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Evil, jealousy and romance: What really happened when Myra Hindley met Rose West behind bars

The gruesome pair are alleged to have briefly been lovers while locked up together in HMP Durham

Manchester Evening News · Jul 10, 2022

Roe’s end could mean more pregnant women behind bars. Are Florida’s prisons prepared?

ORLANDO, Fla. — Prison reform activists worry the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark ruling that established a federal right to abortion, could lead to more pregnant people behind bars — a scenario some lawmakers in Florida have been trying to curb for years.

Orlando Sentinel · Jul 10, 2022

A year after protests, Cuba struggles to emerge from crisis

A year after the largest protests in decades shook Cuba’s single-party government, hundreds of people who participated are in prison and the economic and political factors that caused the demonstrations largely remain

The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2022

FIR against eight Nashik jail officials

NASHIK: The Nashik Road police have lodged an FIR against eight officials and employees of the Nashik Road Central Prison for offences punishable under attempt to murder and causing grievous hurt.

The Times of India · Jul 10, 2022

Former US fugitive Patton Eidson makes final bid to return to Australian soil

Patton Eidson evaded authorities for decades, but the biggest obstacle to his homecoming is not his once-secret criminal past.

ABC News · Jul 9, 2022

Feds moved cartel member to Colorado’s Supermax in 'torturous' attempt to make him talk about 'El Chapo,' lawsuit alleges

DENVER — A man described in court documents as being in “middle management” of a drug cartel this week sued the U.S. Justice Department, claiming his imprisonment in Colorado’s Supermax prison is a sham, a “torturous” attempt to make him talk about drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman and a…

The Denver Post · Jul 9, 2022

Thailand's biggest romance scam snagged a chief financial officer and convinced her to steal millions

When Chamanun received a LinkedIn message from an unknown man claiming to be an American doctor, it marked the beginning of a tangled web of lies that would ultimately lead to Chamanun's arrest for stealing $250 million from her employer, and 20 years in prison.

ABC News · Jul 9, 2022

Curtis Warren 'lined up for big Hollywood film deal' after prison release

Warren is set to be released from prison later this year

Liverpool Echo · Jul 9, 2022

Netflix hit Stranger Things slammed for using Nazi prison and brutal asylum in new series

Netflix has used sites of past atrocities as locations or inspiration for its nostalgic hit show Stranger Things — including a plan to let fans book a themed cell in a former holocaust prison on Airbnb.

ABC News · Jul 9, 2022

29 alleged gang members plead guilty in $1 million fraud scheme

LOS ANGELES — More than two dozen people associated with criminal street gangs face a combined 86 years in prison after pleading guilty in a $1 million fraud scheme, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 9, 2022