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Navjot Singh Sidhu brought to Rajindra hospital in Patiala for medical examination

Former Punjab Congress chief has been sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road rage death case

The Hindu · May 23, 2022

Santina Cawley's killer could spend years in jail lockdown over risk of attacks by fellow inmates

The 38-year-old is currently on 21-hour lockdown in Limerick Prison

Irish Mirror · May 23, 2022

Lanarkshire killer serving life for murder claims 5-inch 'shank' planted in his prison cell

The improvised blade was fashioned from a plastic toothbrush and found hidden inside Peter Brown's single cell at Shotts Prison, where he is serving time for the murder of East Kilbride man Jason McCue.

Glasgow Live · May 23, 2022

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Migrant back home after 7 years in Mexico jail unsentenced

An Indigenous migrant who was accused of kidnapping and jailed in a northern Mexico border city has returned to her homeland of Guatemala as a free woman after spending more than seven years in prison without a sentence

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Khabib Nurmagomedov puzzled by Cain Velasquez’s imprisonment: ‘What about other guy?’

Khabib Nurmagomedov doesn't understand why Cain Velasquez is in prison and the alleged abuser isn't.

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 22, 2022

Evil serial killer given first taste of freedom in 46 years with prison day out

Rapist and murderer, John Shaw, has been behind bars since September 1976 but was permitted on a day out last week.

Daily Record · May 22, 2022

Seven thieves banned from B&M, Asda, Tesco and Wilko

These men are banned from some of Britain's biggest supermarkets

Liverpool Echo · May 22, 2022

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Israeli court sentences Palestinian jailbreakers to 5 years

An Israeli court has sentenced six Palestinian inmates to five years in prison for tunneling out of their cell last year and escaping from a high-security facility

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

Labour should focus on policy instead of ‘tough on crime’ messaging, charity says

Head of Howard League urges party to abandon ‘cheap politics’ and develop evidence-based position

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Evil Irish serial killer John Shaw smirks as he enjoys first taste of freedom in 46 years

Exclusive: Ireland’s longest serving inmate walked out of the prison gates and spent the day strolling around Dublin city

Irish Mirror · May 22, 2022

Man City’s 2012 title winners - Prison, doping scandal and I’m a Celebrity stint

Sergio Aguero provided Manchester City with their first Premier League trophy 10 years ago, but what has happened to Roberto Mancini's side since that dramatic day against QPR?

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2022

Evil serial killer John Shaw given first taste of freedom in 46 years with day out in Dublin

He has been behind bars since 1976 and recently left Arbour Hill for a day out in the capital

Dublin Live · May 22, 2022

John Grisham: ‘There are tens of thousands of innocent people in prison and you don’t believe it because you’re white’

The author and lawyer said during a speech at the Santa Fe Literary Festival that ‘white people love the death penalty’ but ‘Black people know the truth’ about criminal justice in the US

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

Ex-ICU nurse convicted over accidental injection death of patient shares ‘heart-wrenching’ regret

RaDonda Vaught was spared prison sentence and handed three years probation by Tennessee judge

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

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Manchester Evening News · May 21, 2022

Prisoner goes on the run - then phones his local paper to say 'jail's driving me insane'

But fugitive Greggor Grey, 42, has vowed to hand himself in

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

Fugitive North Macedonian ex-premier gets 9-year sentence

North Macedonia’s fugitive former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has been handed a 9-year prison sentence for illegally ordering the 2011 demolition a multimillion-dollar complex owned by a former political ally turned opponent

The Independent UK · May 21, 2022

Casey White ordered to provide DNA sample for probe of prison escape that ended with jailhouse lover’s death

Lauderdale County District Attorney Chris Connolly previously said that further charges could be brought against the inmate over the dramatic prison break

Daily Mirror · May 21, 2022

Inside world's biggest death row where most notorious criminals are executed

Serial killers, rapists and infamous criminals have been housed at San Quentin prison, including Charles Manson, but now the correctional facility is set to be closed down

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The Hindu · May 21, 2022

Officials of the 27th batch graduate from prison academy in Vellore

The 35-member group underwent nine months of training

Daily Mirror · May 21, 2022

Prisoner ESCAPES and rings paper to say 'jail's driving me insane' after 17 years inside

Greggor Grey, 42, from Birmingham, escaped from the prison he was being held in and rang up his local paper to complain about his time behind bars

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Search for Texas inmate expands as land, air operations end

Authorities say the search by ground and air in the Texas county where a convicted murderer escaped from a prison transport bus and stabbed the driver last week has concluded as the hunt for him expands

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Man gets 24 years in prison for fire that killed endangered California Condors

Multiple vultures killed in in coastal blaze three times the size of Washington, DC

Wales Online · May 20, 2022

Female offenders suffering with addiction and trauma to be treated at new Swansea residential centre

It will be an alternative to prison for many and will aim to tackle the factors behind their offending

Reuters · May 20, 2022

Ecuador tribunal orders former vice president back to prison

An Ecuadorean tribunal on Friday ordered former vice-president Jorge Glas, who served four-and-a-half years in prison on a bribery conviction, to immediately return to jail, annulling a decision that freed him last month.

The Times of India · May 20, 2022

It’s a wonder I’m alive: Azam Khan after walking out of prison

RAMPUR/LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan stepped out of the Sitapur jail on Friday after spending over 26 months in judicial custody, a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a cheating case. Later, after reaching home in Rampur, as thousands of supporters gathered outside his house…

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