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Van dwellers told they face prison if they talk to nearby residents

Those living in the vans say the move is down to 'prejudice'

Wales Online

US artist went from prison cell to Paris show

PARIS: Aged 16, Halim Flowers was arrested in the United States, tried as an adult then jailed for murder. Now aged 42, he is a prolific artist, poet and writer exhibiting in Paris.

Bangkok Post

Jason Bonney's dad 'confessed' to being Regency getaway driver on deathbed, brother claims

Last week Willie’s son Jason Bonney (52) was sentenced to eight and a half years in prison after he was convicted of being the getaway driver to help Kevin ‘Flat Cap’ Murray escape following the gangland shooting on February 5, 2016

Dublin Live

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Andrew Travis Giles sentenced to 32 years in prison after sexually assaulting three women in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

A WA man will spend at least three decades behind bars for breaking into three houses and sexually assaulting the female occupants during a rampage in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. WARNING: This article contains details that readers may find distressing.

ABC News

Germany: 5 sentenced to prison for 100-million-euro jewelry heist

A German court has convicted five men over the theft of 18th-century jewels worth more than 100 million euros from a Dresden museum in 2019

The Independent UK

‘They found hell’: innocent foreigners caught in El Salvador’s mass arrests

Rights groups say thousands of innocent people are being caught up in gang crackdown

The Guardian - US

Mountjoy governor speaks about 'traumatic' shiv attack on prison officer

A prison officer was stabbed while transporting killer Graham McEvoy back to Mountjoy Prison from a medical appointment

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Mountjoy governor recounts 'traumatic' shiv attack on prison officer but says incidents don't happen often

An officer was stabbed with a shiv, an improvised bladed weapon, while transporting killer Graham McEvoy

Irish Mirror

Ex-prison guard caught with illegal drugs visited inmate 20 times, pleads guilty to intimate relationship

A woman who was employed by Queensland Correction Services was found to have been in a relationship with an inmate and in possession of 195 strips of an illegal drug.

ABC News

Guess What? Mem Fox’s children's book has been banned in Florida as 'pornography' – but bathing is not a sexual act

Australian author Mem Fox’s 1988 picture book Guess What?, illustrated by Vivienne Goodman, has been banned in Duval County, Florida over allegations of “pornography”. Why? Because one illustration depicts the main character, “old witch” Daisy O'Grady, taking a bath.

The Conversation

Program is ‘one stop shop’ for navigating life after prison

The Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative connects returning citizens to whatever they need, from completing parole mandates to finding health care and a job. Leaders say they’ve had a successful first year, but need to grow.

Chicago Sun-Times

Prison officer smuggled drugs into jail to spend thousands on hair transplant

Peter Hughes was noticed by staff

Manchester Evening News

St. Louis prosecutor seeks to free man imprisoned 33 years for murder, citing evidence of innocence

St. Louis’ top prosecutor has asked a court to set aside the conviction of a man who has spent 33 years in prison for a killing he says he didn’t commit, after witnesses who testified against him later said authorities had pressured them to lie

The Independent UK

Death row prisoner’s execution by lethal injection blocked by Supreme Court

Kenneth Eugene Smith argued lethal injection was ‘cruel and unusual punishment’

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Al Jazeera

Iraq exhumes remains of 605 ISIL victims from mass grave

Hundreds were taken from a prison and executed by the armed group, according to the Iraqi government.

Daily Record

CCTV captures prison officer carrying 'bulging holdall' full of drugs into jail

Peter Hughes appeared at court and amitted to possession of a class-C drug with intent to supply, among other charges.

Liverpool Echo

Man spent drug smuggling money on hair transplant, breast surgery and £10K wedding

Peter Hughes was seen carrying prohibited items into HMP Liverpool

The Independent UK

China sentences 78-year-old US citizen to life in prison on spying charges

China has sentenced a 78-year-old United States citizen to life in prison on spying charges

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Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin sends woman, 23, to prison for 'high treason' of opposing Ukraine war

Tamara Parshina is just 23-years-old and she was seen being marched through the streets by armed male FSB officers and flown eight hours away to a Moscow jail

Daily Mirror

Prisoner who 'died' and came back to life argues life sentence has technically finished

Benjamin Schreiber said his death when his heart stopped meant his life sentence should be considered served but judges have disagreed

The Independent UK

Bernard Phelan’s sister describes ‘unbelievable’ reunion after Iran jail ordeal

The Irish-French national, originally from Co Tipperary, spent seven months in prison in north-east Iran.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Runoff increasingly likely in Turkish elections

President Erdoğan faces serious challenge in elections that could see runoff vote against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Plus, why do so many generation Z Americans put on British accents?

Manchester Evening News

Police appeal for help to find man, 20, wanted on recall back to prison

Kieran Casey is wanted by officers

Liverpool Echo

Prison officer caught on CCTV carrying 'bulging holdall' full of drugs into cells

Peter Hughes' home was raided and officers recovered a large number of steroids, needles, syringes, wipes and a quantity of cash

Reuters

Malaysia seeks to decriminalise possession, use of small amounts of drugs

Malaysia wants to introduce a law to decriminalise the possession and use of small quantities of illicit drugs, its home affairs minister said on Monday, citing a need to reduce prison overcrowding.

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