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Scots yob targeted gangland thug in prison 'napalm attack' after being 'bullied'

Attacks with sugar in boiling water are commonly known as 'napalm' in prison circles because the mixture sticks to the skin and intensifies burns - just like jelly-like napalm bombs.

Daily Record · May 6, 2022

Rebecca Grossman: LA socialite to face murder trial over speeding crash that killed two boys

Rebecca Grossman, 58, could face 34 years to life in prison if convicted

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

Prison firm made £11m in year Ofsted raised alarm about safety at youth jail

Exclusive: MTC profits across UK operations soared before early termination of £50m contract to run Rainsbrook facility near Rugby

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2022

Golda ‘Goldie’ Indig, dead at 91, suffered hunger in 3 Nazi prison camps, made sure family, friends never went hungry

Because she evaded execution at Auschwitz, officially she didn’t exist. So she hid out, sometimes in latrines or the camp kitchen, where she peeled vegetables and smuggled an occasional carrot to her older sister.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022

Drug dealer on the run for 4 years captured after being stopped in car

He tried to give officers false information

Nottingham Post · May 6, 2022

Everything we know about dead Alabama prison officer and murder suspect she disappeared with

Vicky White died from injuries hours after nationawide manhunt came to an end, Indiana coroner confirms

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

Belarus jails girlfriend of dissident seized after forced plane landing

A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of a dissident detained after their commercial flight was forced to land in Belarus last year, to six years in prison for inciting social hatred, the Vyasna rights group said.

Reuters · May 6, 2022

Presidential Amnesty in Syria Covers Daraa Inmates

Dozens of prisoners who originate from Syria’s southern Daraa governorate have been released, mostly from the country’s largest and most notorious prison, Sednaya. Their release came upon the implementation of an amnesty decree issued by President Bashar al-Assad. According to Daraa-based activists, some of those released were detained prior to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 6, 2022

Edinburgh dad led police on high-speed car chase after brutally murdering young son

Evil Czapla, who was sentenced to life in prison earlier this week, bolted from the flat in Edinburgh’s Muirhouse and took off in his car.

Edinburgh Live · May 6, 2022

Prison guards Owen Kemp and Jack McCaig, guilty of assaulting Indigenous colleague, spared convictions

Two Cessnock prison guards have been given good behaviour bonds and spared convictions for assaulting a First Nations colleague.

ABC News · May 6, 2022