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UN fact-finding mission will probe Ukraine prison killings

The United Nations chief says he is appointing a fact-finding mission in response to requests from Russia and Ukraine to investigate the killings at a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that the warring nations accuse each other of carrying out

The Independent UK

Russia sentences Griner to 9 years in prison, White House calls for her release

A Russian court sentenced U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison on Thursday after finding her guilty of deliberately bringing cannabis-infused vape cartridges into Russia, a ruling that U.S. President Joe Biden called "unacceptable."

Reuters

Man charged with killing NY cop released from prison in May

The 21-year-old man accused of killing an upstate New York police officer and wounding his partner has been charged with aggravated murder

The Independent UK

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If Scotland is denied indyref2 the UK 'is not a Union, it's a prison', commentator says

Jonathan Lis pointed out that the SNP had won successive mandates in 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2021, to hold an independence referendum.

The National (Scotland)

Blast that killed Ukraine PoWs was Kremlin operation, Kyiv claims

Officials cite satellite data and phone intercepts and say Wagner Group mercenaries carried out atrocity

The Guardian - UK

Man sentenced to six years behind bars over Edinburgh train station killing

A MAN has been sentenced to six years in prison over the death of Donald Maguire in Edinburgh two years ago.

The National (Scotland)

Mountjoy inmate who died in prison assault pictured as gardai probe murder

Robert O'Connor suffered a bleed to the brain after he was targeted by up to four men in a cell at the Dublin jail

Irish Mirror

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Selling Candy-Flavored Cannabis Products To Minors Could Land Offenders In Prison For Decades Under GOP-Led Bill

The sale of packaged marijuana products that resemble popular food brands continues to pose a grave risk to the health and safety of children. The problem seems to persist even though every state that legalized recreational cannabis has set an age limit banning those under 21 from accessing cannabis shops.

Benzinga

Missouri high school teacher sentenced to 30 years for sextortion scheme targeting children

Brandon McCullough, 31, was also ordered to spend the rest of his life on supervised release after serving his 30-year sentence in prison and was additionally asked to pay $204,199

The Independent UK

Student claims £1,600 accommodation is like a 'prison' with broken heating, cockroaches and bags of sick

Alice Sowerby lived in the flat for a year and claimed the conditions affected both her physical and mental health

Manchester Evening News

‘Merchant of death’: Who is Viktor Bout, the arms dealer who was swapped for Brittney Griner

The former Soviet military officer was arrested in Bangkok in 2008 and is now serving 25 years in US prison

The Independent UK

From Bridge of Spies to Anna Chapman and Viktor Bout: A history of US-Russian prisoner swaps

The former Cold War adversaries have pulled off yet another notable exchange

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

Woman who ripped own hair out for 18 years after dad's prison death launches haircare brand

Rosie Myers recovered from hair-pulling condition trichotillomania and went on to create ethical brand ‘nope’

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Radio France Internationale

French hacker wanted by the FBI arrested in Morocco, could face 116 years in prison

A 21-year-old French student, Sébastien Raoult, has been jailed for two months in Morocco at the request of US authorities on suspicion of being a member of a group of cybercriminals who have targeted US companies.

The Texas Tribune

A mother watches helplessly as her teenage boy deteriorates in a Texas youth prison

The state of Texas has essentially controlled her son’s life since he was 11. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department was supposed to keep him safe and help him get better. It has failed at every turn.

Salon

Journo blocked from execution for skirt

Editor rips “sexist and an egregious breach of professional conduct”

Daily Record

Lanarkshire family welcome new probe into custody death of Allan Marshall

Prison officers are to be re-interviewed over the tragic 2015 incident.

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Irish Mirror

Victim of brutal Mountjoy Prison attack dies as Garda probe continues

The prisoner has been named as Robert O’Connor (34) from Darndale in North Co Dublin.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: Solitary confinement is shrouded in secrecy and open to abuse. Why does California allow it?

Why have any soft feelings for those locked in solitary confinement in our prisons, jails and immigrant detention centers? They must be the worst of the worst, right? The unrepentant serial killers, the gang leaders carrying on business as usual behind bars, the criminals with nothing to lose and no…

Daily Record

Ex-partner of Coatbridge brute who defied court order welcomes prison sentence

Robert Logan, 41, was this week jailed for two years after engaging in a course of conduct that caused the woman fear and alarm.

Dublin Live

Prisoner dies after vicious assault in Dublin prison

Robert O'Connor was on put on life support after he sustained serious head injuries

ABC News

Transfer of Banksia Hill detainees to Casuarina Prison a sign of a 'broken' system, retired judge says

The longest-serving president of Western Australia's children's court has slammed the state's youth justice system as "broken" and "a basket case", following the recent transfer of teenage boys from Banksia Hill Detention Centre to an adult prison.

Dublin Live

Gardai probing Kinahan link to attack on Mountjoy prisoner as victim on life support

Robert O’Connor, 34, was rushed to ICU following the assault on Friday evening

Tribune News Service

Trump urges judge to throw out Cohen lawsuit, citing ‘absolute immunity’

Donald Trump urged a judge to toss out a civil suit filed by his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen, who claims the former president tried to silence him before the 2020 election by extending his stint in prison for lying to Congress.

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