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One person rushed to hospital after fire breaks out in West Lothian prison

A fire had broken out within HMP Addiewell and fire crews and Police Scotland rushed to the prison in West Calder. One person was taken to hospital as fire crews tackled the blaze.

Edinburgh Live

Person rushed to hospital after fire at Scots prison as mercy crews race to scene

Emergency services were called to HMP Addiewell in West Lothian after the alarm was raised at around 3.35pm on Wednesday.

Daily Record

Greater Manchester police failure led to man spending 17 years in prison, court told

Andrew Malkinson was convicted of raping 33-year-old woman even though no DNA linked him to crime

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'Obsessed' US actor who sent Irish woman unwanted gifts and messages is jailed

Stephen Spenneberg has been sentenced to two years in prison, with the final year suspended.

Irish Mirror

Emergency services scramble to West Lothian prison following incident

Emergency services rushed to the prison in West Calder, West Lothian following reports of an incident. A number of fire appliances and police officers were spotted at the scene.

Edinburgh Live

Janine to return to EastEnders sooner than we thought after SHOCK sentencing?

Former EastEnders star Charlie Brooks has hinted that we may have not seen the last of Janine Butcher as her prison sentence is revealed.

WhatToWatch

Watchdog points to low budget requests for prison upkeep issues - Roll Call

The Bureau of Prisons for years has lowballed budget requests to Congress and has infrastructure issues, a government watchdog said Wednesday.

Roll Call

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Friends who stuck up for Leeds homeless man being attacked by convicted robber spared jail

Christopher Mills has been recalled back to prison after he was punched by the group in November 2021

Leeds Live

'I am innocent and have been waiting nearly 20 years for justice' -Man who served years in prison for rape he denies

Andrew Malkinson has always denied raping a woman near the M61

Manchester Evening News

Watchdog bans Tory government from reusing 'racist' advert

THE UK Government has been rapped for “perpetuating a negative ethnic stereotype” after an advert looking for new prison officers featured a…

The National (Scotland)

Former LaLiga star accepts six-year prison sentence after leading drug trafficking ring

Koke, full name Sergio Contreras, played for boyhood club Malaga, Marseille and Sporting Lisbon across a globetrotting career which spanned nine countries and three continents

Daily Mirror

Health of Survivors of Houthi Prisons Deteriorates

Dozens of survivors from the Houthi prisons have seen their health deteriorate as a result of the physical and psychological torture they suffered while in detention, Yemeni sources revealed. Medical sources in Marib revealed that journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansouri and Harith Hamid were transferred to hospital after their health deteriorated days…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Teenage killer of schoolboy Jermaine Cools in knife attack is named for first time

Marques Walker faces a life sentence for the murder of Jermaine Cools

Evening Standard

Turkish pop star sentenced to 10 months in prison over religious schools remark -Anadolu

A Turkish court handed pop star Gulsen a suspended sentence of 10 months in prison for incitement to hatred and hostility over a remark she made on stage about religious schools, state-owned Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday.

Reuters

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The Independent UK

Dissident pulled off plane by Belarus gets 8 years in prison

A Belarusian court has convicted a dissident journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a commercial flight that was diverted to the country

The Guardian - US

Ilhan Omar condemns US’s failure to act since George Floyd: ‘A broken system’

Exclusive: three years after the murder, the Minnesota congresswoman talks prison abuse and her new police violence resolution

Reuters

Political prisoners among 2,000 pardoned by Myanmar junta

Myanmar's military government on Wednesday pardoned more than 2,000 prisoners, state media reported, among them a journalist and what activists and media said were numerous political detainees.

WEKU

A court in Belarus sentences a dissident journalist to 8 years in prison

Raman Pratasevich and his Russian girlfriend were arrested in May 2021 when their Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was ordered to land in the capital of Belarus, Minsk.

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Cinemablend

Minority Report Ending Explained: What Actually Happened?

Over 20 years later, a question surrounding Minority Report's ending still has fans wondering about this Steven Spielberg classic.

Bangkok Post

Ex-Yala governor jailed in bogus bomb detector case

Former Yala governor Teera Mintrasak has been sentenced to eight years in prison for malfeasance in the purchase of bogus GT200 bomb detectors from 2007-2009.

Asharq Al-Awsat

PA Accuses Israel of Assassinating Adnan, Islamic Jihad Vows Vengeance

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has accused Israel of assassinating the prisoner Khader Adnan, one of the most prominent leaders of Islamic Jihad. Adnan, 44, died in his prison on Tuesday after a long hunger strike that lasted 87 days. The Israeli Prison Service said in a statement announcing his…

Glasgow Live

Lanarkshire domestic abuse survivor fears 'monster' ex-husband will take her life after he dodges prison

Mark Donnelly pinned Nicola Thompson against walls, slapped her and grabbed her by the neck but has avoided a custodial sentence and now survivor Nicola has bravely spoken out

The Independent UK

Pardon frees more than 2,100 Myanmar political prisoners

Myanmar’s ruling military council says it is releasing more than 2,100 political prisoners as a humanitarian gesture

Chronicle Live

Chester-le-Street savage jailed for stabbing man he found with ex wife using tracking device on car

Afshin Hejazi, of Chester-le-Street, who had been a control freak during his marriage, attacked his estranged wife and Fafa Fajjo in South Shields

Irish Mirror

Jonathan Dowdall set for prison move - because being on a landing on his own uses too much space

Sources have confirmed that Dowdall is currently alone on a landing that can house up to a dozen prisoners - despite massive overcrowding crisis in the Irish prison system

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