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Life imprisonment for police who tortured suspect to death

Six policemen, including the former chief of Muang Nakhon Sawan police station, were sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for torturing a drug suspect to death with plastic bags placed over his head.

Bangkok Post

Tasmania set to be first jurisdiction to raise minimum age of children in youth detention

A proposed reform to Tasmanian law is welcomed as a move which could "change the lives of a lot of kids" by keeping them out of prison — but advocates say there is another key issue which must be addressed.

ABC News

NZ man freed after 19 years in jail

New Zealand Supreme Court Chief Justice Helen Winklemann has quashed the murder conviction of Alan Hall, freeing the Kiwi after 19 years in prison.

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Arizona set to execute Frank Atwood, who killed girl in 1984

An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl is scheduled to be executed Wednesday

The Independent UK

Gateshead knifeman robbed delivery driver days after early release from prison for double stabbing

Daniel Orrick, of Gateshead, was branded a dangerous offender after his latest violent offence left his victim terrified

Chronicle Live

Russian bombardment of Sievierodonetsk ‘pushes Ukrainian troops back to city’s outskirts’ – as it happened

This live blog is now closed, you can find our latest coverage of the Russia-Ukraine war here

The Guardian - UK

Prisoners who escaped by cutting through ceiling still on the run after four days

Lance Justin Stephens, 29, Matthew Allen Crawford, 29, and Christopher Allen Blevins, 37, broke out of jail in Barry County, Missouri on Friday morning after climbing through a roof hole

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Feds ask judge to send former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton to prison for up to 18 months in embezzlement case

Even though he had faced indictment since August 2019, the Villa Park Democrat held onto his seat until last February, resigning just before his attorney revealed his plans to plead guilty.

Chicago Sun-Times

Maharashtra: ED opposes Anil Deshmukh & Nawab Malik's plea to vote in Friday's elections

MUMBAI: In a reply opposing former home minister Anil Deshmukh's plea seeking to be released for a day from prison to enable him to cast his vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has told the special PMLA court on Tuesday that he is the main…

The Times of India

‘Honeytrap’ killer who helped murder 16-year-old lured to death by girlfriend to be freed from prison after 13 years

Shakilus Townsend was beaten with baseball bats and stabbed six times after being ambushed by love rival’s gang in south London

The Independent UK

Alleged victims of Mexico-based church leader ask for maximum sentence

Several of the alleged victims of the leader of a Mexico-based church are speaking out ahead of his sentencing, asking for him to receive maximum prison time.

Reuters

How many January 6 rioters are in jail?

The Justice Department says roughly 65 defendants have recieved jail or prison sentences for their conduct on 6 January 2021

The Independent UK

Julian Assange's wife Stella Moris reveals how they raise children together while he is in jail waiting an extradition decision

I don’t need to explain to Gabriel and Max the reality of Belmarsh prison where we go to visit their father. They live it, writes Stella Moris.

ABC News

Texas suspends inmate transports after escape left 5 dead

The Texas prison system says it's temporarily stopped transporting inmates as it investigates how a convicted murderer escaped from a transport bus last month, later killing a man and his four grandsons

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Can Mark Zuckerberg fix justice in America? He is betting $450m that he can

EXCLUSIVE: Key players behind the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s nearly half-a-billion dollar investment into criminal justice work tell Josh Marcus how they’re seeking to achieve a lofty goal: keeping more Americans out of the prison system and giving them a chance for something better

Tribune News Service

California prison psychiatrists demand pay raise, rip state spending on contractors

The union that represents California state psychiatrists called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to boost their pay Monday, saying a shortage of prison psychiatrists is harming inmates’ mental health care and endangering employees who work in the institutions.

The Guardian - AU

Australian traveller strip-searched, held in US prison and deported over little-known entry requirement

Jack Dunn was detained for 30 hours with no access to phone or family because onward flight from US went to neighbouring country

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein sues car manufacturer Chrysler over 2019 crash that left him using walker

Weinstein used a walker during his 2020 sexual assault trial, in which he was convicted and sentenced to 23 years in prison

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Priti Patel accused of trying to deport former Iranian police officer to Rwanda

Man reportedly fled to the UK after being sentenced to five years’ jail for refusing to fire at Iranian protesters

The Independent UK

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defence attorneys request to withdraw from death penalty trial

Trial to decide if killer of 17 is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

‘Honeytrap’ murder gang member to be freed from prison

The Independent UK

Court rejects bid to delay Arizona prisoner's execution

An appeals court denied a bid by an Arizona prisoner to delay his execution scheduled for Wednesday for his conviction in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile spared prison over haul of 9,000 sick images due to Asperger's

The 35-year-old had a similar previous conviction from 2015

The Independent UK

Russia's Navalny loses appeal on terrorist, extremist label

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has lost an appeal contesting the decision by penitentiary officials to label him as “inclined to commit crimes of a terrorist or extremist nature."

Texas Observer

Heroin, Cornell, Prison, and Journalism

In ‘Corrections in Ink,’ star criminal justice reporter Keri Blakinger skillfully tells the story of her own unusual life.

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