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Susan Neill-Fraser to be freed after being granted parole, 13 years after murder of Bob Chappell

Convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser is to be freed after a parole board granted her bid for release from prison.

ABC News · Sep 16, 2022

Fears for safety of incarcerated children after fire in Perth maximum security prison

WA Department of Justice reports one person treated for smoke inhalation but concerns remain about conditions inside Caruarina detention facility

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022

High Court challenge to defendants being freed from prison is delayed by Legal Aid blunders

Thousands of Crown Court hearings around the country are being disrupted

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2022

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Hardened Russian prisoners offered freedom for six months fighting in Ukraine

The leader of infamous Wagner group, who has close ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has been filmed telling hardened criminals that if they join the fight in Ukraine they could be freed after six months

Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022

The Govt Is Being Urged To Allow 16 And 17 YOs To Vote And Honestly This Is Long Overdue

The Federal Government is being called upon to lower the voting age to 16, as well as allow citizens in prison to participate in democracy. Finally.Several submissions to the joint standing committee on electoral matters this month have called for expanded voting rights because, well, there is literally no reason…

Pedestrian.tv · Sep 16, 2022

NT a world leader in prison rates: report

A new report says the Northern Territory jails people at a rate among the highest in the world, with Indigenous Australians significantly over-represented.

AAP · Sep 16, 2022

U.S. judge sentences Mexican cartel boss to life in prison

Mexican crime lord Jorge Costilla Sanchez was sentenced to life in prison in a U.S. federal court on Thursday for his involvement in trafficking marijuana and cocaine to the United States, the Justice Department said.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

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Ex-Gulf Cartel boss gets life sentence for drug conspiracy

A Mexican national who headed the Gulf Cartel from 2003 to 2012 has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty previously in a U.S. court to drug smuggling conspiracy

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Biden to meet with families of Griner, Whelan amid prisoner-swap talks

President Joe Biden will meet Friday with the families of a pair of Americans being held in Russia, after the U.S. publicly floated a swap to win their release.

Tribune News Service · Sep 15, 2022

Missouri woman acquitted of killing daughter to be free soon

A Missouri woman who was acquitted of killing her daughter but convicted of abandoning the girl's corpse will soon be freed from prison

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Man gets 20 years to life after retrial in 1995 murder case

A New York man will return to prison — for now — after temporarily going free amid questions about a prominent detective’s conduct, then getting convicted again of murder at a recent retrial

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

US civil rights groups file complaint against ‘death by incarceration’ to UN

The filing urges UN special rapporteurs to declare life sentences, including without parole, a violation of incarcerated people’s rights

The Guardian - US · Sep 15, 2022

Alabama says its not ready to execute by nitrogen hypoxia

Alabama's prison commissioner said the state is not ready to carry out an execution by nitrogen hypoxia

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Susan Neill-Fraser parole hearing could result in her freedom, 13 years after the murder of Bob Chappell

She has spent 13 years in prison, always maintaining she was not the one who killed her 65-year-old de facto partner and dumped his body in 2009. Now, Susan Neill-Fraser is about to front a parole board in a bid to be freed — what will that panel consider?

ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

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ABC News · Sep 15, 2022

'The world is watching': Australian daughter of Iranian Baha'i in prison pleads for her release

When Negar Sabet awakes after a restless night in Sydney, she agonises about her elderly mother Mahvash, who has been locked up in Iran's notorious Evin Prison since the end of July.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Sep 15, 2022

Training exercise explosion at Pennsylvania prison causes injuries

PHILADELPHIA — The FBI and Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a Thursday morning explosion that took place during a law enforcement training exercise at SCI Phoenix prison in Skippack Township, Montgomery County.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Capitol rioter in ‘Camp Auschwitz’ sweatshirt sentenced to 75 days in federal prison

Robert Packer’s sister asked the judge not to ‘judge a book by its cover’

Reuters · Sep 15, 2022

Mexico has released nearly 2,700 prisoners early as overall jail population grows

Mexico has released thousands of prisoners during Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's presidency as part of an effort to free those who have not committed serious crimes or were being held unjustly, authorities said on Thursday.

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The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2022

Multiple people injured during Pennsylvania bomb squad training exercise

Incident took place in field at a Montgomery County prison

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2022

Federal government urged to extend voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds and prisoners

Submissions into 2022 election inquiry include calls for regulation of ‘electoral lies’ and stricter caps on political donations

Wales Online · Sep 15, 2022

Serial drink-driver led police on chase after attending popular carnival

Amir Khan has been caught drink-driving six times and driving while disqualified four times

The Guardian - US · Sep 15, 2022

Reality Winner finds Trump’s Mar-a-Lago documents case ‘incredibly ironic’

Former intelligence contractor served four years in prison for leaking report on Russian interference in 2016 election

The Guardian - UK · Sep 15, 2022

Delays leave man facing four years in Leicester jail without trial

Exclusive: Case of Voja Petkovic highlights pressures on criminal justice that campaigners warn is leading to miscarriages of justice

Evening Standard · Sep 15, 2022

Russian inmates ‘told they’ll be freed if they survive six-months on Ukraine frontline’

Leaked footage shows the founder of Russia’s Wagner Group attempting to recruit prisoners

Reuters · Sep 15, 2022

New batch of Syrian prison photos opens 'old wounds'

It had been nearly a decade since Mahmoud al-Khalaf laid eyes on his father, but he immediately recognised the bruised and battered face in the graphic photograph circulating online.

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