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Factbox-Legal cases against Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's former leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday after being found guilty of corruption, a source with knowledge of her trial said.

Reuters

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to 5 years for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison

The Independent UK

‘Charismatic’ terrorist prisoners to be isolated in jail ‘separation centres’

Justice Secetary Dominic Raab said the Government is taking decisive action to prevent radicalisation behind bars.

The Independent UK

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Staff shortages blamed for protest inside Adelaide's Yatala Labour Prison over weekend

Low staffing rates have been blamed for a protest at the Yatala Labour Prison over the weekend, but unions and the new South Australian opposition differ on what caused the shortage.

ABC News

Kairon Sawyers sentenced to nine years after stabbing Dontae Davis

The fatal stabbing happened due to a dispute between rival groups

Bristol Post

‘I want to know why he died’: family seeks justice over Australia’s jailing of Indonesian child

Erwin Prayoga was 14 when he was wrongly jailed as an adult in Western Australia. Shortly after he was deported to Indonesia, he died in agony

The Guardian - AU

Tiger King's Joe Exotic 'engaged to inmate' as he serves time in prison

Netflix star Joe Exotic has reportedly found love behind bars

Manchester Evening News

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Missing teenager ‘anxious’ about alleged rapist’s jail release, court hears

Gaia Pope-Sutherland, 19, had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder after revealing she had been raped by a man when she was 16.

The Independent UK

Washington State Deletes 'Marijuana' From Laws To Address Racist Origins, Popularized By Harry Anslinger

Washington State lawmakers recently passed a measure that replaces the word “marijuana” with “cannabis” in all state laws, referring to the racist origins of the Spanish word for weed as utilized by Harry Anslinger, who in the 1930s implemented extreme drug laws and unreasonably long prison sentences that gave rise to the

Benzinga

Alert prison guards unearth drug smuggling case

Two men had thrown the drugs into the prison from outside

The Hindu

Biden to issue first pardons of his term and reduce dozens of prison sentences

President will pardon three people, including a former Secret Service agent, and reduce the sentences of 75 others

The Guardian - US

What you should know if your dog is attacked by another dog

The penalties for having a dog deemed dangerously out of control include unlimited fines and a six month prison sentence

Liverpool Echo

Inmates, prison staff to get piped water supply

Officials have decided to work out the modalities

The Hindu

Thief jailed for breaking into and robbing Ayr town centre businesses two days after prison release

He had only been released from prison two days prior to the break-ins.

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Wales Online

Former Wales international Mark Aizlewood gets manager job a year after being released from prison

Aizlewood is poised for a second spell in charge of Cymru South side Carmarthen Town

Daily Record

Tiger King Joe Exotic compares romance with new fiancé he met in prison to Twilight film

The Tiger King star is reportedly hoping to tie the knot as soon as his divorce is finalised, despite serving a 22-year prison sentence.

The Independent UK

Mentally unwell women are being sent to prison instead of hospital due to lack of NHS beds, MPs warn

Shortage of NHS beds means women with acute mental health problems sent to jail ‘for their own safety’

Reuters

U.S., Germany have no right to comment on Turkey's judiciary -justice minister

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said the U.S. and Germany have no right to comment on Turkey's judiciary regarding a prison sentence against philanthropist Osman Kavala and seven others over nationwide protests in 2013.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Biden pardons Chicagoan Abraham Bolden, first Black Secret Service agent on White House detail

Bolden “has steadfastly maintained his innocence, arguing that he was targeted for prosecution in retaliation for exposing unprofessional and racist behavior within the U.S. Secret Service,” the White House said.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool prisoner who took his own life couldn't share cell due to violent past

An inquest heard Ian Galtress died from hanging in his single-occupancy cell in HMP Liverpool

Wales Online

'My family fell apart and I went to prison fighting planning applications which were then approved'

Eddie McIntosh's retreat became so popular it regularly made it on television, but the council then pursued a long-running case against him

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Court Sentences 2 Students to 16-year Prison Terms Each

A court in Iran has sentenced two students to 16-year prison terms each on charges of endangering national security, the judiciary’s spokesman said Tuesday. According to the spokesman, Zabihollah Khodaeian, the two sabotaged public facilities, tried to cooperate with opposition groups and spread propaganda against the system.

The Independent UK

Biden pardons former Secret Service agent and 2 others

President Joe Biden is announcing that he has granted the first three pardons of his term

ABC News

Coronial inquest into Veronica Nelson's death hears how she called for help in her final hours

A coronial inquest is examining why the 37-year-old died alone in a locked cell despite showing increasing signs of distress in the hours before her death. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of a person who has died.

The Guardian - AU

Veronica Nelson made repeated calls for help before her death in custody, inquest hears

Melbourne coroner’s court hears audio of the 37-year-old Yorta Yorta woman screaming in pain in her prison cell

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