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Mountjoy prison thug 'danced' on body of injured inmate in horrific attack

Robert O’Connor remained in critical condition at Dublin’s Mater Hospital last night after he suffered severe injuries including a bleed on his brain

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Russia wants 2 prisoners in swap for Americans Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

Tribune News Service

As Russia and Ukraine trade blame for prisoner-of-war deaths, what becomes of the Geneva Convention?

The deaths of more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war last week is not only an apparent war crime, but also another sign the situation is becoming a race to the bottom when it comes to international law and conventions.

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Pritzker should consider granting clemency for prisoner hoping to get Ph.D.

If any prisoner has a solid argument for being released, it seems to us, it’s Johnny Pippins, who earned undergraduate and master’s degrees while behind bars and has expressed remorse for the murder he committed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Charities warn against ministers getting powers to stop early release from jail

Measure would stop prisoners from being let out automatically part-way through sentences if deemed a threat to public

The Guardian - UK

Coronation Street's Ryan Connor set for exit as he faces prison after fake robbery

Hapless bartender Ryan, played by Ryan Prescott, had hoped to turn his fortune around by participating in an insurance scam with Debbie Webster on Corrie

Daily Mirror

Rapper Mystikal has been arrested and charged with rape

The New Orleans rapper, who previously served a six-year prison sentence for sexual assault, allegedly assaulted a woman at his Louisiana home.

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US Capitol attack: militia member gets longest prison sentence yet

Man with ties to Three Percenters, who said he planned to violently drag Pelosi from building, sentenced to seven years

The Guardian - US

Dutch mom gets 3 years in US for supporting Somali militants

A Dutch woman has been sentenced to three years in prison for donating several hundred dollars to a group that supported the militant group al-Shabab in Somalia

The Independent UK

Inmate kills guard at Oklahoma private prison, officials say

The correction officer died from injuries sustained during an unprovoked attack by an inmate at the Davis Correctional Facility in Holdenville, Oklahoma

The Independent UK

Viktor Bout: Lawyer for convicted Russian arms dealer ‘confident’ of US prisoner swap with Brittney Griner

Notorious ‘Merchant of Death’ serving 25 years in US prison

The Independent UK

Texan who prosecutors say “lit the match” of Jan. 6 riot sentenced to more than 7 years in prison

Guy Reffitt, a 49-year-old Wylie resident, never entered the Capitol but helped ignite the crowd “into an unstoppable force,” a prosecutor at his trial said. His sentence is the longest given out so far from the Jan. 6 riot.

The Texas Tribune

Mum faces 100 lashes after protesting against death of demonstrator son

Iranian mum Mahboubeh Ramezani, mother of 18-year-old Pejman Gholipour, is being held in the infamous Evin prison in Tehran and has been sentenced by the Iranian regime

Daily Mirror

Man who stormed Capitol with gun gets 87 months in prison

A Texas man convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun helmet and body armor was sentenced on Monday to 87 months — more than seven years — in prison

The Independent UK

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Russia wants 2 prisoners in swap for Americans Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

Moscow is leaning toward rejecting a prisoner swap unless it gets two Russians in return for the two Americans the U.S. wants released, according to people familiar with the Kremlin’s thinking.

Liverpool Echo

Ex global drugs kingpin Curtis Warren to face major test on release

Questions have been asked as to whether Interpol's former Target One is "addicted to being a gangster"

Benzinga

NY Attorney For Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout Is Confident About Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap, Calls It A 'Fair Trade'

The lawyer for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout said Monday he was “confident” the U.S.

Manchester Evening News

Inmate dies 'after going into cardiac arrest' at Styal women's prison

Prison officials have confirmed an investigation into the death, the seventh fatality at the Cheshire jail since 2018

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Daily Mirror

Black widow killer who fed husband poisoned curry released after 19 years in prison

Dena Thompson, 61, was jailed for life for murder after hiding anti-depressants in second husband Julian Webb's curry at their home in Yapton, West Sussex, on his birthday in 1994

Wales Online

Fantasist conman spent decades adopting 21 different aliases to scam victims

Sebastian Astbury began cheating his latest victim just months after being released from prison for a previous con

Sports Illustrated

Former President Trump Criticizes Potential Prisoner Swap for Brittney Griner

Trump criticized a potential prisoner exchange that would return WNBA star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan to the United States.

Tribune News Service

A Connecticut lawyer has gotten 522 years taken off prison sentences. He’s not done

HARTFORD, Conn. — There aren’t a lot of attorneys who are making it their mission to get inmates out of prison before they’ve served out their sentences.

Reason

Biden's New Bureau of Prisons Director Won't be Able To Run Away From the Agency's Corruption

The federal prison system is plagued by corruption and civil rights abuses.

The Guardian - US

Female journalist told skirt too short when reporting on Alabama execution

One journalist reporting on the lethal injection was told her skirt was too short and another said she had a full-body inspection

Irish Mirror

Where is Hunter Moore now? The Most Hated Man on the Internet out of prison but banned from social media after Netflix documentary

Hunter Moore was jailed in 2015 for offences related to the IsAnyoneUp.com revenge porn website

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