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‘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.

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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.

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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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‘They might have to give birth in chains’: Abortion access behind bars after the end of Roe v Wade

Abortion access in prisons was already ‘abysmal.’ The end of Roe v Wade made things even worse, Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

Feds open investigation of former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick to recoup taxpayer money squandered in scandal

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors opened an investigation Thursday in an effort to force former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay restitution to taxpayers amid questions about whether he had started paying $1.7 million debt to the city and Internal Revenue Service.

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Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

A Moscow district councillor was jailed for seven years on Friday for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what a Kremlin-critical lawyer said was the first case of anyone going to prison under a new law on "fake information".

Reuters

Sexual ‘predator’ raped girl, 16, after he was set free from prison by mistake

A sexual predator raped a 16-year-old girl and sexually assaulted another young woman after he was let out of prison by mistake, a court has heard.

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HMP Hindley expansion plan to house hundreds more inmates set to be given green light

“The prison population is currently forecast to increase over the next 10 years, reaching unprecedented levels by the end of the decade."

Manchester Evening News

Turkey Convicts 14 Accused of Killing Iranian Dissident

A Turkish court handed down jail sentences to 14 accused of assassinating Iranian dissident Masoud Molavi-Vardanjani in Istanbul. Abdul Wahab Kocak, the main suspect, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Molavi -Vardanjani, who was shot dead in November 2019 in Sisli in Istanbul. Molavi-Vardanjani had a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Pregnant women face increasingly dangerous risks as doctors flee punitive US states

With doctors facing threats of criminal penalties for abortion, many states will become ‘maternity care deserts’ where there is no hospital, birthing center or obstetrician

The Guardian - US

Vandal goes on wrecking spree 'smashing up' cars belonging to staff outside Forest Bank prison

Three cars belonging to staff members were damaged on Sunday - police are investigating

Manchester Evening News

Kangaroo Island paedophile John William Hardy sentenced to 15 years' jail for abusing young boys

A Kangaroo Island man is sentenced to 15 years in jail with a non parole period of 12 years for sexually abusing five young boys over two decades.

ABC News

Derek Chauvin wishes George Floyd's children 'all the best', makes no apology before prison sentence

Former police officer Derek Chauvin tells George Floyd's children to become "good adults" but shows no remorse as he stares down 21 years in prison.

ABC News

Black Bird review: Taron Egerton prison thriller doubles as a case study in criminal misogyny

Actor plays Jimmy Keene, an inmate undercover with the FBI in this true-crime drama from Apple TV

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Shotts Prison visitor had Malteser bag stuffed with drugs and mobile phone in her bra

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that guards uncovered the stash when 32-year-old Samantha Jewell set off a metal detector as she tried to enter the Lanarkshire jail.

The Guardian - UK

Black Bird review – Ray Liotta is heartbreaking in this posthumous prison drama

This exquisitely pitched true-crime series about an inmate having to befriend a serial murderer at the behest of the FBI is a fitting farewell to the Goodfellas actor

The Canberra Times

Prisoner released midway through sentence pending appeal over violent home invasion

Alexander Warne, has been granted bail after six months into a two-and-a-half year jail sentence.

France 24

WNBA star Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russian courtroom

American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges on the second day of her trial in a Russian court in a case that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

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The Independent UK

Russia wants to jail opposition activist, anti-war official

Russian prosecutors are calling for prison sentences for a prominent opposition activist and for a Moscow city council member who opposes the invasion of Ukraine

The Independent UK

Nicaragua finally shows off a dissident a year after arrest

The wife of Nicaraguan political activist Félix Maradiaga told journalists her husband had lost more than 65 pounds during his year in prison and she feared for his health

Tribune News Service

Ex-Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin sentenced to more than 20 years in federal civil rights case

MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge sentenced Derek Chauvin on Thursday to more than 20 years in prison for violating the civil rights of George Floyd and a Black Minneapolis teen, extending the term he is already serving on state murder charges for killing Floyd in 2020.

Axios

Derek Chauvin sentenced to 21 years in federal civil rights case

Chauvin has been serving a separate, 22.5-year sentence for murder and manslaughter charges for the murder of George Floyd.

France 24

US ex-police officer Chauvin gets extra 20 years on federal charges for Floyd death

A federal judge on Thursday sentenced Derek Chauvin to 21 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights, a move that adds a few years to the time the former Minneapolis police officer is already serving for his murder conviction while transferring him to federal custody.

Reuters

Nigeria recaptures 27 inmates after jail attack claimed by Islamic State

Nigeria's security forces on Thursday recaptured 27 inmates who fled from a prison in the capital in Abuja following an attack claimed by Islamic State, the correctional service said.

Chronicle Live

Danger driver who killed Sunderland dinner lady faces trial after fleeing prison

Alan Paul Steel killed Paula Stead after mowing her down on Sunderland's Ford Estate

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