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Couple gets life in prison; wanted in 5 killings in 3 states

A man and his girlfriend suspected of killing five people in three states last year have pleaded guilty to two of the killings in South Carolina

The Independent UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe joins Downing Street protest demanding return of jailed Scot

The woman freed from an Iranian prison earlier this year joined hundreds of people in support of fellow detained British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal.

Daily Record

For Palestinians, Netanyahu’s victory is merely a changing of the prison guards

There will always be support for the continued oppression of Palestinians, says Yara Hawari, a senior policy fellow at Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network

The Guardian - UK

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Man avoids prison sentence after judge says he has grown up and is looking after his children

"There is every prospect that you will be able to stay out of trouble"

Nottingham Post

France sentences Liberian rebel to life in prison for war crimes

Rights groups on Thursday lauded the conviction in Paris of former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara, who was sentenced to life in prison for atrocities committed during the West African country's first civil war.

Reuters

Brittney Griner faces bleak life in Russian penal colony

Tedious manual work, poor hygiene and lack of access to medical care - such are the conditions awaiting U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian penal colony after she lost her appeal last week against a nine-year drug sentence.

Reuters

Joe Exotic moves to new prison after vomiting every day for the past six months

Joe Exotic is moving to a new prison as the Tiger King star continues to struggle with his health, after being placed in remission from prostate cancer, his power of attorney has confirmed

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Rory O’Connor reveals upcoming RTE show with prisoners in Mountjoy is 'groundbreaking TV'

The new show will air on RTE next spring and sees the Rory’s Stories comedian team up with GAA footballer Philly McMahon to coach a team of prisoners in Gaelic football

Irish Mirror

Australia’s prisons to cost $7bn a year by 2030 as number of women incarcerated grows faster than men – study

Committee for Economic Development of Australia says bail reform and other measures are needed to reduce prison populations

The Guardian - AU

Berlin urges German nationals to leave Iran or risk arrest

Germany's government on Thursday urged its citizens to leave Iran or risk arbitrary arrest and long prison terms there, warning that dual nationals were particularly at risk.

Reuters

Guards who sexually abuse inmates haven't been punished harshly enough, DOJ memo says

The Justice Department report urges an overhaul in the way the Bureau of Prisons works to prevent and investigate sexual abuse by prison employees against women in their custody.

WEKU

Migrants beg for help at Manston with message in a bottle

MIGRANTS being held in the Manston processing centre have begged for help as they described conditions as a “prison”.

The National (Scotland)

WA prisoner sentenced after making Escape from Alcatraz-style decoy in Pardelup jailbreak

Blake Cavanough was found sitting in a cafe 16 hours after walking a considerable distance during the night.

ABC News

Political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah will escalate hunger strike during Cop27

British-Egyptian activist says he will cease drinking, raising fears he may die while officials attend summit

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Al Jazeera

Myanmar court sentences ex-politician to 173 years in prison

Sentence appears to be the longest jail term given to a member of Aung San Suu Kyi’s overthrown government and party.

The Guardian - UK

Bahraini death row prisoner pleads with pope to aid his release

Exclusive: Mohammed Ramadhan, who alleges he was tortured into confessing to deadly bombing, urges pontiff to act on visit to Gulf state

Daily Mirror

Claude Garrett, 65, wrongly jailed for 30 years dies just months after being released

Claude Francis Garrett, 65, spent less than six months in freedom after being released from jail having wrongly been convicted of killing his girlfriend and spending 30 years behind bars

Reuters

Two dead in gang violence at Ecuador prison after inmate transfers

Fighting between gangs at Ecuador's most violent prison has killed at least two people, prisons agency SNAI said on Wednesday, on the heels of attacks against police over prisoner transfers.

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Parkland school shooter sentenced to life in prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — For the 17 who lost their lives, the gunman was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The Guardian - UK

Eric Allison, Guardian’s prison correspondent, dies at 79

Former inmate, who claimed to be only man to escape from Strangeways, joined paper at 60 and worked to expose cruelty of prison system

France 24

Parkland shooter sentenced to life in prison for school massacre

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz formally received a sentence of life without parole Wednesday after families of his 17 slain victims spent two days berating him as evil, a coward, a monster and a subhuman.

Leeds Live

Emmerdale fans slam 'evil' Chas for Cain prison comments as they work out her fate

Chas is still trying to justify her relationship with Al.

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz is formally sentenced to 34 consecutive life terms in prison for Parkland shooting

Victims’ family members spoke of their devastation with the jury’s verdict after Nikolas Cruz’s life was spared

Al Jazeera

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz sentenced to life in prison

US judge sentences Cruz to life without parole for 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.

WEKU

At an emotional hearing, the Parkland shooter is formally sentenced to life in prison

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time to express their anger and grief.

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