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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to prison from undisclosed location - BBC

Myanmar's ruling military authorities have transferred deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison from the undisclosed location she has been held at since last year's army coup, news outlets including the BBC reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Thieves who stole Banksy's Bataclan mural found guilty in France

Eight people found guilty by a French court on Thursday of stealing a mural by street artist Banksy from the famous Bataclan concert hall in Paris were handed prison sentences ranging from a few months to several years.

Reuters

Naked 25-stone drug dealer caught trying to hide phone between thighs in Scots jail

Fiscal depute Alistair McDermid said prison officers were carrying out a routine inspection of the heavyweight drug dealer's cell on 29 October 2020.

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Republican who livestreamed Capitol attack given three months in prison

West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans, 37, who filmed self-incriminating footage, pleaded guilty to committing civil disorder

The Guardian - US

Myanmar says Suu Kyi held alone in new prison quarters

Myanmar’s military has confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison where she will have quarters separate from other detainees

The Independent UK

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to prison solitary confinement

Military government confirms transfer of deposed leader from house arrest to prison compound.

Al Jazeera

College scholarship for former prisoners launched in Ireland

The grant will help people with past criminal convictions avail of further education from four Irish colleges

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Man who murdered wife over affair kills himself after losing job in prison charity shop

Richard Farquhar, 61 - who murdered his wife in a jealous rage over an affair - took his own life after his release from prison was stalled and he was suspended from his charity shop job

Daily Mirror

Wealthy British hotelier and his wife face 20 years in African 'hell hole' prison

He has been charged alongside his Italian wife

Wales Online

‘The PCC are after me’: the drug cartel with Paraguay in its clutches

A Brazilian former prison gang is threatening to turn its neighbour into a narcostate and its deadly tentacles extend much further

The Guardian - US

‘Monstrous’ Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison, say prosecutors

Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors have said.

Evening Standard

Lithuanian woman sentenced to prison in Danske Bank money laundering case - Danish police

A Lithuanian woman was handed four years and one month in prison by a Danish court on Thursday after pleading guilty to money laundering through Danske Bank's Estonian branch, Danish police said.

Reuters

Feds: Ghislaine Maxwell deserves at least 30 years in prison

Prosecutors say British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein

The Independent UK

Former neo-Nazi Robert Wayne Edhouse sentenced after using 'codes' to communicate bungled armed jail break

A former neo-Nazi spending a life sentence in Casuarina prison for murdering his lover's partner is handed another jail sentence over a failed jail break plot.

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The Times of India

Bengaluru: 7 jail officials in soup for laxity

BENGALURU: Following a departmental inquiry into alleged irregularities, including corruption at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, the government on Monday transferred seven head warders (equivalent to police head constables in rank).

Tribune News Service

Jussie Smollett opens up about regrets, public ridicule and Taraji P. Henson in first post-prison interview

Jussie Smollett is setting the record straight.

Reason

"10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Unregistered Destructive Devices During Portland Protests"

From a Justice Department press release yesterday: An Indiana man was sentenced to federal prison today for repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging others to commit violence during protests that occurred in Portland in 2020. Malik Fard Muhammad, 25, was sentenced to…

The Independent UK

Former West Virginia lawmaker gets 3 months in Jan. 6 riot

A former West Virginia lawmaker who livestreamed himself on Facebook storming the U.S. Capitol and cheering on what he described as a “revolution” has been sentenced to three months in prison

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Daily Mirror

Ex-Marine cop killer guilty of savage attack on female guard at top-security prison

Former US Marine David Bieber, serving life for the murder of PC Ian Broadhurst, carried out the assault at HMP Long Lartin

WEKU

4 inmates who escaped a federal prison camp in Virginia are back in custody

The inmates were discovered missing from a satellite camp in Hopewell, Va., on Saturday. Officials did not release details about the escape but said an internal investigation is underway.

Liverpool Echo

Most wanted men and women police are looking for so far this year

24 people are wanted by Merseyside Police this year

The Independent UK

4 inmates who escaped federal prison camp back in custody

The U.S. Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Prisons say all four inmates who escaped a minimum-security prison satellite camp in Virginia over the weekend are now back in custody

Reason

Rikers Island Sees 2 Prisoner Deaths in 2 Days

Just a week ago, New York City convinced a federal judge not to seize control of the jail.

The Independent UK

17-year sentence sticks for man who killed woman on porch

A Detroit-area man who said he feared for his life when he fatally shot a young woman on his porch in 2013 has been sentenced to the same 17-year prison term he initially received

Leeds Live

Leeds cop killer stabbed female prison guard in face with homemade metal bar

David Bieber was behind bars for the murder of Pc Ian Broadhurst when he attacked prison officer Alison Smith

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