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South Sider who was first Black Secret Service agent on a White House detail honored

Abraham Bolden broke the color barrier at the Secret Service and later blew the whistle on lax security and racism. He faced retaliation in the form of federal charges and prison time. President Joe Biden pardoned him in April.

Chicago Sun-Times

Strangeways prison week-long LOCKDOWN as cons held in cells amid 'intelligence operation'

HMP Manchester has forbidden prisoners from leaving their cells under any circumstances meaning they have been unable to exercise, eat away from their beds or even shower

Daily Mirror

Notorious Strangeways prison on lockdown amid claims inmates not allowed to shower or exercise

It is understood prisoners have been confined to their cells since June 6, with families also prohibited from visiting their loved ones until June 10.

Daily Record

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5 killed by Texas escapee died from gunshots, stab wounds

A newly released medical examiner's report says a Texas grandfather and his four grandsons who were killed by a prison escapee died from gunshots, sharp force injuries and stab wounds

The Independent UK

‘Is it really going to take a death?’: legal advocates say Don Dale must be shut down

Teenager hospitalised this week the latest in at least 54 self-harm or suicide attempts at NT youth detention centre since July 2021

The Guardian - AU

Escaped prisoner on the run pops up on PODCAST to blast 'injustice' of 17 years jail

Greggor Grey escaped from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire back in mid-May, during his time on the run he first rang up his local paper to moan about prison before now appearing on The Chop Shop podcast

Daily Mirror

Ukraine: British POWs sentenced to death after 'show trial' which appears to violate Geneva Conventions

Two Britons captured while fighting in Ukraine’s armed forces have been sentenced to death after what has been condemned as a “show trial”. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who surrendered to Russian forces during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, were convicted on the charge of “being a…

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Strangeways bosses explain reason for lockdown at prison as inmates confined to cells all week

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed the lockdown is due to an 'intelligence-led operation'

Manchester Evening News

Prison on lockdown with families unable to visit and inmates 'unable to shower'

The mum of a prisoner said: "This really isn't good for their mental health"

Liverpool Echo

Man who murdered pensioner found tied up in chair at home sentenced to life in prison

On November 3, Adris Mohammed broke into 78-year-old David Varlow's home and robbed him, he took his bankcard and fled, tying the pensioner up before he was eventually found dead a few days later

Daily Mirror

New legislation proposing to reform imprisonment and bail published

NEW legislation which proposes changes to the way imprisonment is used in Scotland has been published.

The National (Scotland)

High security jail on lockdown with inmates confined to cell 'for days'

Families have been barred from visiting at Strangeways and there are claims tensions and mental health issues are rising

Wales Online

Prisoner ‘on the run’ for three weeks appears on Birmingham podcast

Greggor Grey, who has served 17 years for robbery, says he escaped because of ‘injustice and heartache’

The Guardian - UK

Stalker fitted with satellite tracker tag after following woman for two years

Jeremy Inglis harassed his victim online, hung around her place of work, followed her in the street, and found out where she lived

Wales Online

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Reuters

Ukraine and Navalny's allies share 'common enemy', says Kremlin foe

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny will remain in prison as long as Vladimir Putin is in power and Russia's opposition and Ukraine share a "common enemy" in the Russian president, one of Navalny's top lieutenants said.

Manchester Evening News

Strangeways prison on lockdown with families unable to visit - and claims inmates can't shower or exercise

"This really isn't good for their mental health"

The Independent UK

Pussy Riot activist Aysoltan Niyazova released from Croatia jail

‘The only thing I felt was the injustice of the whole situation,’ Aysoltan Niyazova says

ABC News

Serial driving offender Joshua Bonjour back behind bars for flouting court orders

A Perth man — who has been jailed, twice, for causing serious crashes, one of them fatal — is sent back to prison for repeatedly driving while under suspension less than a year after his release from custody.

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Evening Standard

Jim Fitton: Safety fears mount for geologist jailed in Iraq as Truss is urged to intervene

The 66-year-old is being moved to a general population prison earlier than expected

The Times of India

Anil Deshmukh, Nawab Malik pleas for day’s bail to enable them to vote in Rajya Sabha polls rejected by Mumbai special court

MUMBAI: A special court in Mumbai on Thursday refused to allow Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders Anil Deshmukh and Nawab Malik to be released for a day from prison to enable them to vote in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

The Independent UK

Safety fears mount for geologist jailed in Iraq as Truss is urged to intervene

Jim Fitton, 66, is being moved to a general population prison earlier than expected.

Al Jazeera

Leader of Mexican megachurch sentenced in US for child sex abuse

Naason Joaquin Garcia, head of a church with five million followers, has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison.

Daily Mirror

Government 'fell asleep at wheel' as Brit dad jailed in Iraq over 'worthless' stones

Dad-of-two Jim Fitton, 66, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Baghdad court in Iraq on Monday for trying to leave the country with "ancient fragments" and his family are due to appeal the ruling

The Philadelphia Inquirer

'I wanted to destroy everything:' Former semipro wrestler from South Jersey rallies after descent into addiction and crime

PHILADELPHIA — On the day Donnie Hart nearly died, he crawled from the wreckage of a single-car accident and inched along for hours with a broken jaw and shattered leg to get help.

The Independent UK

How many Jan 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

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