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Will the Myanmar executions force Australia to act decisively at last?

The execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar is further confirmation of what was already well known. The regime of Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing will stop at nothing to maintain its grip on the country.

The Conversation

MPs concerned over number of women in prison

The Ministry of Justice predicts an increase in the female prison population by more than a third in the next three years.

The Independent UK

Former Darwin resident who defrauded former employers of nearly $90,000 sentenced to two years in prison

Kristy Gall will spend at least three months in prison after being sentenced in the Northern Territory Supreme Court today.

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Darwin mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann's lawyer withdraws services in alleged 'hot water' prison assault case

Mass shooter Benjamin Hoffmann may be unrepresented in an upcoming court case over an alleged prison assault, after his lawyer withdrew due to ongoing funding issues.

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Australia 'appalled' by Myanmar executions, Penny Wong offers condolences to families still without answers

Members of the international community — including Australia and the organisation representing Myanmar's neighbours — call the killings "appalling" and "highly reprehensible".

ABC News

‘Alarming’ increase in self-harm in women’s prisons as more vulnerable people to be jailed, report says

Government vowed to reduce female prison population four years ago but it is now expected to jump by a third

The Independent UK

Women offenders still being jailed despite pledge to cut prisoner numbers, say MPs

Justice committee says little progress made on developing alternatives to custodial sentences as female prison population predicted to rise by a third

The Guardian - UK

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Families of Banksia Hill detainees speak out following transfers to Casuarina Prison

Family members of teenage boys relocated to Western Australia's highest security prison fear the move will ensnare them in a cycle of violence, as the national children's commissioner says disadvantaged youth are being blamed for system failures.

ABC News

Maxwell’s new digs: Fla. prison known for yoga, music, abuse

Ghislaine Maxwell is off to Florida to serve a 20-year prison sentence for helping financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls

The Independent UK

Child rapist dies of Covid in prison after being jailed for sadistic sex attacks

Derrick Sheppard, who was originally sentenced to 12 years in jail in 2011 for a series of horrific historical molestations of young girls, passed away at at HMP Exeter weeks after contracting the virus

Daily Mirror

Pedro Flores, star witness against El Chapo, tells judge feds gave his wife immunity against prosecution

The onetime Chicago cocaine kingpin’s wife Vivianna Lopez and his brother’s wife Valerie Gaytan are fighting money-laundering charges. Flores says immunity for them was part of the deal he and his twin brother Margarito Flores, who both grew up in Little Village, were given.

Chicago Sun-Times

Myanmar executes activists in first use of death penalty in decades

Myanmar’s military regime has executed four individuals, including a deposed pro-democracy lawmaker and a prominent activist, in its first use of the death penalty in more than three decades, state media reported Monday.

Tribune News Service

Evidence concerns in WA prison inquest

An inquest examining the death of an Indigenous man at Perth's privately operated Acacia Prison will not hear from independent experts about his care.

AAP

Iran Parliament to Discuss Belgium Prisoner Swap Treaty

Iran's parliament is to debate a prisoner exchange deal with Belgium, state media said on Monday, after Brussels approved the deal that may lead to the release of an Iranian diplomat jailed for planning to bomb a rally of an exiled opposition group. The official Iranian news agency IRNA said…

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Miami Herald

A released bank robber left his halfway house to rob a Miami bank that he hit before

MIAMI — A Miami bank robber returned to the scene of the crime after his release from federal prison, robbing one of the same banks that led to his conviction in 2011.

Miami Herald

Ghislaine Maxwell has returned to Florida — but this time in a prison uniform

Ghislaine Maxwell has returned to Florida, though under far different circumstances than her previous time as lady of the house at ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion.

Evening Standard

Ex-wife of Sir Frederick Barclay claims ‘conspiracy’ over £100m divorce payout in contempt hearing

Former press baron Sir Frederick Barclay is accused by his ex-wife of a “charade and a conspiracy” to ensure he dies before she is handed a £100 million share of his fortune, the High Court has heard.

Belfast Live

Former UDA chief Sam 'Skelly' McCrory said he would answer for his crimes when death finally visited

It is believed McCrory, who served seven years in the Maze Prison in the 1990s for terrorist activities, died as a result of head injuries after a fall

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Daily Mirror

'Quiet and shy British lad' ended up facing 200 years in America's worst prison

Shaun Attwood, now 53, headed up a multi-million dollar drug empire before finding himself coming face-to-face with some of America's toughest and most dangerous criminals

The Conversation

Nigeria's jailbreaks point to a prison system out of step with reality

On the night of 5 July 2022, 879 inmates escaped from the Kuje correctional facility in Abuja, Nigeria after an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. Prior to this, the largest jailbreak was on 5 April 2021 when gunmen attacked Owerri correctional centre, Imo State and freed 1,844 inmates. There…

Tribune News Service

Norfolk man exonerated 2 decades after conviction on testimony from coerced witness, disgraced police detective

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Norfolk man convicted of murder following a trial that hinged on testimony from a coerced witness and a disgraced former Norfolk police detective was exonerated this month.

Radio France Internationale

France condemns execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar

France on Monday "strongly condemned" the execution of four political prisoners in Myanmar, calling the killings "a major regression" for the country's military regime. It is the Asian country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow gangster Robert Daniel in prison after his DNA found on stolen motors

The 32-year-old crook was jailed for 18 months at Glasgow Sheriff Court today after pleading guilty to the theft of two vehicles and attempting to take another.

The Guardian - UK

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to low-security prison in Florida

Disgraced socialite serving 20-year sentence for procuring teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to abuse

Daily Mirror

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to low-security jail with talent shows and yoga classes

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sent to teh Federal Correctional Institute in Tallahassee, Florida -where she will serve her 20-year sentence for helping sick billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls

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