Ex-DGP recalls the travails of Arputham Ammal Jagan M. Seshadri explains how she made it to the fortified prison complex every week The Hindu · May 19, 2022
Russian singer risks prison sentence by mocking 'our Caesar' Vladimir Putin Popular Russian musician Yuri Shevchuk, 65, defied authorities after speaking out against the war in Ukraine in front of an audience of 10,000 people who applauded his message Daily Mirror · May 19, 2022
‘I got fed up with my students ending up in prison or dead’: the teacher fighting to end school exclusions Appalled by the damage of zero-tolerance behaviour policies that see ever more pupils thrown out of class, and often education, Zahra Bei founded a campaign focusing on racial justice The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
Russia says 771 more Ukrainian troops ‘surrender’ at Mariupol steelworks Injured soldiers being treated in hospital while 900 held in a former prison colony, according to Moscow The Guardian - UK · May 19, 2022
Vietnam court jails ex-health official amid anti-graft drive A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former deputy health minister to four years in prison for his involvement in a trading ring for fake medicines. Reuters · May 19, 2022
How Angela Scanlon ended up spending a night in a Mexican prison Irish TV presenter Angela Scanlon has described how she ended up spending the night in a Mexican prison Dublin Live · May 19, 2022
Russia says 900 of Ukraine’s Mariupol defenders sent to prison colony More than 900 of Ukraine’s fighters who had been holding out inside Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant have been taken to a prison colony, according to Moscow. Evening Standard · May 19, 2022
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli who hiked price of life-saving drug released from prison early Shrekli will remain in community confinement until September 2022 Evening Standard · May 19, 2022
Scammer Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin launches art exhibition to tell ‘my story’ Sorokin, whose story was told in Netflix series Inventing Anna, is moving into art Evening Standard · May 19, 2022
Santina Cawley's killer on suicide watch while jail bosses fear inmates will attack her The 38-year-old was brought to Limerick Women’s Prison on Monday after being found guilty of the brutal murder of the tot in July 2019 Irish Mirror · May 19, 2022
Musician faces life sentence for murdering teenager Cody Ackland, 24, will find out how long he will spend in prison after admitting murdering Bobbi-Anne McLeod in Plymouth in November last year. The Independent UK · May 19, 2022
'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli Is Chilling At A Halfway House After Being Released From Prison Well-known fraudster Martin Shkreli is hanging out at a halfway house after he was released from federal prison on Wednesday. What To Know: According to several reports, citing Shkreli's lawyer, the "Pharma bro" was released from prison after serving a little more than four years of his seven-year sentence. Benzinga · May 18, 2022
‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison early After his company acquired Daraprim, it raised price of the life-saving drug by 5,000%, prompting national outcry The Guardian - US · May 18, 2022
'Pharma Bro' Shkreli freed from prison for halfway house Convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been freed from prison after serving much of a seven-year prison sentence for lying to hedge fund investors and cheating investors in a drug company The Independent UK · May 18, 2022
Los Angeles Times · May 18, 2022 Woman serving life in California prison led $2 million unemployment fraud scheme, prosecutors say LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities charged 13 people and arrested five in connection with a California unemployment insurance benefits scheme they believe netted at least $2 million under the direction of a state prison inmate.
Irish Mirror · May 18, 2022 Man who punched hole in ex-girlfriend's bedroom door with scissors after breaking into her home jailed for a year Sarah McGavigan was asleep in bed when her ex Andrew Laird broke into her home in the village of Convoy in Donegal in the early hours of June 16, 2019
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli released from prison early to complete sentence in halfway house Convicted executive had been due for release in September
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Wisconsin man gets 10 years in prison for racist acid attack A judge has sentenced a white Milwaukee man to a decade in prison for throwing acid in a Latino man's face in a 2019 racist attack
Irish Mirror · May 18, 2022 Assaults on staff by inmates in Irish prisons rose by 30% in 2021 The most number of assaults in an individual prison were 15 – recorded in both Mountjoy and Limerick
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Man sentenced to 8 years on federal charge after commutation A man who was charged by federal prosecutors with producing child pornography after former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued a commutation for state sex crime convictions has been sentenced to eight years in prison
WEKU · May 18, 2022 In a war crimes trial, a Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is facing the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Russian soldier could get life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old unarmed civilian in the head.
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Buffalo-area prison officer suspended over meme mocking shooting Authorities have described attack as act of racial hatred meant to kill Black people
Daily Mirror · May 18, 2022 Vladimir Putin uses political prisoners to get even with West, claims Telegram account In April two British soldiers were told they would face show trials unless Boris Johnson swapped them for one of Putin's long-time cronies, Viktor Medvechuk - who was arrested in Ukraine earlier the same month
Wales Online · May 18, 2022 Men threw Ribena bottles containing drugs and mobile phones over prison wall Mark Baldwin, 39, and Liam McCabe, 25, tried to sneak contraband into HMP Parc in Bridgend
The Independent UK · May 18, 2022 Stephen Lawrence killer denied request to move to open prison The application for David Norris to serve the rest of his term in a lower security jail was blocked by Justice Secretary Dominic Raab.