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Detainee punished for $4.6m 'rampage' after consuming 'prison brew'

Garang Dau Deng sentenced to seven years jail for Alexander Maconochie Centre arson, property damage.

The Canberra Times

CEO parent appeals conviction in college bribery case

A Massachusetts business executive who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in the college admissions cheating scandal has appealed his conviction

The Independent UK

Turkish businessman gets life in prison in 2016 coup case

Turkey sentenced a prominent businessman to life in prison for attempting to topple the government in a case seen by its Western allies as a test of judicial independence.

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Inquest into Aboriginal woman’s death in custody to examine healthcare in Victoria’s prisons

Earlier directions hearing was told Veronica Nelson cried for help several times in the hours before her death

The Guardian - AU

Turkish court gives philanthropist Kavala life in prison

A Turkish Court has sentenced prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Osman Kavala, prisoner who became embroiled in Turkey's row with West

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala, who was sentenced to life in prison on Monday on charges of seeking to overthrow the government, played a major role developing Turkish civil society before he was detained in 2017.

Reuters

Mum's chilling words moments after killing children in horror drink-drive smash

Mary McCann was today sentenced to 49 months in prison for killing four-year-old daughter Lili and 10-year-old son Smaller in the M1 smash.

Daily Record

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Timeline: Turkish court sentences Kavala to life imprisonment

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was jailed for life without parole on Monday on charges of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.

Reuters

Turkish Court Gives Philanthropist Kavala Life in Prison

A Turkish Court on Monday sentenced prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison without parole, finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government in connection with the 2013 mass anti-government protests. The court in Istanbul also sentenced seven other defendants to 18 years…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkish court sentences activist Osman Kavala to life in prison

Kavala, found guilty of attempting to overthrow the government, is a cause celebre for opponents of President Erdogan.

Al Jazeera

Turkish court sentences philanthropist Kavala to life in prison

A Turkish court sentenced philanthropist Osman Kavala to life in prison on Monday finding him guilty of attempting to overthrow the government by financing 2013 nationwide protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Ankara's Western allies said was politically motivated.

Reuters

Former Crestwood Mayor Louis Presta sentenced to 1 year for bribery

The judge lowered Presta’s sentence because of several letters of support written on Presta’s behalf as well as Presta’s ailing health.

Chicago Sun-Times

Edinburgh prisoner who ran a drug empire from behind bars has just £1 seized

At a hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday, Crown lawyers and Sutton’s defence team agreed that the crook pocketed £39,625 from the scam in ran from three prisons.

Edinburgh Live

Prisoner who made almost £40,000 selling drugs behind bars is ordered to hand over just a pound

Renfrew man Craig Sutton was involved in the supply of heroin and ecstasy

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Irish Mirror

Infamous real IRA killer Robert Duffy set to walk free from prison 'any day now'

Sources have told the Irish Mirror that dissident republican Duffy will walk free from Shelton Abbey prison in Wicklow.

Liverpool Echo

Faces of 19 people jailed in Liverpool this week

An overview of Liverpool court cases and those jailed for crimes linked to Merseyside

Reuters

Myanmar's Suu Kyi in court ahead of corruption trial verdict - source

Myanmar ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was in court on Monday accused of funnelling charity money into a real estate investment, a source familiar with her trial said, one of nearly a dozen graft cases against her carrying lengthy jail terms.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

29 people died in Philly jails in the pandemic. City officials say they did a ‘good job’

PHILADELPHIA — As he watched his blood soak through the last of his makeshift bandages and puddle on the floor, Mark Subher wondered if he would die in his jail cell in Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia.

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The Hindu

Vellore Prison Bazaar set to be revived soon

It was built in 2013 to provide reformation and rehabilitation opportunities to the inmates

Wales Online

Man launches campaign to clear mum's name after she's accused of murdering husband in Pakistan

Yasmin Kausar faces a possible death sentence after being accused of murdering her husband

Glasgow Live

Barlinnie paedophile discussed child rape and murder in horrific prison letters to pervert pal

Convicted sex offender Paul Hannah was a prisoner at the Glasgow jail when he shared letters with Low Moss inmate Robert Airtman where they talked about arranging to harm and "snuff a kid out".

Tribune News Service

Vahe Gregorian: Through 43 years in prison, sports was a guiding light for exonerated Kevin Strickland

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Days after an exonerated Kevin Strickland was released from the Western Missouri Correctional Center in Cameron after the tragedy of serving the longest known wrongful conviction in state history, the Kansas City Royals learned of his yearning to feel the grass beneath his bare feet at…

Liverpool Echo

Bizarre fact about a Merseyside town that nobody knows

Many people will have walked past them and not even noticed

Manchester Evening News

Cruel animal abusers terrorise their pets - but still walk free from court

The M.E.N.has looked back over the worrying cases where abusers have avoided jail

Daily Mirror

Killer reveals dark truth behind his 'gentle' painting of tennis court in prison

Steven Tafka's book the Art of Crime takes a dive into Britain’s jails and his job as an art tutor where he was able to teach the supposedly unteachable

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