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PC Andrew Harper's killer, 20, caught downing homemade booze inside high-security prison

Henry Long, 20, was jailed for 16 years in 2020 for the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper in 2019 - he was jailed alongside his pals Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, 18 at the time

Daily Mirror

Commentary: Women in prison and under court surveillance will suffer under new abortion bans

As state abortion bans snap into effect after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one group who will be most affected seems to be least discussed: women under criminal court control.

Los Angeles Times

Edinburgh prisoners to receive training for drug that counters heroin overdose

Over 300 prisoners at HMP Edinburgh are being primed to take on special training to apply naloxone, which has been rolled out to treat those suffering a heroin overdose

Edinburgh Live

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Teenage boy murdered father-of-three who complained about anti-social behaviour

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed to death a father-of-three outside his own home in a row over anti-social behaviour is facing life in prison.

Evening Standard

Charles Bronson says 'it's my time now' ahead of potential PUBLIC parole hearing

One of the UK's most notorious inmates says the last 20 years of his time in prison have been 'nothing but revenge' as he bids to have his next parole hearing held in public

Daily Mirror

Scots prisoners receive life-saving drugs overdose training behind bars in bid to save lives

Edinburgh, Barlinnie and Low Moss prisons will now all run a “Naloxone Peer Champion” programme which is run in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service, NHS and the Scottish Drugs Forum

Daily Record

Jason Roberts found not guilty of 1998 murders of Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller

A Melbourne man accused of the brutal slaying of two Victorian police officers has left prison for the first time in decades after being acquitted of their murders.

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US basketballer Brittney Griner made 'honorary' WNBA All-Star while facing 10 years in Russian prison

Brittney Griner's friends and teammates are desperate to draw more attention to her detention, after she was arrested in February as she arrived in Moscow to play for a Russian team.

ABC News

Prisoner advocates say a lack of programs at Darwin Correctional Centre is contributing to the NT's high reoffending rates

Legal advocates and former prisoners claim a lack of effective rehabilitation programs at Darwin's only adult prison is contributing to the Northern Territory's staggering reoffending rates.

ABC News

Brazil party official shot dead as pre-election political violence escalates

A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard shouting support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, according to state law enforcement and a witness.

Reuters

Mobile phone and drug seizures in Irish prisons increased by 19% in 2021

New figures published by the Irish Prison Service show a total of 1,369 mobile phones were found in the country’s 12 prisons last year – up 19% on 2020 levels

Irish Mirror

Evil, jealousy and romance: What really happened when Myra Hindley met Rose West behind bars

The gruesome pair are alleged to have briefly been lovers while locked up together in HMP Durham

Manchester Evening News

Roe’s end could mean more pregnant women behind bars. Are Florida’s prisons prepared?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Prison reform activists worry the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a federal right to abortion, could lead to more pregnant people behind bars — a scenario some lawmakers in Florida have been trying to curb for years.

Orlando Sentinel

A year after protests, Cuba struggles to emerge from crisis

A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba’s single-party government, hundreds of people who participated are in prison and the economic and political factors that caused the demonstrations largely remain

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Dire US labor shortage provides opportunity for ex-prisoners

The United States' ongoing labor shortage is bad for employers but presents an opportunity for workers who often could not find jobs in rosier economic times: ex-prisoners

The National (Scotland)

Input is everything as Polmont Youth Theatre emerges from pandemic

THREE years ago, before Covid-19 was a malignant thing, I visited HMYOI (Her Majesty’s Young Offenders Institution) Polmont for this newspaper. My…

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners denied access to forensic evidence in bid to prove their innocence

Campaigners call for reforms to allow those who claim to be wrongly convicted – such as Kevin Nunn, jailed for murdering his ex-girlfriend – to obtain information to appeal

Dublin Live

Dublin mum tells of how she feared for her life during horrific assault by ex-boyfriend

Daniel Prenderville, 34, was this week jailed for six more months for the savage attack on Hayley Flood in which he battered her with the metal tube from a vacuum cleaner

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FIR against eight Nashik jail officials

NASHIK: The Nashik Road police have lodged an FIR against eight officials and employees of the Nashik Road Central Prison for offences punishable under attempt to murder and causing grievous hurt.

ABC News

Former US fugitive Patton Eidson makes final bid to return to Australian soil

Patton Eidson evaded authorities for decades, but the biggest obstacle to his homecoming is not his once-secret criminal past.

The Denver Post

Feds moved cartel member to Colorado’s Supermax in 'torturous' attempt to make him talk about 'El Chapo,' lawsuit alleges

DENVER — A man described in court documents as being in “middle management” of a drug cartel this week sued the U.S. Justice Department, claiming his imprisonment in Colorado’s Supermax prison is a sham, a “torturous” attempt to make him talk about drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and a…

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Thailand's biggest romance scam snagged a chief financial officer and convinced her to steal millions

When Chamanun received a LinkedIn message from an unknown man claiming to be an American doctor, it marked the beginning of a tangled web of lies that would ultimately lead to Chamanun's arrest for stealing $250 million from her employer, and 20 years in prison.

Liverpool Echo

Curtis Warren 'lined up for big Hollywood film deal' after prison release

Warren is set to be released from prison later this year

ABC News

Netflix hit Stranger Things slammed for using Nazi prison and brutal asylum in new series

Netflix has used sites of past atrocities as locations or inspiration for its nostalgic hit show Stranger Things — including a plan to let fans book a themed cell in a former holocaust prison on Airbnb.

Los Angeles Times

29 alleged gang members plead guilty in $1 million fraud scheme

LOS ANGELES — More than two dozen people associated with criminal street gangs face a combined 86 years in prison after pleading guilty in a $1 million fraud scheme, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday.

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