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Snowflakes, meet a real free speech hero

Socialist Eugene Debs stood up for freedom of speech and went to prison — and then ran for president from his cell

Salon

Lester Piggott: From teenage sensation to prison, the remarkable life of a racing genius

Piggott, who sadly died on Sunday at 86 years old, rode 4,493 winners in an amazing career which spanned 46 years with spectacular highs and some dreadful lows

Daily Mirror

Tottenham Turks gang leader who fled prison arrested in Moldova after international manhunt

Turkish national Izzet Eren was sentenced to 21 years in prison for firearms offence

The Independent UK

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HC wants Orissa govt to form panels to solve prisoners' problems

CUTTACK: The Orissa high court has directed the state government to constitute prisoners panchayat councils (PPCs) in jails. The PPCs would bring the problems faced by inmates in jails to the notice of the jail administration for remedial action.

The Times of India

Baby P mum told to lose weight after being refused new identity

Tracey Connelly is set to be released from prison

Wales Online

Criminologist warns Graham Dwyer 'won’t be able to control fetishes' and 'will try to feed his urges' if freed

Forensic criminologist John O’Keefe believes Dwyer will quickly re-establish himself in the BDSM community if he is released from prison on appeal

Irish Mirror

Chocolate, pizzas and avocados on the menu for Irish prisoners as criminals order in bounty fare

Order sheets reveal their specific tastes with prisoners stocking up on eclairs, wine gums, Tayto crisps, and Fanta orange for pre-Christmas celebrations

Irish Mirror

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Kinahan cartel boss Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh to appeal 21-year sentence as he looks for move to Irish prison

The crime gang’s second in command was jailed in England for conspiring to import €36million worth of drugs

Irish Mirror

Agoraphobic burglar who had fatal stroke in Northumberland prison was not monitored by healthcare staff

Darren Davidson, 46, lost his life at HMP Northumberland on June 25 last year

Chronicle Live

Baby P's killer mum Tracey Connelly told to 'lose weight' as she won't get new identity

Tracey Connelly has been refused a new identity and will not receive police protection when she leaves prison after serving 13 years for the death of her toddler Peter

Daily Mirror

WNBA players amp up calls for Brittney Griner’s release

WNBA players and union leadership increased their calls for Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian prison on Saturday, which marked Griner’s 100th day behind bars.

Tribune News Service

Kinahan mob boss Thomas 'bomber' Kavanagh looking for move to Irish jail

The crime gang’s second in command was jailed in England for conspiring to import €36million worth of drugs and is behind bars in Belmarsh – Britain’s toughest prison

Dublin Live

31-year-old prison guard kills himself in Chennai

CHENNAI: A 31-year-old prison guard allegedly killed himself at his house in Puzhal on Friday night. Police suspect it was due to family pressure.

The Times of India

Tamil Nadu: Life convicts in Salem Central Prison to man petrol bunk

SALEM: The city would soon get a petrol bunk manned by the life convicts in the central prison.

The Times of India

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Daily Mirror

Transgender inmate convicted for murder caught having drunken sex in cell booze-up

The prisoner is said to have got drunk on illegal home brew with a younger inmate and engaged in consensual sex in their cell at the women's jail HMP Bronzefield.

Daily Mirror

Student, 19, is 'glad' stalker driving instructor is not behind bars as 'he needs help'

Maisie Relph said that her former driving instructor needed help not prison despite his obsessive online stalking leaving her 'petrified' after he created a fake account

Daily Mirror

Prison's radical scheme trains criminals to be barbers and 'get off crime and into work'

Prison bosses think teaching inmates to cut hair should reduce the risk of them re-offending once they get on the outside and say there is a clear link between meaningful work and going straight

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Ex-Japanese Red Army leader Shigenobu leaves prison

Fusako Shigenobu, a former leader of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group, was released from a Tokyo prison on Saturday after serving a 20-year sentence for her involvement in a hostage incident at the French Embassy in The Hague in 1974, among other charges.

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Manchester Evening News

Double killer arrested after going on the run from open prison for the second time

A manhunt was launched after Darren Pilkington, who was jailed in 2006 for killing his then girlfriend Carly Fairhurst in Wigan, absconded from HMP Kirkham

The Guardian - UK

‘I woke up and he was on top of me’: six women on being abused by fashion agent Jean-Luc Brunel

The Frenchman killed himself in prison in February while awaiting trial for rape. Here, six former models speak out about him, his friend Jeffrey Epstein and an industry that turned a blind eye

The Independent UK

Japan terrorist group founder freed after serving time

Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the terrorist group Japanese Red Army, has been released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence, and apologised for hurting innocent people

Bristol Post

Jailed at Bristol Crown Court in May 2022

We compile last month's list of people we reported on who were sent to prison after being convicted of a variety of crimes

Irish Mirror

Child killer Karen Harrington enjoying art class with prisoners 'not deemed a threat to her' just days after guilty verdict

Exclusive: Sources have confirmed to us that Harrington (38), who brutally murdered little tot Santina Cauley (2), is in protective custody - after prison bosses identified several prisoners who could pose a threat to her

The Times of India

It's terrible, sad: Novak Djokovic on Boris Becker serving prison term

PARIS: Novak Djokovic expressed concern for his former coach Boris Becker, who is serving his prison term in the United Kingdom. The German superstar declared bankruptcy and concealed £2.5m of assets to avoid paying money he owed.

Los Angeles Times

'Cannabis king' sentenced to 22 months in prison for bribing San Luis Obispo politician

LOS ANGELES — Helios Dayspring had one goal: build a cannabis empire that, in his words, would be "too big to fail."

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