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Georgia's jailed ex-president offered transfer to medical facility

Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will be offered a transfer from prison to a private clinic for a medical check-up, news agencies quoted the justice ministry as saying on Tuesday, after staging two hunger strikes since October.

Reuters · May 10, 2022

Lanarkshire man who once avoided prison for killing neighbour jailed over knife attack

Graeme Barbour slashed his victim on the face during a drunken row this year, leaving him scarred for life.

Daily Record · May 10, 2022

Prison guard's romance with 6ft9 killer - from jail escape to car chase tragedy

Vicky and Casey White struck up a 'special relationship' and the odd couple went on the run before a witness recognised the convict's unique tattoos and the cops tracked them down

Daily Mirror · May 10, 2022

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Prison visits to resume from May 16

The Corrections Department will from next week gradually allow relatives to resume visiting inmates at 124 prisons where the Covid-19 situation has improved, after a year-long ban, department director-general Ayut Sinthoppan said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post · May 10, 2022

Winner praises the Pulitzer board's commitment to the 'heart' in journalism

Maria Hinojosa recorded years of conversations with a man who never expected to get out of prison. Then he did. On Monday, Suave, a podcast about his incarceration and release won a Pulitzer.

WEKU · May 10, 2022

Yob targeted gangland thug in Lanarkshire prison 'napalm attack' after being 'bullied'

Matthew Grady, who tried to murder his ex, had his sentenced increased after pouring the contents of a kettle over a prisoner

Daily Record · May 10, 2022

Prison guard who helped inmate escape on last day of work dies after US manhunt

A female prison guard who went on the run with a murder suspect after helping him escape from jail died after shooting herself as the pair were caught, police said.

Evening Standard · May 10, 2022

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Vicky White: Prison guard found dead after going on the run with murder suspect Casey White

The pair were allegedly romantically involved

Manchester Evening News · May 10, 2022

Glasgow hammer killer dragged to safety after torching his own prison cell

Peter Connelly was serving life for the horrific murder of Walter Webb when he took exception to the healthcare provided to him at Shotts jail and set fire to his cell in protest.

Glasgow Live · May 10, 2022

Court upholds jail terms for leaders of 2008 TV station raid

The Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld the one-year prison sentence given to four leaders of the former People's Alliance for Democracy for breaking into and damaging the premises of state-run NBT TV station in 2008.

Bangkok Post · May 10, 2022

Drugs boss found with prison letters from pal Dale Cregan when police raided his home

Leon Atkinson has been jailed for 15 years for involvement in a huge cocaine ring

Manchester Evening News · May 10, 2022

Hundreds of mentally ill prisoners denied urgent treatment in England

Most seriously ill inmates left to wait in cells often due to bed shortages at secure hospitals, data shows

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

‘My world fell apart’: life in prison with serious mental illness

Woman tells of being jailed during mental health crisis, and officer details ‘inhumane’ system in England

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

Boxer fights to overturn murder conviction

Khalid Baker served 13 years in prison after being convicted of a 2005 murder, however his acquitted co-accused says the champion boxer was not involved.

AAP · May 10, 2022

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The Independent UK · May 10, 2022

Captured prison guard Vicky White dies from self-inflicted gunshot wounds, say officials

Law enforcement officials captured on-run pair in Indiana after ramming vehicle during car chase

Chicago Sun-Times · May 9, 2022

Man admits he set fire to Walgreens amid 2020 unrest

Jose Valdovinos faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison for the damage he did to the store on the Southwest Side.

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Escaped Alabama inmate captured and fugitive prison guard hospitalised with ‘very serious’ gunshot wound

Arrests took place in Indiana, more than 200 miles north of location jail escape took place from

Reuters · May 9, 2022

Ecuador's latest prison riot leaves at least 43 dead

Dozens of inmates were killed during a riot early on Monday as rival gangs clashed in a jail in the Ecuadorean city of Santo Domingo, the government said, the latest episode of prison violence that has rocked the South American country.

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The Guardian - US · May 9, 2022

Ecuador prison riot leaves 43 dead in latest bloody episode

Sixth deadly prison massacre fueled by rival drug gangs since the beginning of 2021, bringing death toll to nearly 400

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Another Ecuador prison clash leaves 43 inmates dead

Officials in Ecuador say a clash between rival gangs has left 43 inmates dead

The Canberra Times · May 9, 2022

Prison outbreak: dozens of inmates infected

Detainees at a prison have a 'restriction on movements' as a precaution from the spread of COVID-19.

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2022

Danniella Westbrook's daughter Jodie has 'never met' mum's jailbird fiancé

Jodie Westbrook is Danniella Westbrook's youngest child, and shared her reservations over her mum’s impending wedding to David, 28, who is currently in prison and will be released early next year

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Judge sentences Jared Fogle associate to 27 years in prison

An associate of Jared Fogle who provided evidence that led to a criminal case against the disgraced former Subway pitchman has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for sexually molesting young girls and installing cameras to secretly take photos and videos of the victims

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 9, 2022

French Court Shortens Jail Sentence for Ex-PM Fillon

A French appeals court on Monday upheld former Prime Minister Francois Fillon's conviction for embezzling public funds, but cut a year off his prison term. Fillon was sentenced in 2020 to five years in jail, three of them suspended, for paying his wife about 1 million euros of public money…

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Surveillance footage shows Alabama corrections officer Vicky White at hotel hours before prison break

Corrections officer Vicky White stayed at the Quality Inn for two nights prior to vanishing with inmate Casey Cole White

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