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Serial axe murderer Patrick Mackay, 69, could be freed from jail before Christmas

Patrick Mackay is the UK's longest-serving prisoner after spending 47 years inside. He was convicted of butchering three people and confessed to killing eight more

Daily Mirror · Jul 23, 2022

Bihar: NIA special court awards 20 years rigorous imprisonment to FICN trafficker

PATNA: A special NIA court at Patna has convicted and sentenced a Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) trafficker Mohd Ali Akhtar Ansari for trafficking FICN worth Rs 25 Lakh across India- Nepal border via Raxaul in East Champaran district in September, 2015. A Pakistani national, who presently stays in the…

The Times of India · Jul 23, 2022

‘You can’t bring my boy back’: why are so many UK prisoners dying on remand?

Garry Beadle was a promising footballer before his life fell apart. Then, three years ago, he killed himself in prison, one of hundreds failed by the system

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

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New Jersey woman jailed for one year over $400,000 GoFundMe homeless scam

Katelyn McClure is slated to be sentenced on state charges next month and could likely receive more prison time

The Independent UK · Jul 23, 2022

Family of paedophile teacher who abused pupils had to ID body weeks after death amid prison failure

Ronald Wotton was serving a 16-month prison sentence when he died of colon cancer

Manchester Evening News · Jul 23, 2022

Little girl was thrown to her death from seaside pier by her father

Thomas Nash was seen walking hand-in-hand with his daughter to Swansea pier on a stormy night in 1885, but spotted later leaving without her

Manchester Evening News · Jul 23, 2022

Two-thirds of remand prisoners who took own lives were on care plans, FoI reveals

65.7% of remand prisoners in England and Wales who died by self-inflicted means were on suicide or self-harm watch

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2022

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Scots prison therapist who introduced killers to groundbreaking art therapy dies

Joyce Laing worked in Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow from 1973, pioneering art therapy as a method of rehabilitation.

Daily Record · Jul 23, 2022

Ruling may mean less time for 2 who violated Floyd's rights

A federal judge has sided with two former Minneapolis police officers convicted of violating George Floyd’s civil rights, saying the guidelines for their sentences will be calculated in a way that could mean substantially less prison time for them

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

A Houston Drug Cop's Lies Sent This Man to Prison for 25 Years

The case shows how lax supervisors, incurious prosecutors, deferential judges, credulous jurors, and inattentive defense attorneys abet police misconduct.

Reason · Jul 22, 2022

Guatemala’s former economics minister pleads guilty to using Miami bank accounts to pay bribes

MIAMI — A former high-ranking government official in Guatemala has pleaded guilty in Miami federal court to conspiring to commit money laundering while paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to Guatemalan politicians through the U.S. banking system.

Miami Herald · Jul 22, 2022

Michael Avenatti denied appeal in $250m defamation suit against Fox News

Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer is currently serving five years in prison

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Jarrow pensioner who ordered prohibited weapons online spared prison

George Patrick, of Jarrow, admitted possessing and purchasing stun guns and a taser

Chronicle Live · Jul 22, 2022

Met PC used phone to spy on woman in Primark changing room

A Metropolitan Police officer caught spying on a woman in the changing room of a London branch of Primark has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

Evening Standard · Jul 22, 2022

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Reason · Jul 22, 2022

Russia's Imprisonment of Britney Griner Has Some Unfortunate American Parallels

The U.S. justice system also has a staggeringly low acquittal rate and over-charges on drug offenses.

Irish Mirror · Jul 22, 2022

Taoiseach Micheal Martin emotional visiting Singapore prison where his uncle was kept captive

Philip Martin was imprisoned for three years after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942 while serving with the British Royal Engineers.

AAP · Jul 22, 2022

Jail for 'horrific' rape, imprisonment

Robert Wilson has been jailed for more than 22 years for holding a woman he was dating captive in his home and violently raping and beating her over five days.

AAP · Jul 22, 2022

Sex offender to be supervised on release

A criminal who has spent two years outside prison as an adult will be subject to a three-year extended supervision order on release from his latest sex offence.

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AAP · Jul 22, 2022

More strike action for NT prisons

The United Workers Union says prison guards in Alice Springs will walk off the job on Saturday in further industrial action over the four-year pay freeze.

Liverpool Echo · Jul 22, 2022

Drug ring boss found dead in prison with no explanation

Stephen Kearns had appeared fit and well and no traces of drugs were found in his system

ABC News · Jul 22, 2022

Bookkeeper imprisoned for embezzling $1.5m from surfing royalty Owen and Tyler Wright

A New South Wales bookkeeper has been sentenced to more than five years in jail for embezzling $1.5 million from surfing siblings, Owen and Tyler Wright.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 22, 2022

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she’s headed to prison

The former owner of a Bucks County CrossFit gym who recorded herself during the storming of the Capitol saying she was looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” was sentenced to 60 days incarceration on Thursday.

The Independent UK · Jul 22, 2022

Prosecutors seek 5th conviction tied to ex-cop be overturned

A judge says a man who has been serving a 25-year prison sentence based mostly on testimony from an ex-Houston police officer whose cases are being reviewed following a 2019 deadly drug raid should have his conviction overturned

The Independent UK · Jul 21, 2022

EXPLAINER: Not unusual for ex-cop to report later for prison

The federal judge who sentenced Thomas Lane to 2 1/2 years in prison on a civil rights charge in the killing of George Floyd says the former Minneapolis police officer won’t have to surrender until after his sentencing in a separate case in two months

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Prisoner Charles Bronson asks for public Parole Board hearing under new rules

Reforms allow case reviews to be opened to prisoners’ victims and the press for greater scrutiny of process

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