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French top court upholds prison sentence of Bashar al-Assad's uncle

France's highest court on Wednesday confirmed a ruling that found Rifaat al-Assad, an uncle of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was guilty of acquiring millions of euros worth of French property using funds diverted from the Syrian state.

Reuters

Irish schoolteacher returns to jail over refusal to comply with court order

Enoch Burke was suspended from work on full pay last month pending the outcome of a disciplinary process after a number of incidents which stemmed from a transgender row in school

Irish Mirror

Over 35 North Korean female prisoners left to starve to death in labour camps

Reports from North Korea reveal a grim tale from the widely condemned labour camps in the country. A total of 35 women in the camps are believed to have starved to death in recent months

Daily Mirror

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Trans row Irish schoolteacher remains in jail over refusal to comply with order - OLD

Enoch Burke was barred from his workplace after opposing a request to address a transgender child by their name or use the pronoun ‘they’.

The Independent UK

Mum 'can't get job' because of tattoos but gets three new 'prison' inkings every week

Melissa Sloan, 45, has got tatts all over her body, including a number of brave designs with flowers and an England flag all over her face

Irish Mirror

Controversial Swansea residential centre for low-level female offenders is turned down

The Ministry of Justice said the scheme in Cockett aimed to reduce re-offending - but its application led to 215 letters of objection and locals were said to overwhelmingly 'fear and object to this proposal'

Wales Online

Jagtar Singh Johal writes to Liz Truss urging her to secure his release

JAGTAR Singh Johal has written a letter to new Prime Minister Liz Truss demanding she make a stand against his imprisonment in India and work to…

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German court hands Islamic State member 10 years in prison for murder, war crimes

A German court has sentenced an Islamic State member to 10 years in prison for war crimes and murder committed in Syria, including the beating of a prisoner who later died in custody.

Reuters

Texas teen killed in crash by ‘serial drunk driver’ hours after he was released from prison

Man with three prior drunk driving convictions is accused of causing crash that killed teen

The Independent UK

US Citizen in Iran Needs Surgery, Family Pleads for Son's Release

The family of a US citizen detained for nearly seven years in Tehran pleaded Tuesday for his furlough to be with his father, who it said needs a new, urgent surgery and cannot leave Iran. Baquer Namazi, 85, requires surgery within weeks to clear life-threatening blockages in his left carotid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Whitley Bay convicted arsonist left innocent mum terrified in case of mistaken identity

Jeffrey Walker, of Whitley Bay, had not long been out of prison when he targeted the wrong woman while she was in the garden with her young child

Chronicle Live

Wife will 'never forgive' man who killed husband in Dublin crash as he's released from jail after three years

Exclusive: The Irish Mirror has learned Jones, from Blanchardstown, is to be released from Mountjoy prison next week with remission taken into account

Irish Mirror

Israel Minister's Cleaner Sentenced for Attempting to Spy for Iran-Linked Hackers

A man employed as a cleaner in Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's home was sentenced to three years' prison for attempting to spy for Iran-linked hackers, the justice ministry said Tuesday. Omri Goren Gorochovsky, a 38-year-old resident of the central city of Lod, had been employed along with his partner…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Violence and 'severe' staff shortages at prison housing Merseyside inmates

The latest report into HMP Berwyn contained four priority concerns

Liverpool Echo

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The Conversation

Prison turns life upside down – giving low-risk prisoners longer to prepare for their sentences would benefit everyone

Almost everyone who’s moved house has a story to tell – the truck was too small, the power got cut off too soon, the cat got lost on the day. Moving house can be stressful, but the better prepared you are, the higher the chances you’ll enjoy the result.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A Pa. Capitol rioter turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a ‘moron’ gets 9 months in prison

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania man who was turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a “moron” for not believing Democrats had stolen the 2020 presidential election was sentenced to nine months in federal prison Tuesday for participating in the Capitol riot.

WEKU

A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison

Brittany Martin, 34, was convicted of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner, and may have to give birth in prison. An advocate notes that some Jan. 6 rioters are serving far less time.

Wales Online

HMP Cardiff's Clink Restaurant to shut

The fine-dining restaurant has trained more than 400 serving prisoners and people on probation in its 10 years

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Liverpool Echo

Family's fear for prisoner left 'in darkness' after electricity fault

A concerned relative told the ECHO the fault meant the prisoners were also without "proper heating or hot water"

Tribune News Service

What it’s like on death row: Possible future for Parkland school killer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The two prisons that house men on Florida’s death row stand on a pleasant two-lane road that runs past farms and cow pastures about 30 miles north of Gainesville.

Daily Record

Senior Lanarkshire nurse avoids prison after sending students naked pics and vids

Sheriff Ray Small told Derek Revie he had 'seriously considered' a prison sentence after the predator targeted 10 women at his workplace.

Glasgow Live

Barlinnie child sex beast suffered 'great pain' in prison cell before death in hospital

John Harrison died a year into an eight year sentence handed down by the high court for a catalogue of horrific sex offences against 11 children over four decades.

Daily Mirror

Corrie's Toyah Battersby actress teases prison twist after Imran murder bombshell

Coronation Street actress Georgia Taylor has shared her reaction to the truth about Toyah Battersby and Imran Habeeb's killer car crash

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: jailed Saudi woman was convicted of ‘spreading lies through tweets’

Exclusive: court document details charges against Noura al-Qahtani, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison

The Independent UK

‘A savage punishment’: Russian journalist Ivan Safronov given 22-year prison sentence

Human rights activists say 32-year-old’s treatment shows ‘perilous reality faced by journalists in Russia today‘

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