.

Glasgow Live

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Scots prisoner took out contract on rival inmate days before killing himself

Paul Hamilton had been serving a three-year sentence for bribing a man with £1,000 to drop an assault charge.

Daily Record

WA youth prison could face more lockdowns

Lawyers will seek a Federal Court injunction on the transfer of children to a standalone unit at a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia.

AAP

Alabama prisoners strike over ‘horrendous’ conditions

Prisoners refuse to work for no pay in prison jobs in food service, laundry and maintenance

The Guardian - US

The 10-year-old boy with an Asbo who went on to be stabbed 27 times with a machete

Alfie Hodgin was one of the youngest people ever to get an anti-social behaviour and went on to have a gang career

Wales Online

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Paedophile who worked at Townsville childcare centre sentenced for sexual abuse of nephew and son

The man, already behind bars for his offending, will spend another nine years in prison for what the judge described as "depraved and degrading" crimes.

ABC News

Cop vows to find bodies of mum and toddler son as killer jailed 45 years after murder

Detective Chief Inspector Brian Geddes says he will arrange a meeting with killer Bill MacDowell in prison after vowing to find the bodies of victims Renee MacRae and her toddler son Andrew

Daily Mirror

First picture of garda killer Aaron Brady behind bars as he welcomes his parents

And our picture is the first of him since he was extradited from the US and snapped outside Dundalk court in May 2017 over a stolen car offence.

Irish Mirror

Myanmar court hands Japanese journalist 10-year prison term

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has handed a 10-year prison sentence to a Japanese video journalist who was arrested at an anti-government protest in July

The Independent UK

Lawyers to file Federal Court bid to halt transfer of children from Banksia Hill to Casuarina Prison

Lawyers are set to file an application to the Federal Court by the end of the week to stop the WA government from transferring children from the Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre to Casuarina Prison.

ABC News

Latest Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 11 injured

A prison riot in Ecuador's coastal city of Guayaquil on Wednesday has left at least 11 inmates and police officers injured, the SNAI prison authority said in a preliminary report, just days after a deadly riot at another jail.

Reuters

In plea deal, Chicago police training officer gets probation in 2020 off-duty shooting of unarmed driver

Victim’s attorney says he wanted tougher sentence, but Officer Kevin Bunge, who suffers from PTSD, pleads guilty to felony requiring no jail time.

Chicago Sun-Times

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The Independent UK

Life sentence for killer of retired St. Louis police captain

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a retired St. Louis police captain as he tried to stop a pawn shop from being looted during racial injustice protests two years ago

Nottingham Post

Woman who poured human faeces on Sir Captain Tom statue faces prison

Madeleine Budd, 21, has appeared in court

WEKU

There’s a new plan for a prison in Letcher County, and public comment opens soon

WEKU

Jailed under Duterte, Philippine politician sends dire warnings on democracy

Supporters say Leila de Lima is a human rights defender still paying the price for speaking out against the abuses of the former president's drug war.

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'Mean and nasty' Hebburn woman who stole from two pensioners spared prison in 'mercy' after tragedy

Jean Carr, of Hebburn, was released from custody after a court heard her daughter had died

Newsroom.co.nz

Five years on remand: Justice system breaks its own record

Time spent on remand continues to increase with Corrections confirming someone has been kept in prison for five years – and their case still isn’t sorted.

Wales Online

Asylum seeker honoured for voluntary work during pandemic was plucked from Swansea and placed in detention centre

Richard Tshimanga Nomba, who claims he was tortured in his home country, has since been released but fears he could be taken away again at at any moment

Daily Record

Renee MacRae killer set to appeal conviction for murdering her and son 45 years ago

William MacDowell, 81, was sentenced to life in prison last week with a recommendation that he serves a minimum of 30 years for killing Renee and Andrew MacRae in November 1976.

Manchester Evening News

Prisoner offered apprenticeship in Cheshire village pub in drive to help rehabilitate offenders

The new government scheme allows prisoners to begin an apprenticeship while serving their sentence

Al Jazeera

Russian TV protester Marina Ovsyannikova escapes house arrest

Marina Ovsyannikova faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for alleged disinformation regarding Russia’s army.

Salon

How some doctors avoid drug charges

A new ruling on opioid prescription cases means doctors who face charges might be able to escape harsher punishment

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