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Judge sentences Jared Fogle associate to 27 years in prison

An associate of Jared Fogle who provided evidence that led to a criminal case against the disgraced former Subway pitchman has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for sexually molesting young girls and installing cameras to secretly take photos and videos of the victims

The Independent UK

French Court Shortens Jail Sentence for Ex-PM Fillon

A French appeals court on Monday upheld former Prime Minister Francois Fillon's conviction for embezzling public funds, but cut a year off his prison term. Fillon was sentenced in 2020 to five years in jail, three of them suspended, for paying his wife about 1 million euros of public money…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Surveillance footage shows Alabama corrections officer Vicky White at hotel hours before prison break

Corrections officer Vicky White stayed at the Quality Inn for two nights prior to vanishing with inmate Casey Cole White

The Independent UK

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Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che: ‘I can breathe in the fresh air of freedom’

The rights activist and his wife talk about his five years in a Chinese jail and her efforts to secure his release

The Guardian - UK

Man who attacked rival Dublin gang member with 'big-ass machete' sentenced

Martin Cunningham has been in prison since April 2019 after his bail was revoked by the High Court and has therefore served more than the three years to which he was sentenced

Dublin Live

Ex-husband of former soap actress died in hotel fire days after prison release

A discarded cigarette started a fire in a plastic bin before Tony Lane-Roberts was engulfed in flames.

Daily Record

French court shortens jail term for former PM Fillon - media

A French appeals court on Monday upheld former Prime Minister Francois Fillon's conviction for embezzling public funds, but cut a year off his prison term, media reported.

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Man who attacked rival Dublin gang member with 'big-ass machete' in 'broad daylight' sentenced

Martin Cunningham has been in prison since April 2019 after his bail was revoked by the High Court and has therefore served more than the three years to which he was sentenced

Irish Mirror

French court upholds one-year sentence for ex-PM Fillon in ‘fake jobs’ scandal

A French appeals court on Monday upheld but shortened the prison sentence a lower court inflicted on former conservative prime minister François Fillon for embezzling public funds in a scandal that derailed his 2017 run for president.

France 24

Prisoners fuming after sugar ration cut as jail bosses put them on health kick

A report out into the jail from inspectors from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) last week revealed how prison chiefs previously handed over 1kg of sugar-per-inmate each month

Daily Mirror

Dog catches prison smuggler by sniffing out tennis ball secretly stuffed with drugs

PD Harry used his amazing fetching and sniffing skills to track down a tennis ball that was filled with drugs, after a man was spotted throwing items over a prison wall in Suffolk

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker ‘complains about prison food’ as tennis star shocked by lack of hygiene

Tennis star Boris Becker has reportedly found it tough going in the early stages of his prison sentence after complaining about the food and lack of hygiene at HMP Wandsworth

Daily Mirror

Hammer attack on caravan park owner sees retired dentist jailed for two years

An 81-year-old former dentist is sentenced to two years in prison for attacking the owner of a Tasmanian holiday park with a hammer in an act of "revenge".

ABC News

Brickbat: Time Is on His Side

Weatherford, Oklahoma, police officer Jeremy Anderson has been charged with neglect to perform a duty and larceny after being arrested for stealing 99 fentanyl pills from the police department's evidence room. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The suspect originally arrested with the pills was charged…

Reason

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow gangster target of prison 'napalm' attack amid bully and threat claims

Vicious Matthew Grady was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court last week for the attack on John Hardie amid claims he was being threatened by the thug currently serving 20 years for plotting to murder Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel.

AAP

Sex offender caught after prison release

A sex offender has been sentenced to four years' jail after being caught with child exploitation material just months following his release from prison.

ABC News

Darwin shooter Benjamin Hoffmann accused of 'hot water' assault on inmate in prison

The man who killed four people during a shooting spree through Darwin in 2019 has today faced Darwin Local Court on an unrelated aggravated assault charge allegedly involving a fellow prisoner.

The Conversation

Victoria’s prison health care system should match community health care

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The Independent UK

Fourth inmate dies at Rikers Island as deadline to fix crisis-plagued NYC prison looms

‘We are truly heartbroken for this person’s family and loved ones and we wish to express our deepest condolences’ commissioner says

Glasgow Live

When a prisoner escaped Glasgow's Barlinnie Jail 'in Governor's breeks'

There have been many jailbreaks in the long history of Glasgow’s HMP Barlinnie over the years, but few quite so bold as the time a prisoner escaped wearing the Governor’s breeks.

Manchester Evening News

'Monster' who 'acted like Prince Charming' and 'devious' fraudster mum among Manchester's newest inmates

Jail sentences are handed out to some of the worst offenders each week. Here are some of the newest prisoners from the region

Daily Record

Gran convicted of drug trafficking on death row waiting for execution inside brutal Bali prison

Lindsay Sandiford, 65, is hauled up inside the infamous Kerobokan prison in Indonesia, where if prisoners are facing the death penalty and survive the firing squad, the commander must shoot the prisoner in the head.

The Guardian - AU

Melbourne boxer convicted of 2005 murder launches new appeal

Khalid Baker, who spent 13 years in prison, is arguing an acquitted co-accused was responsible for death at party in 2005

Daily Mirror

Cougar prison officer who sprung murderer on last day before retirement hunted

The escape of killer-for-hire Casey Cole White has gripped the US with the scandal unfolding to reveal many twists and turns about the escaped inmate and the high-ranking prison officer, Vicky White, who sprung him from jail on her last day before retirement

Newsroom.co.nz

Prison's mother's unit unused for eight years

It took a visit from the Children's Commissioner for Arohata Prison to begin letting women use its mother and baby unit.

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