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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.

Los Angeles Times

In a post-Roe world, more miscarriage and stillbirth prosecutions await women

In Texas, 26-year-old Lizelle Herrera was arrested and charged with murder for self-induced abortion. In California, 29-year-old Adora Perez served four years in prison after giving birth to a stillborn son. And in Mississippi, Latice Fisher was jailed after losing her baby at 36 weeks after police found she’d searched…

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Inside Cheshire town's top-rated restaurant where staff are serving prisoners

The Clink, on the grounds of HMP Styal, is one of four UK restaurants offering hospitality training to serving prisoners

Manchester Evening News

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Prisoner escapes from Kottayam district jail

Fifth accused in the murder case of a 19-year-old

The Hindu

West Lothian prison officers suspended over allegations of misconduct inside jail

The three members of staff are said to have been told to leave HMP Addiewell three months ago following numerous investigations at the West Lothian jail.

Edinburgh Live

Katie Price's holiday highlights over the years - from bare boobs in waterfalls to bum grabbing

Model Katie Price recently jetted off to Thailand with her beau Carl Woods, shortly after she managed to escape a prison sentence. The destination appears to be the star's favourite...

Daily Mirror

Three prison officers suspended from privately run jail in West Lothian

Addiewell chiefs are refusing to say why they have suspended the guards

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Florida wants to severely restrict prisoners’ visitation hours

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Biden speaks to sister of US executive detained in Russia

President Joe Biden has spoken by phone with the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been imprisoned in Russia for more than three years

The Independent UK

Man sentenced on lesser charges in NBA player's slaying

A Tennessee man serving life in prison after his first-degree murder conviction in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has been sentenced on lesser charges of conspiracy and attempted murder in the long-running case

The Independent UK

3 months in prison for Pennsylvania businessman caught up in Dorothy Brown probe

Donald Donagher Jr. pleaded guilty in October to one count alleging he made payments designed to reward Brown when she was Cook County Circuit Court clerk.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge overturns murder conviction of man who said he was framed by disgraced former detective

David Colon — who now goes by David Lugo — spent 26 years in prison fighting his conviction and was paraoled in 2017.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thug shows bottom at judge after being jailed for making sickening threats to kill

Stephen McEvoy made several threats to slit and slice the throats of people who were being appointed to help him on his release from prison, including sexual comments about a female probation officer

Daily Mirror

Murderer causes £32,000 worth of damage to cell because 'toilet too close to his bed'

Violent criminal Scott Sorby £32,000 worth of damage because he was fixated by his belief that the toilet in his cell was too close to the bed

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Manchester Evening News

"Your daughter won't have a mum after tonight": 'Vile monster' threatened to kill ex-partner during 'reign of terror'

Shane Costello-Collins, 26, arrived at his former partner's workplace then spat at her chest and shouted racial slurs

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What's next for 3 other ex-cops in Floyd's death

Now that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to federal prison, attention turns to the fates of three fellow ex-cops

Orlando Sentinel

Florida wants to severely restrict prisoners’ visitation hours

ORLANDO, Fla. — Visiting hours to prisoners in Florida are a crucial way they connect with loved ones, but a new rule being proposed by the Florida Department of Corrections could cut those hours in half.

Daily Mirror

Derek Chauvin given 21-year jail sentence for violating George Floyd's civil rights

White policeman Derek Chauvin was previously jailed for the murder of black dad George Floyd after being filmed kneeling on his neck until he suffocated in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Poacher who took £60k of salmon and trout from Welsh river avoids prison

Emlyn Rees fined £1,600 as judge says he is unable to imprison him for seven-year operation that ‘significantly’ impacted fish stocks

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Cheeky thug bares bottom to judge after being jailed for threatening to kill probation officers

Stephen McEvoy abused a prosecutor, stuck his fingers up at a judge and pulled his trousers down as he was locked up at Newcastle Crown Court

The Independent UK

Star athlete turned addict shares ‘rare moment of humanity’ in prison

In this excerpt from her memoir Corrections in Ink, Keri Blakinger talks candidly about her first Thanksgiving in prison and “how change happens one day at a time”

The Independent UK

She was an ice skating Olympic hopeful who wound up on heroin and in jail. Now she’s taking on the prison system

Author Keri Blakinger went from star athlete to jailed heroin addict and social justice crusader. She speaks to Melissa Whitworth about her journey and what prison taught her about America’s broken system

Tribune News Service

‘Brazen cash grab.’ Kentucky man sentenced over $1.3 million in fraudulent COVID loans

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A central Kentucky businessman who submitted false information to receive $1.3 million in coronavirus relief loans and used some of it for gambling debts has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison.

Tribune News Service

Taron Egerton goes behind bars with a suspected serial killer in true crime thriller ‘Black Bird’

For his new role, Taron Egerton went from gold hot pants to a prison jumpsuit.

The Independent UK

Why Derek Chauvin will be moved from state prison to comfier federal facility after new sentence

Derek Chauvin was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in federal prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights

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