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Dog walker's killer sentenced to life in prison, no parole

A man convicted of using an AK-47 to kill a woman and wound her boyfriend as they walked their dog in Denver has been sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

Motorist who mowed down pedestrian outside Tesco spared prison due to being single mum

Aimee Palmer ploughed her Ford Fiesta into complete stranger Paramjit Malhi following a brief row with him whilst leaving the superstore in Birmingham

Daily Mirror

I was in prison and saw how power can corrupt officers

Letters: Ruth Wyner recalls the inhumanity of incarceration, while John Coffin and GD Stewart and discuss the need for accountability and justice

The Guardian - UK

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Amnesty: Egypt has days to save jailed activist’s life - OLD

The head of Amnesty International says that the proceedings of COP27 will be stained by the death of Egypt's leading rights activist on a hunger and water strike in prison if Egyptian authorities do not release him within days

The Independent UK

Eric Allison obituary

Career criminal who went on to become the Guardian’s prisons correspondent and a campaigner for penal reform

The Guardian - UK

Former Durham prisoner turned writer brings his remarkable story to the stage with new play

Raising the bar - success story Ric Renton will star in November premiere at Live Theatre of his play One Off which recounts his experiences in HMP Durham

Chronicle Live

Foreign Office ‘setting up PM to fail’ at Cop27 over writer jailed in Egypt

Sanaa Seif, the sister of political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has spoken about a letter Rishi Sunak sent to their family.

The Independent UK

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Star Wars theory finally answers 'Andor's most bizarre mystery

'Andor's Panopticon-like prison show just how heartless the Empire really is.

Inverse

'Very health conscious' Gerry Hutch brings his own protein bars to court every day

"You wouldn’t know it to look at him but he is very health conscious and likes to look after himself"

Irish Mirror

Pope in Bahrain: Treatment of prisoners a measure of society

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain by encouraging priests and nuns to keep ministering to the Gulf kingdom’s tiny Catholic flock

The Independent UK

Yatala Labour Prison incident sees riot police called in with at least five people treated for injuries

SA Ambulance Service says it has taken five people to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an incident at Adelaide's Yatala Labour Prison.

ABC News

Rhys Jones's killer is moved to 'Monster Mansion' prison

Sean Mercer is now locked up at HMP Wakefield with some of Britain’s worst cons, including Sarah Payne’s murderer Roy Whiting

Daily Mirror

The ‘exception’: 5 states to vote on vestige of slavery

The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with one exception: punishing people convicted of crimes.

Tribune News Service

Former officer: Alabama 'not in control' of state prisons

A former corrections officer said Alabama is no longer in control of its prisons and said he believes federal officials should intervene in the system

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

I helped put Eric Allison behind bars. Then we met again as hacks

My evidence put the purveyor of false passports in jail. Years later, I became his editor

Daily Mirror

Securitas raider returns just £1 of record £53million haul but still wins open jail move

Lea Rusha took part in the infamous 2006 Securitas depot robbery and has served his minimum sentence of 15 years with the Parole Board recommending a move to an open prison

Daily Mirror

Sneaky lags pretend to be vegan in a bid to get better prison dinners

Prisoners were screwed after screws caught them pretending to be veggie to swerve boring traditional meals and instead get tasty vegan offerings for their dinner

Tribune News Service

Parkland gunman leaves Broward jail for prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland gunman is no longer in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

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Daily Mirror

Iceland hiring ex-prisoners in stores in recruitment drive 'good for society'

Iceland, who employ former offender turned priest Paul Cowley as its director of rehabilitation, have committed to employing ex-offenders at its 1,000 stores and food warehouses

The Guardian - UK

Mary, Queen of Scoffs: jailed monarch ate only the best, papers reveal

Newly discovered official accounts show that, while a prisoner of Elizabeth I, her cousin lived a life of luxury

Dublin Live

Jonathan Dowdall 'wouldn't have been near me' if criminal past was known, says Mary Lou McDonald

The former Sinn Fein councillor was sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating the murder of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel in 2016

Liverpool Echo

Woman, 38, wanted after fleeing prison as urgent appeal issued

Jennifer Touray has links to Merseyside

The Independent UK

Court rules family's appeal can advance in 'Serial' case

An appeal can move forward of the court proceedings that freed Adnan Syed from prison filed by the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the true-crime podcast “Serial.”

Tribune News Service

Gavin Newsom grants posthumous pardon to California abortion provider

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Recognizing that California hasn’t always been the bastion for reproductive freedom that it is today, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday granted a posthumous pardon to a woman who went to prison for providing then-illegal abortions in the 1930s and 40s.

Chronicle Live

Disgusting Newcastle drug dealers jailed after dogs left to starve in locked room with mountain of faeces

The RSPCA rescued three neglected canines from squalor but two had to be put to sleep

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