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Music to Trump's ears: Whitewashing Jan. 6 riot with song

A song featuring ex-President Donald Trump and a choir of prisoners charged with crimes related to the deadly Capitol insurrection briefly took the No. 1 spot on iTunes last month, edging out Taylor Swift

The Independent UK

Thomas Cashman's 42-year prison sentence could be increased after complaints

The drug dealer has already appealed the length of his sentence but not the murder conviction

Liverpool Echo

Inmate who wanted to be prison mentor spits in officer's face

The prisoner later said he wanted to degrade the officer

Wales Online

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Russia crosses new lines in crackdown on Putin's enemies

With virtually all the Kremlin's opponents already jailed or in exile, and liberal press outlets and human rights groups forced to shut down, it might have appeared that years of repression in Russia had achieved their objective.

Reuters

Commentary: Fox News and the prison of profit

I am not a Fox News fan, so I was curious what the conservative media company’s viewers made of this week’s massive $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over broadcasting lies that the 2020 presidential election had been stolen.

Los Angeles Times

‘Bikini dope dealer’ sentenced to four-year stretch

A Sydney woman convicted of dealing drugs has been urged to study so she can help addicts upon release from prison.

The New Daily

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia

Opposition worried what President Kais Saied’s next step will be with a number of opposition figures in prison.

Al Jazeera

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‘Cartel wives’ of Chicago’s twin cocaine kingpins plead guilty to stashing drug cash

Vivianna Lopez and Valerie Gaytan, wives of Pedro and Margarito Flores, admitted to involvement in a conspiracy to launder millions from their husbands’ drug trafficking business after the men were taken into federal custody.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 men wrongly convicted in California are declared innocent

Two men who served nearly 17 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of attempted murder have been declared innocent by a California judge

The Independent UK

Sword attack killer gets another 55-year prison sentence

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for a vicious and random sword attack that killed one man and seriously wounded another in 2020

The Independent UK

Rats 'as big as cats' take over homes as mum feels like they're 'living in prisons'

Families in Burnley, Lancashire, claimed their homes have been overrun with giant rats that help themselves to food from their cupboards, as they were told to "close windows"

Daily Mirror

Prisoner squirted noxious substance out of cell in Nottinghamshire prison

He struck again at a prison in London

Nottingham Post

Transgender sex offender who attacked child in Morrisons toilet locked up in male prison

Katie Dolatowski was convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Kirkcaldy in 2018 as well as violent assaults on adults. She went against court orders to stay at her bail address at night.

Daily Record

Stephen Bear's girlfriend 'applies to be cleaner in prison' to be closer to him

Jessica Smith, girlfriend of Stephen Bear, has vowed to stand by the disgraced reality star despite him serving jail time for sharing footage of himself having sex with his ex Georgia Harrison without her permission

Daily Mirror

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Evening Standard

Man jailed for killing banker in mistaken West End attack over mobile phone

Construction worker to serve less than a year in prison after sentence judge admitted ‘will seem like nothing’ to victim’s family

Liverpool Echo

Mum's life changed when friend showed her what 'little bit of kindness' can do

Charlotte worked in a prison as a teacher for 15 years before taking redundancy

Daily Record

Man sparked bomb scare at city mosque, Glasgow police station and prison with hoax claims

A man who falsely reported that a bomb had been planted at Stirling’s Islamic Centre was this week jailed for two years and six months. Keith Smyth, of Cowie, had made the claim, on the night of June 20 last year, that a bomb was likely to explode a

The National (Scotland)

Rapists should be sent to jail, FM insists amid outcry over Sean Hogg sentence

THE First Minister has said he agrees that all rapists should be sent to prison, amid outcry over one convict who was given community service.

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Irish Mirror

Garda killer Stephen Silver 'behaving himself' in prison so will serve life sentence in Mountjoy

The Irish Prison Service has no plans to move him and say so far he is a "model prisoner" who is full of remorse

Daily Record

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi fails to attend court hearing after 'altercation' with security guard

Rossi was brought to Edinburgh Sheriff Court for extradition hearing but didn't appear after alleged incident with security officer.

Daily Record

Couple who fled motorway crash that killed schoolgirl won't have prison sentences increased

Hannah Jones and boyfriend Safeer Iqbal were both jailed and banned from driving after being responsible for a collision on the M61 in July, 2019.

Tribune News Service

Beth Kowitt: Disney embraces its role as hero to DeSantis’s villain

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s war against Walt Disney Co. reached parody level on Monday when he floated his latest threat: building a prison next to its theme park complex in the state.

Evening Standard

Russian woman jailed for 21 years for bizarre identity theft cheesecake murder plot

A Russian-born woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for trying to kill her American lookalike with poisoned cheesecake and then stealing her identity.

The Guardian - UK

En garde! Fencing helps young Senegalese play by the rules

Teaching young offenders and others the sport has been so successful at instilling self-discipline and respect that the scheme is expanding

AAP

More unrest at troubled West Australian prison

More details have emerged of unrest at a youth detention unit in Perth's Casuarina prison, with one officer confirmed injured in the latest altercation.

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