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Prosecutors reveal a reason for Capitol rioter’s secretive sentencing: His government cooperation

Federal authorities have revealed a reason for the unusual secrecy surrounding a Pennsylvania man’s guilty plea and prison sentence for attacking police during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021

The Independent UK

Former Chicago gang kingpin Jeff Fort loses First Step Act bid for freedom after 40 years in prison

Convicted of offering to bomb U.S. buildings for $2 million, ordering murder of a rival drug dealer, the 76-year-old El Rukn founder was denied release under legislation allowing judges to consider “compassionate release” for aging inmates.

Chicago Sun-Times

Prosecutors reveal a reason for Capitol rioter's secretive sentencing: His government cooperation

Federal authorities have revealed a reason for the unusual secrecy surrounding a Pennsylvania man’s guilty plea and prison sentence for attacking police during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021

The Independent UK

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Options Traders Go to War on Controversial But Compelling Geo Group (GEO)

Although the stench of private prisons has long clouded Geo Group, options traders largely anticipate upside for GEO stock.

Barchart

John Oliver on the writers’ strike: ‘Furious that it took the studios 148 days to achieve a deal’

The Last Week Tonight host blasted studios for dragging out the writers’ strike and dove into the issue of grossly inadequate healthcare for US prisoners

The Guardian - US

Will Donald Trump go to prison?

Ex-president Donald Trump faces 91 felony counts across four prosecutions as he runs for 2024 election

The Independent UK

Can Donald Trump still run for president after four indictments?

Republican former president Donald Trump faces federal indictments in Florida and DC and criminal and civil cases in both New York and Georgia

The Independent UK

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‘You cr** where you eat’: Grim state of UK prisons revealed as inmates crammed into cells for 23 hours a day

‘You don’t expect it to be amazing in prison, but some of the conditions were really bad,’ former inmate Stephen Trotter said

The Independent UK

How Sam Bankman-Fried stacks up against Bernie Madoff and some of history’s biggest financial fraudsters

Where do the alleged crimes of Sam Bankman-Fried stack up against history's biggest fraudsters?

Fortune

Criminals may be freed early to ease overcrowding as prison crisis laid bare

Dire warning from the chief of UK prison governors who tells The Independent the ‘nuclear button could be pressed very soon’

The Independent UK

Wanted sex offender arrested and recalled to prison

Lancashire Constabulary had appealed for information on the whereabouts of Stephen Pennington.

The Independent UK

‘If you ain’t got love, you’ve just got chicken wings’: how food helped three chefs start again after prison

More than 600,000 people are released from prisons every year in the US and face an array of barriers to re-entry. For many, food has been a refuge

The Guardian - US

FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange Spent $15M On Private Jets, Faces Trial Over Political Contributions

Founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lavish spending and alleged political maneuvering put him at risk of a century-long prison sentence.

Zenger

Jailed Maldives' ex-president transferred to house arrest after his party candidate wins presidency

Jailed former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been transferred from prison to house arrest, fulfilling the campaign promise of his party candidate who won the presidential election runoff

The Independent UK

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Pakistan officials consider a new way to boost polio vaccination: prison

Authorities in one province of Pakistan are turning to a controversial new tactic in the decades-long initiative to wipe out polio: prison

The Guardian - UK

Time After Time by Chris Atkins review – a former inmate explores the reasons for reoffending

These stories of ex-offenders who returned to prison are varied and affecting, but the writer’s sometimes simple solutions to a complex issue can make him sound complacent

The Independent UK

NY woman who fatally shoved singing coach, age 87, is sentenced to more time in prison than expected

More time has been tacked onto an eight-year prison sentence for a New York woman who fatally shoved an 87-year-old Broadway singing coach

The Guardian - UK

Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong mogul, activist ... and now a prisoner for 1,000 days

He went from rags to riches before his anti-communist newspaper fell foul of security forces. Now Lai’s plight tells of a city forced to live in the shadow of Xi’s authoritarian China

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The Guardian - UK

‘I’m a better musician than I ever was a drug dealer’: rapper Potter Payper on leaving prison behind

The UK’s hottest hip-hop star missed the launch of his debut album when he returned to jail for the 15th time. There’s more to him than his troubled past

The Guardian - AU

Voyeurism: when does it become a condition and can it be treated?

A NSW man recently jailed after filming up skirts had his prison sentence overturned, prompting questions about the little-known disorder

The Independent UK

Decision for Met officer who shot man to face misconduct hearing ‘unreasonable’

Jermaine Baker was killed during a Metropolitan Police operation to stop prisoners being freed near Wood Green Crown Court in December 2015.

The Guardian - UK

CND co-founder Pat Arrowsmith dies aged 93

Peace campaigner served 11 prison sentences over activism against nuclear weapons and conflict

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on prisons: staff will be key to any turnaround

Editorial: A lack of experienced officers, and poor overall strategy, have produced a grim situation

The Times of India

Row over Thakurs: Ex-MP Anand Mohan revolts against Grand Alliance five months after release from jail

PATNA: The ruling Grand Alliance headed by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has been caught in a peculiar situation with a don-turned-politician Anand Mohan rebelling against the former over "Thakur" remarks made by RJD MP Manoj Jha, barely five months after the state government amended the existing prison manual to ensure…

The Independent UK

‘Depraved’ care worker who raped dementia patients and made them eat soil is jailed

Exclusive: Care worker Teo-Valentin Todorovits sentenced to 24 years in prison over rape and sexual abuse of elderly patients

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