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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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · May 28, 2022

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

Manchester Evening News · May 28, 2022

‘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 Guardian - UK · May 28, 2022

'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."

Los Angeles Times · May 28, 2022

Drug cartel leader ‘El Tomate’ extradited from Mexico, faces federal charges in Chicago

Adan Casarrubias Salgado — also known as “Tomatito,” “Star” and “Silver” — is charged with conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

Remand prisoners turn violent on bus

They also damaged equipment at Kilimanoor police station

The Hindu · May 27, 2022

Veronica Nelson was a kind woman. An inquest heard she died an 'appallingly undignified' death in prison

A five-week coronial inquest has heard about multiple missed opportunities that may have saved the life of the kind and loving Aboriginal woman before she died in a Melbourne prison cell in January 2020.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

Double killer on the run from prison for the second time

People should call 999 if they see Darren Pilkington

Liverpool Echo · May 27, 2022

Double killer on run after escaping prison for second time sparking manhunt

Darren Pilkington, 39, who previously killed his girlfriend and as a teen beat a man to death outside a pub, has gone AWOL from HMP Kirkham in Lancashire, with officers launching a manhunt

Daily Mirror · May 27, 2022

Manhunt for double killer after he goes on the run from open prison for the second time

Darren Pilkington was jailed in 2006 for killing his then girlfriend Carly Fairhurst in Wigan

Manchester Evening News · May 27, 2022