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My worst moment: Garret Dillahunt and the fake tears that turned very real

In the Freevee comedy “Sprung,” Garret Dillahunt reunites with “Raising Hope” creator Greg Garcia for their latest show together. The premise: A loose collection of knuckleheads fresh out of prison form a ramshackle heist crew that helps other poor sods in need.

Chicago Tribune

Australia rejects Myanmar court ruling

The federal government has called for the release of Australian academic Sean Turnell from prison in Myanmar, where he was sentenced to three years.

AAP

Wife pleads for release of Australian sentenced in Myanmar

The wife of Australian economist Sean Turnell pleaded for his release on Thursday, saying his jailing in Myanmar is “heartbreaking” for his whole family.

Bangkok Post

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Myanmar's Suu Kyi, Australian economist jailed for 3 years

A Myanmar junta court sentenced the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on Thursday while also jailing an Australian economist, according to a source with knowledge of the case.

Bangkok Post

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch arrested and taken from prison cell over suspected organised crime offences

“The Monk”, 58, was arrested yesterday and taken from his cell at Wheatfield Prison in West Dublin

Dublin Live

NSW imprisoning more Indigenous women

The number of Indigenous women jailed in NSW has grown by more than a quarter in eight years despite measures designed to decrease incarceration rates.

AAP

Prison officer stabbed at Melbourne jail

A male prison officer has been stabbed at a maximum security jail in Melbourne, sparking a Victorian Police investigation.

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Myanmar court jails Suu Kyi, Australian economist for 3 years - source

A court in military-ruled Myanmar on Thursday jailed deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her former economic adviser, Australian Sean Turnell, for three years for violating a secrets law, a source familiar with the proceedings said.

Reuters

Former police officer jailed for giving money to ex-wife to deal drugs, but judge spares her from prison

Daniel John Schatto was a serving police officer at Renmark when he gave his ex-wife money to buy methamphetamine.

ABC News

Gateshead murderer Lee Nevins on the run again after absconding from prison

Nevins was jailed for life for killing disabled Lee Jobling at his home on Leam Lane in 2006

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R. Kelly’s fans donated nearly $28,000 to his prison commissary account, lawyer says

R. Kelly’s fans have put nearly $28,000 into the disgraced R&B singer’s prison commissary account, his lawyers revealed at a hearing in federal court Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Senators push new oversight to combat federal prison crises

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduced legislation Wednesday to overhaul oversight and bring greater transparency to the crisis-plagued federal Bureau of Prisons

The Independent UK

DA: Death row inmate should get new trial over judge's bias

A Jewish death row inmate who was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they had escaped is one step closer to getting a new trial after prosecutors have agreed with defense claims that the judge who presided over his case held…

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on indefinite sentences: still blighting thousands of lives

Editorial: Prisoners detained under the abolished imprisonment for public protection scheme deserve justice

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14 guards indicted on misconduct charges at women's prison

Fourteen prison guards have been indicted on charges including misconduct and assault stemming from what authorities have said was an assault on inmates at New Jersey's only state prison for women

The Guardian - UK

Human rights lawyer in Israeli prison goes on hunger strike

Salah Hamouri stages protest against being imprisoned without charge for the last six months

Los Angeles Times

Three years ago he was in prison. Now he's poised to be Brazil's next president

NOVA IGUACU, Brazil — Three years ago, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was languishing in a prison cell.

Daily Record

Scots cons on evil killer Alexander Pacteau's wing 'rioted over missing mail'

Kilmarnock Sheriff Court heard it took around 50 prison guards to restore order at Kilmarnock Prison.

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The Independent UK

Government has two months to stop barristers’ strike or defendants must be released from prison, High Court rules

Judges rule that custody time limits can currently be extended but ‘this will not remain the position for long’

The Guardian - US

The story of one US governor’s historic use of clemency: ‘We are a nation of second chances’

Kate Brown has granted more commutations or pardons than all of Oregon’s governor from the last 50 years combined

Nottingham Post

Sexist Alex Belfield videos still on YouTube despite prison sentence

YouTube has not issued any comment on the videos

The Independent UK

Drug driver jailed for deliberately crashing car into pensioner’s bungalow

Micheal Vose, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison at Bolton Crown Court on Monday

The Independent UK

Father jailed for five years in Iran urges UK Government to act after protests

Anoosheh Ashoori will run the London Marathon for Amnesty International UK – a task he started preparing for while imprisoned.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Solitary confinement is torture. Gov. Newsom can limit it in California

Extended solitary confinement in California prisons was supposed to have ended, for all practical purposes, after a 2015 legal settlement in a case brought by plaintiffs who had been held in isolation for 10 years or longer in the security housing unit at Pelican Bay State Prison, near Crescent City.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow nurse killer Alexander Pacteau too sick for court is cleared of prison riot

He was accused of clashing with police and prison officers while serving life for murdering Karen Buckley then trying to dispose of her body in a bath of caustic soda in his Kelvindale flat.

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