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NHRC issues advisory to Centre, States to curb prison suicides

Concerned with the suicides in prisons, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on June 23 issued an Advisory to the Centre, States and UTs to take immediate measures to check the same. Jail authorities were asked to do regular check on bed sheets and blankets of inmates to ensure that…

The Hindu

Krishna police station turns second home for Bangladeshi national stuck in country for eight years

An intruder from Bangladesh, Samrat Monto Biswas, who had served a prison term following his arrest by the Krishna district police in 2013, has been staying in the police station since his release eight years ago

The Hindu

8 Mexican army soldiers arrested in 2014 disappearances of 43 students

A military official has confirmed that eight soldiers have been detained and taken to a military prison for their possible involvement in events surrounding the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teacher's college in southern Mexico

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Politicians shouldn't determine where Paul Bernardo is imprisoned, regardless of his crimes

Paul Bernardo is one of Canada’s most notorious criminal offenders.

The Conversation

Fear stalks the funerals of victims of Honduras prison massacre

Fear simmered among the small knot of relatives gathered for the wake of a mother and daughter who were among 46 women inmates slaughtered in this week's prison riot in Honduras

The Independent UK

A Troubling Supreme Court Habeas Decision

The Supreme Court was wrong to deny relief to a man imprisoned for activity that Court's own rulings indicate was not illegal - one who never had an opportunity to challenge his incarceration on that basis.

Reason

Suspect in deadly Minneapolis crash charged with homicide, federal weapons and drug counts

A suspect in a crash that killed five young women in Minneapolis has been charged with 10 state counts of criminal vehicular homicide as well as federal firearms and drug charges

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Brazilian is sentenced to 27 years in prison for killing ex-girlfriend in Australia

A federal court has sentenced Brazilian engineer Mário Marcelo Santoro to 27 years in prison after he confessed to the murder of his ex-girlfriend Cecília Haddad in Australia

The Independent UK

Ex-Proud Boy from Aurora gets more than three years in prison for Jan. 6 Capitol assault

James Robert Elliott claims he was “filled with frustration, at the government, at Trump, at law-enforcement and also at myself” in the days after the riot.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tiger King’s wild animal trainer ‘Doc’ Antle gets convicted for wildlife trafficking

Antle faces up to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK

Prisoner who stripped to pants on HMP Frankland roof brought down after seven-hour stand-off

The Ministry of Justice confirmed the prisoner was brought down late on Wednesday hours after climbing to the roof of the Category A jail

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Tihar inmates inflict self injuries to stop prison staff from carrying out searches for recovering mobile phones

NEW DELHI: Over 20 inmates of Tihar jail allegedly inflicted injuries on themselves on Wednesday in a bid to desist the prison staff from carrying out searches in the barracks for recovering mobile phones, officials said on Thursday.

The Times of India

Nottinghamshire Police hunt for 'violent offender' wanted on recall to prison

Police have warned the public not to approach the man and call 999 immediately

Nottingham Post

Several Honduras prison carnage victims were locked up and set on fire, officials say

As toll reaches 46, officials say victims were locked up and sprayed with bullets before being set on fire

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Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse pleads guilty to 72nd victim

An Australian ex-priest convicted of child sex abuse has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 72nd victim

The Independent UK

Russia's highest court quashes Navalny's lawsuit over depriving him of pen and paper in prison

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny contesting prison regulations that allow prison officials to deprive him of stationery and pens

Evening Standard

Robert Downey Jr says going to prison was ‘the worst thing that ever happened to me’

The actor, who has been sober since 2003, served time in 1999 for missing drug tests

The Independent UK

Hondurans see little hope for nation's prisons as details of cold-blooded massacre emerge

Authorities in Honduras are beginning to hand over to relatives the hacked, burned corpses of 46 women killed in the worst riot at a women’s prison in recent memory

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The Independent UK

Prosecutors urge 3-year prison sentence for former US congressman from Indiana

Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana congressman should serve three years in prison for an insider trading conviction

Newcastle Herald

'Deadset lies': fraudster who swindled $1.8 million from mates sentenced

A fraudster who ripped off his friends to the tune of $1.8 million over several years has been sentenced to six years and six months in prison.

The Independent UK

Army veteran sentenced to 55 years for road rage shooting death of Muslim man

A suburban Indianapolis Army veteran has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for the road rage shooting death of a Muslim man after witnesses said he hurled ethnic and religious insults at the victim

The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek at least 25 years in prison for gynecologist who abused dozens of women

Federal prosecutors say a gynecologist should face at least 25 years in prison for assaulting a “staggering number of victims” during a quarter-century career as a serial sexual predator disguised as a doctor at prestigious Manhattan hospitals

WEKU

Jan. 6 rioter who used a stun gun on Officer Michael Fanone sentenced to prison

Daniel Joseph "DJ" Rodriguez, 40, of Fontana, Calif., was sentenced to 12.5 years. Officer Fanone served on the Metropolitan Police Department Officer for nearly two decades before resigning in 2021.

The Independent UK

3 sentenced to more than 100 years for killing an ex-Indiana University football player

A judge has sentenced three people to more than 100 years each in prison for the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down during unrest following George Floyd's murder

Daily Mirror

Prisoner in underpants climbs on HMP Frankland roof sparking stand-off with riot cops

Photographs taken at HMP Frankland in County Durham show the inmate lying on the roof - in just his underwear - amid a tense showdown with prison staff and riot police

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