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Prisoners 'self-harming' as wait for deportations is 'too long'

A prisons watchdog has said there has been an increase in incidents of self-harm among foreign prisoners at HMP Risley

Liverpool Echo

Ghislaine Maxwell moved to low security Florida prison

High-profile inmate misses out on first choice for Tallahassee jail

The Independent UK

Prison worker sacked while off sick for a year with stress wins £135,000

He has now successfully made claims for discrimination and unfair dismissal

Wales Online

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Commentary: Abortion rights movement must include incarcerated people

The U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade has shocked people across the nation. This decision has left devastating impacts on many, including one group often left out of the discussion: incarcerated individuals in women’s prisons.

Tribune News Service

Ghislaine Maxwell ‘moved to low-security prison in Florida’

Ghislaine Maxwell has been sent to a low-security federal prison in Florida to serve out her sentence for facilitating the abuse of underage girls by Jeffrey Epstein, according to reports.

Evening Standard

Nadine Lott's killer who 'showed no remorse' moved to new prison after death threats

Evil Daniel Murtagh, who showed no remorse over the brutal murder which shocked the nation, is now being held in the Midlands Prison with fellow convicted murderers Graham Dwyer and Mark Nash

Irish Mirror

‘Jailhouse Rock made prison seem like fun’: Billy Gibbons’s honest playlist

The ZZ Top vocalist and guitarist was five when he went to an Elvis Presley concert, and has a passion for dice. But which tune is his karaoke favourite?

The Guardian - UK

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Myanmar junta executes 4 prisoners, including 2 pro-democracy rivals

YANGON: Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

Bangkok Post

Nadine Lott's murderer Daniel Murtagh moved to midlands prison after death threats

Evil Daniel Murtagh who showed no remorse over the brutal murder which shocked the nation, is now being held in the Midlands Prison with fellow convicted murderers Graham Dwyer and Mark Nash

Dublin Live

Canberra woman Lila Walto jailed for ramming ACT corrective services vehicle to break partner out of prison

A brazen escape plan by Lila Walto to spring her partner from jail has landed her with a six-year prison term in the ACT Supreme Court.

ABC News

Premier defends WA youth detainee shackles

Premier Mark McGowan says West Australian authorities had no choice but to shackle youth detainees being transferred to an adult prison.

AAP

Myanmar executes democracy activists in new turn against dissent

Myanmar’s junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi’s party, state media said Monday, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in decades.

France 24

New Jersey woman sentenced to prison time for $400,000 GoFundMe scam

The New Jersey woman who concocted a story about a homeless man giving her his last $20 after she ran out of gas was sentenced last week to one year and one day in prison.

Tribune News Service

Retaliation against police, desire for affection trigger prison car ramming

The woman in the Jeep that chased and rammed a prison car in mid-2021 has been sentenced to jail.

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Liverpool Echo

Notorious gang linked to security firm targeted by EncroChat sting

Crime gang linked to wave of city car bombs now compromised by major police operation

Liverpool Echo

'Quiet lad from Widnes' ended up facing 200 years in America's worst prison

Shaun Attwood, dubbed "The Bank of England" headed a multi million dollar drug empire

Los Angeles Times

Bernard Benedict James, aerospace engineer and Black WWII veteran, dies at 101

LOS ANGELES — Bernard Benedict James sat his young children down in the family living room decades ago in their La Mirada home, where he’d written a set of math equations on a blackboard.

Glasgow Live

Paisley paedophile victim 'haunted by abuse' at hands of football predator

Former prison officer Stuart McMillan has spoken of his ordeal at the hands of SFA official in the late 1970s and says it has left an "indelible mark" on his life.

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Glasgow Live

Hanged at Barlinnie - criminals who met their maker at the end of a noose

10 men were hanged by the neck until they were dead during the 14 years executions were carried out at the Glasgow prison. In the first of our series we take a look at four of their stories.

Liverpool Echo

Former addict jailed 33 times wants to 'make amends' to the people of Liverpool

Jamie Lee Headey has been clean for 17 months and is trying to contribute positively to society

Irish Mirror

Irishman arrested over Marbella club stabbing and shooting could avoid prison with €10,000 bail

He was arrested last week following nearly three days in intensive care with gunshot wounds to his chest.

Daily Mirror

Harry Maguire set to learn date for Greek court appeal hearing after assault conviction

The Manchester United and England defender was arrested on the Greek isle of Mykonos in 2020 and was subsequently handed a suspended 21-month prison sentence following his conviction on three charges, which he is set to appeal

Daily Mirror

Tennis star Boris Becker could be deported from UK 'the second he walks free from jail'

Prison sources said the Wimbledon star, who was jailed for hiding £2.5million in assets and loans to avoid paying his debts., spends much of his time playing tennis locked up

Reuters

An old political prisoner warns against new Tunisian constitution

Hamma al-Hammami knows the peril Tunisia risks if it slides back into autocracy, as he and opposition parties warn it may do if President Kais Saied passes his draft constitution in a referendum on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Prison criticised after suicide watch inmate who died was allowed razors

Inquest into death of remand prisoner at HMP Chelmsford finds officers were unaware that access to razor blades should have been monitored

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