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Islamist terrorists running gangs in prison and guards fear challenging them, report warns

Prison service is failing to tackle radicalisation of offenders behind bars

The Independent UK

Jail unlikely in cell death case: lawyer

It's possible Veronica Nelson would never have been sentenced to prison if she was convicted of charges she faced when she died in a Melbourne prison cell.

AAP

Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years in prison

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate, 76, had denied the allegation she had accepted gold and hundreds of thousands of dollars given to her as a bribe by a top political colleague

Evening Standard

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Rioting inmate 'blacked out' on prison brew during 'destructive rampage'

The 24-year-old says he does not remember causing $4.6 million worth of damage to Canberra's jail, blaming his forgetfulness on a mysterious drink.

The Canberra Times

Myanmar military court sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 5 years in prison for corruption

It's the latest verdict in a slew of cases that could see the deposed leader imprisoned for the rest of her life.

Axios

Myanmar junta court sentences Suu Kyi to five years for corruption

A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted the country’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.

France 24

'It’s an insult to Jimmy': Brother of torture victim's anger as killers’ accomplice set to be freed from prison

Kay Rayworth was jailed for 12 years for her role in brutal 2016 murder, in Percy Main, but will be freed next month

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Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to five years prison in first corruption case

A court in military-ruled Myanmar finds former leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption and sentences her to five years in jail in the first of 11 cases against her.

ABC News

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

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

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Manchester Evening News

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

Netflix star Joe Exotic has reportedly found love behind bars

The Independent UK

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.

Benzinga

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

The Hindu

Alert prison guards unearth drug smuggling case

Two men had thrown the drugs into the prison from outside

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The Guardian - US

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

Liverpool Echo

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

The Hindu

Inmates, prison staff to get piped water supply

Officials have decided to work out the modalities

Daily Record

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.

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’

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