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Elizabeth Holmes gets reprieve from expected prison term as sentencing delayed

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Monday received a reprieve from an expected prison sentence, with the judge in her case delaying her sentencing for up to three months.

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Ghislaine Maxwell jail mates with gun-toting drug dealer with machete conviction

The convicted teen sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, shares her sleeping quarters with Manda May Rowell and Shacara Bryant inside Florida’s FCI Tallahassee prison

Daily Mirror

Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25

A Russian court has set a date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

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Brittney Griner will have prison sentence appeal heard by Russian court later this month

Two-time Olympic gold medalist was convicted on 4 August over cannabis oil vape canisters in luggage

The Independent UK

Mum 'torn apart' after son remains in jail 14 years after being told he'd serve less than four

David Cummins remains subject to a sentencing scheme which has since been banned

Wales Online

Wrongful Convictions Aren’t Going Anywhere

The Canadian legal system is confusing and expensive, especially if you’re falsely accused of murder

The Walrus

Kim Kardashian releases first true crime podcast on Spotify

The reality star has been an advocate for criminal justice reform since 2018

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial: Key revelations about Parkland shooter and his massacre

The Independent UK

‘Poisoned’ in the womb, untreated conditions and orphaned: Nikolas Cruz had a horror start to life but did it matter at trial?

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defence at his sentencing trial centred largely around his early life - from his apparent exposure to alcohol in the womb, the deaths of his adoptive parents and his behavioural and emotional problems. But did those details make a difference in the jury’s decision? Rachel Sharp…

The Independent UK

Fugitive murderer Lee Nevins still at large almost one week on from prison escape

Nevins, from Gateshead, is on the run for the second time after absconding from an open prison in Derbyshire

Chronicle Live

Ex-prisoners to face compulsory drug tests in £1.2m scheme to 'help cut crime'

The move is said to be one of the Probation Service’s largest expansions of drug testing

Wales Online

US Denies Releasing Iranian Funds Held Abroad in Exchange for Setting Namazi Free

The Biden administration has welcomed Iran allowing the US-Iranian dual national Bagher Namazi to leave the country after having banned him from travel for seven years but denied that the release was linked to unfreezing Iranian funds in South Korea. Namazi’s son, Siamak Namazi, was also granted a provisional release…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Teacher accused of raping 14-year-old found dead in prison cell

Brandon Holbrook was found unresponsive in an upright position in his cell leaving police puzzled by his mysterious death.

Daily Record

Ex-prisoners to face compulsory drug testing in new scheme

From Monday, offenders supervised in probation hostels – known as approved premises – will be randomly tested for 14 different drugs.

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Manchester Evening News

Locked Up: The criminals jailed in Greater Manchester last month

Here are the people put behind bars in our region in September

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rights Group: Israel Holding 800 Palestinians Without Trial

Israel is holding nearly 800 Palestinians without trial or charge, the highest number since 2008, an Israeli rights group said Sunday. The group, HaMoked, which regularly gathers figures from Israeli prison authorities, said that 798 Palestinians are currently being held in so-called administrative detention, a practice where the prisoners can…

The Hindu

Gandhiji’s message can reform prisoners, says Collector

Society’s responsibility to treat them with compassion once they are released, he says

Daily Mirror

Fears for heavily pregnant British mum jailed in Tenerife over unpaid fines

Jamielee Fielding, due to give birth in two months, was about to start a family holiday in Tenerife when she was arrested for not paying two fines incurred on a previous trip last year. Her local MP is calling on the British government to help secure her release.

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The Hindu

Hindalga prison inmate found dead

Was charged under POCSO

Manchester Evening News

'My son was told he'd serve three-and-a-half years minimum - 14 years later and he's still locked up'

"I need justice for my son now - he has served way beyond his time"

Wales Online

Man carried on cocaine dealing after his dad's imprisonment to pay off drug debts

Rhys Hall was a teenager when his father got him involved in cocaine dealing

Daily Mirror

Prisoner on run for months is finally caught by police at his own birthday party

Forenza Murphy was serving a four-year prison sentence for robbery at Connecticut's Department of Corrections halfway house in Bridgeport in the US when he escaped on August 8

Irish Mirror

Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall and ISIS bride Lisa Smith become best friends in prison

'You would never picture the two of them talking but they seem to get on pretty well'

Glasgow Live

Glasgow gangland killer Paul Lyons 'loses parole' over iPhone at high security prison

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard earlier this week the 41-year-old's cell was searched by jail guards who found the phone stashed inside a hidden compartment of a box.

Dublin Live

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch 'laughed' at gardai after he was arrested and taken from cell

The 58-year-old was quizzed for a number of hours at a Dublin Garda station about his suspected involvement in organised crime

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