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Urgent manhunt for three escaped prisoners on the run for days

Police call on public to help in search for trio who fled HMP Springhill – but warn people not to approach them

The Independent UK

Myanmar to Maui, 2025 Emmys recognise global journalism frontlines

Investigative reports on attacks on American officials, on the activities of a gang born in a Venezuela prison on US soil, and the migrant crisis in Europe were among the stories that won big at the first night of the 2025 News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday.

Newslaundry

Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case

The Independent UK

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Ecuador's Most-wanted Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured

Ecuador's president announced Wednesday that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito," had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence.

International Business Times

Notorious gang leader recaptured more than a year after prison escape

Fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, also known as Fito, is wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States

The Independent UK

Plan to open California’s largest immigration jail sparks outrage

Ice and CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, to transform shuttered 2,500-bed prison in California City

The Guardian - US

Family disputes official account of Nevada inmate's death, alleging excessive force and a cover-up

The family of a Nevada inmate who died in custody in December 2023 is disputing the official account of his death

The Independent UK

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Prison officer called restrained inmate who died a ‘bucking bronco’ – inquest

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, was an inmate at HMP Elmley when he died following being restrained by prison officers.

Evening Standard

Thug who killed ‘gentle’ engineer on Tube may serve less than six years in prison

The family of AI engineer Samuel Winter said he had an ‘unendingly giving spirit’

Evening Standard

Man behind $245m Bitcoin theft has bizarre tale that includes kidnapped parents, fraud, and money laundering — suspect now faces up to 24 years in prison, half-million-dollar fine, and possible deportation to India

Connecticut man, Veer Chetal, is one of three charged with stealing 4,100 Bitcoins in August 2024.

Tom’s Hardware

Japanese court convicts a US Marine in sexual assault, sentencing him to 7 years in prison

A Japanese court has found a U.S. Marine guilty of sexually assaulting a woman on Okinawa, sentencing him to prison terms, in a case that has triggered anger and safety concerns on Japan’s southern island with a heavy American troop presence

The Independent UK

Iran executes 3 more prisoners over allegedly spying for Israel, state media say

State media says Iran executed three more prisoners Wednesday over allegedly spying in the latest hangings connected to its war with Israel

The Independent UK

Jailing is failing: youth prison numbers under scrutiny

Tough on crime approaches are failing to make communities safer, instead undermining the rights of children and increasing incarceration rates, advocates say.

AAP

Foreign prisoners to be deported earlier under law change

The move will apply to foreign criminals subject to the early removal scheme.

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

Investigations into sexual harassment in prison soars four-fold as female inmate warns abuse is ‘rife’

Exclusive: A woman who faced unwanted advances from a male prison officer has called for tougher investigations as figures reveal a surge in allegations of sexual harassment and assault

We Got This Covered

‘Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide’: Florida builds ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ in Everglades for migrant detention

...that is worse than prisons for mass murderers

The Independent UK

Woman who plotted to kill her celebrity hairstylist husband in love triangle with porn star sentenced

Monica Sementelli, 53, got life without parole Monday for planning the 2017 fatal stabbing of her husband Fabio Sementelli, 49

Evening Standard

Cooking in the clink: Mark Hix teams up with inmates at HMP Brixton to host one-off dinner

Clink Charity works to rehabilitate prisoners by training them in hospitality roles

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The Guardian - UK

Man who developed psychosis after being jailed on indefinite term moved to hospital

Family of Thomas White, who has been in prison for 13 years, say IPP sentence is ‘psychiatric abuse’

Fortune

Former CEO sentenced to prison for stock trades in milestone case

A lawyer for ex-Ontrak CEO and executive chairman Terren Peizer called the case a “true miscarriage of justice from the get-go.”

The Guardian - UK

‘We have a high appetite for risk’: inside King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard’s historic EU tour

Residencies in storied venues from a panopticon prison to an ancient amphitheatre gave an appropriate backdrop to the Australian band’s existential new record

The Guardian - UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe denounces Israeli attack on Iran’s Evin prison

British-Iranian dual national who spent five years in the jail says attack was a publicity stunt that endangered prisoners

The Guardian - UK

I spent five years in Iran’s notorious Evin prison but when Israel bombed it I felt horror and fear

Many held there are opponents of the repressive regime. Who is alive now? Who was killed? Were they just collateral damage, asks former hostage Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe

The Guardian - AU

‘Unconscious racism’ behind NSW police officer’s decision not to call ambulance for Indigenous prisoner, watchdog finds

Senior officer engaged in ‘serious misconduct’ in regional town when man was self-harming. He thought Aboriginal people tried to ‘manipulate the system’

WhatToWatch

Hollyoaks spoilers: You're lying! Ste Hay grills Rex about the murder of Banks!

Ste Hay goes to see Rex Gallagher in prison to get the truth out of him.

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