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WA youth prison transfer 'threatens lives'

The planned transfer of 20 detained children to a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia risks their lives, loved ones and advocates say.

AAP

Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison

Noongar grandmother fears for boy’s safety if state government moves him from Banksia Hill juvenile centre to maximum security jail

The Guardian - AU

'Livid' mum slams school for loo ban during lessons 'treating kids like prisoners'

Outwood Academy Redcar said the rules are in place to "minimise any disruption to learning" and pupils are only allowed to go during lessons if they have a special pass or teacher's note

Daily Mirror

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South Carolina couple going to prison for storming Capitol on Jan. 6

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina husband and wife who believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen and who smoked a joint inside the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, were each sentenced to prison Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison

A Maryland man who shoved a police officer with a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to five months in prison

The Independent UK

Terminator child star is unrecognisable 30 years on from starring in hit movie

Edward Furlong has battled drink and drug addiction and spent time in prison since he starred in Terminator 2, but he's turned his life around and has even got some new teeth

Daily Mirror

Russian opposition politician kept in prison under 'fake information' investigation

A Moscow court ordered opposition politician Ilya Yashin be kept in jail for two months pending an investigation into the spreading of "fake information" about Russia's army, a charge carrying a jail term of up to 15 years.

Reuters

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Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to 'shock the planet' by revealing why he's been behind bars for nearly 50 years

The habitual jailbird, who's now 70, said he's not a murderer or a rapist and should have been freed a long time ago

Wales Online

Belarus jails journalist for eight years on treason charge

A Belarusian court sentenced a journalist to eight years in jail for treason on Wednesday, handing her a new prison term on top of one she was already serving on protest charges, the Vesna-96 human rights group said.

Reuters

Prisoners still locked in cells for 23 hours a day despite lifting of Covid restrictions

‘Post-Covid torpor’ in jails risks pushing inmates into ‘long lives of criminality’, watchdog warns

The Independent UK

Jailed tennis star Boris Becker ‘lands job teaching sport science’ in prison

Prison Service denies ‘any preferential treatment was given’

The Independent UK

UK's most violent inmate Charles Bronson begs for freedom in WhatsApp voice note

Charles Bronson was initially locked up in 1977 for seven years but had more time added for several incidents and has now begged Dominic Raab for a pardon in a bid for freedom

Daily Mirror

Convicted murderer dies of Covid days after positive test in prison

Prisoners didn't report Covid symptoms to avoid 'lockdown', reveals a published report into his death

Manchester Evening News

Russia opens criminal case against opposition figure Ilya Yashin

Prominent opposition politician and activist has been charged for allegedly spreading false information about the army.

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The Guardian - US

‘It’s inhumane’: how US prison work breaks bodies and minds for pennies

Two out of three prisoners are forced to work, in what is often referred to as modern day slavery

The Hindu

Fleeing murder convict lands in the police net

Climbs on to tree and threatened suicide

Reason

Brickbat: Anyone Else Got Something to Say?

In Russia, a court has sentenced Moscow council member Alexei Gorinov to seven years in prison for spreading "knowingly false information." Charges were brought against Gorinov after he opposed the council holding a children's drawing contest and a dancing festival while the war in Ukraine is underway. "I believe all…

Daily Record

Dumfries prison officers receive bravery awards for stopping man leaping from bridge

Susan Findlater and Fiona Smith were honoured in a ceremony at HMP Dumfries with framed certificates for meritorious conduct for saving the man

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Wales Online

‘Vulnerable teen’ used by group to keep cocaine in his bedroom

Khalim Reynolds committed two Class A drug offences by the time he was 18

Manchester Evening News

Convicted sex offender slashed 17-year-old's throat on bus in brutal attack

Hamid Akhonzada said he 'heard the voices in his head telling him to stab somebody'

AAP

Jail time cut for NSW teen murderers

Two teenagers convicted for the violent murder of a service station attendant in Queanbeyan in 2017 have had years slashed from their time in prison.

AAP

Cancelled treatment led to prisoner death

A Victorian prisoner had three urgent medical appointments cancelled in the months before he took his own life, a coroner has found.

Los Angeles Times

Roman Polanski sex abuse case documents should be unsealed, Los Angeles DA says

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón asked a state appeals court Tuesday to unseal transcripts related to the criminal case against Roman Polanski, which could end the decades-long legal saga over the film director's sexual abuse of a teenager in 1977.

Benzinga

Irish Expert's Take On Drug Decriminalization, Scottish Prison Provides Anti-Overdose Training To Incarcerated

Addiction specialist Dr. Garrett McGovern recently stated that he believes Ireland should take a health-led approach to drugs and decriminalize their personal use, an opinion he would take up at a meeting with the Oireachtas Justice Committee regarding the country’s current drug policy.

ABC News

US inmate Casey White, who escaped with help of prison officer Vicky White, charged with her murder

Casey White is charged with the murder of prison officer Vicky White, who led him out of jail in handcuffs before the pair went on the run.

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