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Twelve mind-blowing facts about the criminal justice system — and the best ways to fix it

Problems remain well-known and abundant in the justice system, but activists are describing new research and new approaches at day two of the American Workforce and Justice Summit, Josh Marcus writes

The Independent UK

Kathy Boudin obituary

Radical activist jailed for her part in a robbery who became an advocate for women in prison and their children

The Guardian - UK

Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison

A New York City judge’s son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume has been sentenced to eight months in prison

The Independent UK

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From Amazon to AWJS, is the future of social justice activism post-partisan?

With many activists fed up with the slow pace of change in Washington, they’re turning to business for help ending mass incarceration, Josh Marcus reports from the American Workforce and Justice Summit

The Independent UK

Scots yob targeted gangland thug in prison 'napalm attack' after being 'bullied'

Attacks with sugar in boiling water are commonly known as 'napalm' in prison circles because the mixture sticks to the skin and intensifies burns - just like jelly-like napalm bombs.

Daily Record

Rebecca Grossman: LA socialite to face murder trial over speeding crash that killed two boys

Rebecca Grossman, 58, could face 34 years to life in prison if convicted

The Independent UK

Prison firm made £11m in year Ofsted raised alarm about safety at youth jail

Exclusive: MTC profits across UK operations soared before early termination of £50m contract to run Rainsbrook facility near Rugby

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Boris Becker's girlfriend pays first visit to disgraced former world No.1 in prison

Boris Becker was handed a two-and-a-half year prison sentence last week, and is currently incarcerated at HMP Wandsworth, where he was visited by his partner

Daily Mirror

HMP Liverpool prisoner and ‘loving dad’ barricaded himself into his cell to take his own life

The jury made a unanimous decision after the inquest, which began on April 25

Liverpool Echo

No New Becker Court Date: Tennis Ace Had Been Named To Commentate On French Open From Jail

The former Wimbledon champ Becker, 54, was sentenced to 30 months in jail.

Zenger

Former policeman is sentenced to 5 years for the rough arrest of a woman with dementia

A former Colorado police officer shown on body camera video roughly arresting a 73-year-old woman with dementia and later seen joking about it was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison.

WEKU

Golda ‘Goldie’ Indig, dead at 91, suffered hunger in 3 Nazi prison camps, made sure family, friends never went hungry

Because she evaded execution at Auschwitz, officially she didn’t exist. So she hid out, sometimes in latrines or the camp kitchen, where she peeled vegetables and smuggled an occasional carrot to her older sister.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug dealer on the run for 4 years captured after being stopped in car

He tried to give officers false information

Nottingham Post

Everything we know about dead Alabama prison officer and murder suspect she disappeared with

Vicky White died from injuries hours after nationawide manhunt came to an end, Indiana coroner confirms

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Belarus jails girlfriend of dissident seized after forced plane landing

A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of a dissident detained after their commercial flight was forced to land in Belarus last year, to six years in prison for inciting social hatred, the Vyasna rights group said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Presidential Amnesty in Syria Covers Daraa Inmates

Dozens of prisoners who originate from Syria’s southern Daraa governorate have been released, mostly from the country’s largest and most notorious prison, Sednaya. Their release came upon the implementation of an amnesty decree issued by President Bashar al-Assad. According to Daraa-based activists, some of those released were detained prior to…

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh dad led police on high-speed car chase after brutally murdering young son

Evil Czapla, who was sentenced to life in prison earlier this week, bolted from the flat in Edinburgh’s Muirhouse and took off in his car.

ABC News

Prison guards Owen Kemp and Jack McCaig, guilty of assaulting Indigenous colleague, spared convictions

Two Cessnock prison guards have been given good behaviour bonds and spared convictions for assaulting a First Nations colleague.

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Glasgow Live

Death of elderly prisoner at HMP Low Moss to be probed by inquiry

The Scottish Prison Service say that Police Scotland have been made aware of the death and a report has been sent to the Procurator Fiscal.

ABC News

Three years in prison for Tasmania Police officer who killed a man and injured his wife in Launceston crash

A woman struck by a police car that also killed her husband says she believes she has "forgiven" the driver — but a court hears the crash has eroded the family's faith in police in general.

The Guardian - US

Inside the Division: how a small team of US prosecutors fight decades of shocking injustice

Part one: In New Orleans, a man pleaded his innocence for 28 years. Was there evidence that could set him free?

Daily Record

Child killer Lukasz Czapla led police on high-speed car chase after brutally murdering young son

Evil Czapla, who was sentenced to life in prison earlier this week, bolted from the flat in Edinburgh’s Muirhouse and took off in his car.

Daily Record

Promising recruitment consultant became drug dealer after pandemic hit hard

Robert Hicks was full of remorse when he appeared in court but the judge still jailed him for three years.

ABC News

Westbury locals relieved as Deloraine's Ashley Youth Detention Centre becomes preferred site of new prison instead

The plan to build an adult prison in the northern Tasmanian town of Westbury has been ditched, with the Ashley Youth Detention Centre site instead identified as the preferred option.

ABC News

Canadian prisoner attacked by convicted terrorist now in legal fight with Victorian government

A Canadian woman serving a sentence in a Melbourne jail has launched a lawsuit against the Victorian government over a 2020 attack by another inmate, alleging prison officials failed to supervise her attacker.

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