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Daniel Duggan: investigation launched into imprisonment of Australian accused of training Chinese pilots

Duggan is fighting a US extradition request from prison, over allegations he trained Chinese aviators

The Guardian - AU

The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week

A vile paedophile who abused two children decades apart and a man who kidnapped a receptionist sparking a hospital lockdown were among those locked up this week

Manchester Evening News

GEO Group sickened ICE detainees with hazardous chemicals for months, a lawsuit says

The Social Justice Legal Foundation says one of the country's largest private prison operators knowingly exposed ICE detainees to the disinfectant HDQ Neutral.

WEKU

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Pregnant women in English jails are seven times more likely to suffer stillbirth

Exclusive: campaigners demand new sentencing guidelines after data reveals a dramatic rise in the chance of a prisoner’s baby dying

The Guardian - UK

From prison to refuge: fight to turn Oscar Wilde’s Reading gaol into arts hub

Campaigners hope bid to develop site of prison where famous poem was composed may finally succeed

The Guardian - UK

Wolf-whistling and other street harassment could be punishable by up to 2 years in prison

Claiming it's a joke will not help people avoid prosecution

Nottingham Post

'Hotel Rwanda' hero's release came from desire to end diplomatic sore point

The release of Paul Rusesabagina from a Rwandan prison late on Friday was the result of months of negotiations between Washington and Kigali, with both eager to draw a line under what they described as an "irritant" to their relationship.

Reuters

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Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina's prison sentence commuted

Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars. The decision to commute his 25 year sentence on terrorism charges comes after extensive negotiations between the United States, Rwanda and its close ally Qatar.

Radio France Internationale

Wolf-whistling could get you two years in prison and claiming 'it's a joke or compliment' won't wash

Home Secretary likely to toughen a proposed new street harassment law so potential offenders can't avoid prosecution by claiming ignorance

Wales Online

1,000 people have been charged for the Capitol riot. Here's where their cases stand

More than 1,000 people have now been charged for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. NPR has tracked every case from arrest to sentencing. Here's what is happening to those charged.

WEKU

Dickens would be 'horrified' to see poverty levels in modern-day Britain, says relative

Writer's great-great-great-granddaughter believes it's a relevant time for people to appreciate the story told in Great Expectations ahead of new adaptation

Daily Mirror

Book thief in plot that duped famous authors avoids prison

It was the stuff of novels: For years, a con artist plagued the publishing industry, impersonating editors and agents to pull off hundreds of literary heists

The Independent UK

'Hotel Rwanda' figure Rusesabagina released from prison in Rwanda - U.S. officials

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda," was released from a Rwandan prison on Friday, U.S. officials said, after his sentence was commuted following intense diplomacy by the United States. Rusesabagina was accompanied by a U.S. embassy official as he was moved from prison…

Reuters

Surrey Police officer lied to get boyfriend jailed

PC Amanda Aston from Seaford, East Sussex is said to have made up a “web of lies” leading to the imprisonment of another officer

The Independent UK

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Reason

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Anti-Muslim tweets, inactive warrants, and anti-Muslim prison guards.

The Independent UK

Aiden Fucci: Teen gets life in prison for brutal stabbing murder of classmate Tristyn Bailey

Aiden Fucci, 16, was not eligible for death penalty as murder was carried out when he was a juvenile

WEKU

Paul Rusesabagina, 'Hotel Rwanda' hero, released from prison

The man who inspired the novel and the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda, Paul Rusesabagina, was released late Friday evening from prison after the Rwandan government commuted his sentence.

Daily Mirror

Stephen Lawrence murder suspect earns £3,000-a-month as a courier after prison release

Jamie Acourt, 46, appeared at the City of London Magistrates' Court today over his failure to pay back £90,000 he made from a £3million drugs plot

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Daily Mirror

Man orders grizzly murder of his mistress - still gets signed by new football club

Goalie Bruno Fernandes ordered a gang to abduct actress and model Eliza Samudio, 25, who was later strangled to death before her body was butchered and fed to a pack of ravenous hounds in Brazil

Reuters

Envoy made rare prison visits to three US citizens in China, official says

Chinese-American citizen Kai Li, jailed in China on spying charges he denies, received a rare in-person visit last week from the U.S. Ambassador to Beijing and urged the U.S. government to continue to work for his release, Li's son said on Friday.

The Independent UK

Florida teen gets life in prison for killing young classmate

A Florida judge has sentenced a 16-year-old Florida boy to life in prison for fatally stabbing a 13-year-old classmate

Zenger

Flikshop App Teaches Tech Entrepreneurship, Helps Incarcerated People Stay In Touch With Loved Ones

Potential for app to help reduce recidivism, make communities safer

Reuters

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina freed from Rwandan jail

Birmingham Post

Belfast's Core Systems snapped up by US firm for undisclosed sum

It provides software for prisons and justice systems throughout the world

Bristol Post

'Keep away from knives and don't break your mum's heart', judge tells defendant

Judge James Patrick spares Romaine Mullings from prison and urges him to stay out of trouble

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