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Scottish Prison Service ‘can weed out potential gender reform abusers’

A SENIOR prisons official has said the service will be able to weed out people seeking to abuse reforms to gender recognition laws.

The National (Scotland)

Andhra Pradesh: Varla Ramaiah alleges ‘VIP treatment’ to jailed MLC

The TDP leader urges Director General of Prisons to inquire into the issue

The Hindu

Channel 4 drama filmed in Glasgow heading to Kelvin Hall to shoot second series

Glasgow Live

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Indonesian army officer gets life sentence for double murder

A middle-rank Indonesian army officer is being stripped of his military title of colonel after he was sentenced to life in prison for murder, joint deprivation of the independence of others and removing the dead bodies with the intention of concealment

The Independent UK

Prisoners hired to clean Bangkok's drains

City Hall has approved a proposal to use prisoners to clean the sewers throughout Bangkok and improve flood drainage, starting on July 1.

Bangkok Post

Prison labour hired to clean Bangkok's drains

City Hall has approved a Department of Corrections proposal to use prison labour to clean the sewers throughout Bangkok and improve flood drainage, starting on July 1.

Bangkok Post

New Zealand court quashes murder conviction of man imprisoned for 19 years

Chief justice says it is clear that justice had seriously miscarried in case of Alan Hall, who was convicted of murder of Arthur Easton in 1985

The Guardian - AU

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Jail turned rehab facility in remote NSW offers new hope for First Nations women battling addiction

The site of a former prison and thousands of hectares of rural land have been sold for $1 in a symbolic deal hoped to boost services for women struggling with addiction.

ABC News

Brother of Algeria’s Bouteflika Jailed for 8 Years

The jailed brother of Algeria's late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika received an eight-year prison sentence on Monday for corruption, local media reported. Said Bouteflika's co-defendant, construction tycoon Ali Haddad who is also already in prison on other charges, was sentenced to four years, and both received fines. They had been charged…

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Shameless' snub: prison officers demand $3000 COVID bonus

The union representing prison officers - and a range of other workers considered by many to have been on the front line at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic - says the NSW government should also give one-off payments, like those promised to health workers this week, to employees in…

Newcastle Herald

South Australian prison officer Stewart Iain Berry pleads not guilty to child sex offences

A senior South Australian prison guard is ordered to stand trial accused of child sex offences.

ABC News

Former Air Force sergeant sentenced to 41 years for fatal drive-by shooting at courthouse

A former Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of an alt-right anti-government movement was sentenced to 41 years in prison for a fatal drive-by shooting outside a federal courthouse in Oakland in 2020.

Los Angeles Times

Gonzalo Lopez's escape prompts Texas to pause inmate transports

Lopez, a convicted murderer, escaped from authorities last month while on a prison transport bus.

Axios

Rajiv case convict Nalini withdraws emergency leave plea for Murugan

Plea rejected citing certain prison offences committed by Murugan

The Hindu

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The Guardian - UK

‘Price to pay’ for boring prison lockdowns, says chief inspector

Workshops and classrooms remain empty and inmates inactive as prisons ‘do not have staff to run properly’

The Independent UK

Lawyers reveal potential defense in Alabama jailer escape

Lawyers have revealed a potential defense for an Alabama prisoner who walked out of jail with a corrections official, prompting an intensive manhunt

Liverpool Echo

Mum trashed neighbour's home months after 'obliterating' ex's house

Lauren Blaney avoided prison once but was jailed today

The Independent UK

Man sentenced to six years in prison for pretending to be DHS agent on TikTok

TikTok commenter reveals evidence showing suspect’s previous conviction and true identity

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The Independent UK

Karine Jean Pierre condemns ‘radical’ and ‘extreme’ Louisiana anti-abortion bill

Doctors could face prison and heavy fines and force women to carry medically unsafe pregnancies to term with new restrictions under the state’s latest legislation

Daily Record

‘Spoilt, pathetic brat’ threw table at his own mother in brazen attack

Karl Robson, avoided spending time behind bars after telling the judge that prison was a ‘horrible place to be’.

Tribune News Service

Former Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland sentenced for trying to arrange sex with 13-year-old

“Andi Mack” alum Stoney Westmoreland, accused of trying to lure a minor into sex, has been sentenced to two years in prison after pleading down to a lesser charge.

Daily Record

Convicted Scots killer slashed friend of man he murdered while serving life sentence

Anthony Allan, 29, struck James McGaughey in Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison on July 5, 2020.

Glasgow Live

Barlinnie prisoner slashed in horrific attack by Glasgow killer who bludgeoned sleeping dad to death

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Anthony Allan attacked James McGaughey in the exercise yard at the Glasgow jail where he is serving life for the murder of Ryan Richardson.

Leeds Live

Murderer died in Leeds prison after being found slumped on his bed

Prisons Ombudsman has raised concerns about the care of convicted murderer Anthony Alexis

Daily Mirror

Real-life Goodfellas Mafia boss says own dad wanted him dead after quitting mob

Michael Franzese, who was played by Joseph Bono in Goodfellas, decided to turn his back on the Mafia in 1995 - leading to several contracts on his life, including one endorsed by his own father

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