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Liverpool prisoner who took his own life couldn't share cell due to violent past

An inquest heard Ian Galtress died from hanging in his single-occupancy cell in HMP Liverpool

Liverpool Echo

'My family fell apart and I went to prison fighting planning applications which were then approved'

Eddie McIntosh's retreat became so popular it regularly made it on television, but the council then pursued a long-running case against him

Wales Online

Iran Court Sentences 2 Students to 16-year Prison Terms Each

A court in Iran has sentenced two students to 16-year prison terms each on charges of endangering national security, the judiciary’s spokesman said Tuesday. According to the spokesman, Zabihollah Khodaeian, the two sabotaged public facilities, tried to cooperate with opposition groups and spread propaganda against the system.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others

President Joe Biden is announcing that he has granted the first three pardons of his term

The Independent UK

Coronial inquest into Veronica Nelson's death hears how she called for help in her final hours

A coronial inquest is examining why the 37-year-old died alone in a locked cell despite showing increasing signs of distress in the hours before her death. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who has died.

ABC News

Veronica Nelson made repeated calls for help before her death in custody, inquest hears

Melbourne coroner’s court hears audio of the 37-year-old Yorta Yorta woman screaming in pain in her prison cell

The Guardian - AU

Lockout: Subject of 2015 John Carpenter lawsuit hits No 1 on Netflix

‘Escape from New York’-inspired thriller starred Guy Pearce as a sarcastic CIA operative sent to a space prison

The Independent UK

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First class passenger arrested for ‘homophobic attack’ on flight attendant who refused him a drink

The accused, identified as Christopher Alexander Morgan, faces up to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

‘Absolutely staggering’: the true story behind TV’s buzziest new show

We Own This City, the anticipated new drama from The Wire’s David Simon, cracks open the story of a corrupt Baltimore police unit fallen from grace

The Guardian - US

‘Systemic failures at every step’: the Indonesian children Australia sent to adult jails for years

Six children jailed as adults for acting as crew on people-smuggling boats have had their convictions quashed. But Australian authorities had been told before they were jailed of doubts about the wrist X-ray technique used to prove they were over 18

The Guardian - AU

If your dog is attacked by another – here's what you should know

The PDSA advises dog owners not to panic, and not to try to separate the dogs themselves

Wales Online

Jury convicts 1 prison guard in inmate deaths, hung on 2nd

Jurors have convicted an Illinois Department of Corrections officer for violating the civil rights of an inmate brutally beaten at a western Illinois prison in 2018, but could not reach a verdict against a superior

The Independent UK

Woman's death in custody inquest begins

The family of Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson say they can only rest after an inquest into her death in custody holds someone responsible.

AAP

Barwon Prison inmate charged with running organised crime gang from jail

Police allege George Maroggi was pretending to be talking to his lawyer on the phone when he was actually running an organised crime gang from jail.

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Crime ring allegedly run out of Vic prison

The head of a Victorian organised crime syndicate has been charged with directing criminal activities while in prison.

Salon

Bernthal on being Baltimore's dirty cop

On "Salon Talks" Bernthal reveals he spoke to the real Sgt. Wayne Jenkins in prison, victims & friends for the role

The Independent UK

Emotional moment Melissa Lucio learns she has been granted a stay of execution

Melissa Lucio was told the news that Wednesday’s execution had been halted in a prison phone call with Republican state Rep Jeff Leach

The Independent UK

‘Fighting for momma bear’: Melissa Lucio’s son begs Texas to halt her execution for a crime he knows ‘she couldn’t have done’

EXCLUSIVE: In just six days, Melissa Lucio will be strapped to a gurney and injected with a lethal cocktail of drugs that will kill her for a murder that she not only says she didn’t commit – but that experts say didn’t even occur. Her son Bobby Alvarez tells Rachel…

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She Says Her Son Died After Smoking Insecticide While He Was Supposed To Be on Suicide Watch. Now She's Suing.

The lawsuit says there have been multiple deaths from neglect and poor suicide prevention policies at the Louisiana prison where Javon Kennerson died.

Liverpool Echo

HMP Liverpool prisoner who took his life inside cell was not on 'suicide watch'

Ian Galtress died in HMP Liverpool in October 2018

Los Angeles Times

Mother, boyfriend get prison in death of 9-year-old girl whose body was found in duffel bag

LOS ANGELES — Three years after Trinity Love Jones’ body was found in a duffel bag along a hiking trail in Hacienda Heights, her mother and her boyfriend have been sentenced to prison in the girl’s death.

The Conversation

Getting ID after exiting prison is harder than you might think. So we built a chatbot to help

Getting out of prison is often assumed to be cause for celebration and a new beginning. However, many women exiting prison face profound disadvantage, isolation, poor mental and physical health and struggle finding housing.

The Canberra Times

Detainee punished for $4.6m 'rampage' after consuming 'prison brew'

Garang Dau Deng sentenced to seven years jail for Alexander Maconochie Centre arson, property damage.

The Independent UK

CEO parent appeals conviction in college bribery case

A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal has appealed his conviction

Tribune News Service

Turkish businessman gets life in prison in 2016 coup case

Turkey sentenced a prominent businessman to life in prison for attempting to topple the government in a case seen by its Western allies as a test of judicial independence.

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