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The prisoners who have married behind bars

It is currently legal to marry in the UK if you are in prison but prisoners who want to get married have to apply to the governor of the prison

The Independent UK

Stephen Bear on 'suicide watch' in prison and has been 'crying in his cell for days'

The former reality star was slammed behind bars a week ago and sentenced to 21 months over the revenge porn tape involving Georgia Harrison which has apparently left him a 'broken man' who is now on 24-hour watch.

Daily Record

Magistrates ‘disappointed’ as sentencing powers cut amid prison places crisis

Magistrates say they are “incredibly disappointed” at the government’s decision to cut back their sentencing powers in the midst of the prison places crisis.

Evening Standard

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Prison officer explains what it's like being a woman in a male jail after leaving stage career

Jessica Hardy had looked set for a life on stage but now she's following her family's work history

Wales Online

Biggest racial gap in prison is among violent offenders – focusing on intervention instead of incarceration could change the numbers

Racial disparities in state imprisonment rates dropped significantly during the first two decades of the 21st century.

The Conversation

Man faces prison for racist tweet about Burnley footballer Michael Obafemi

Josh Phillips admitted sending a grossly offensive message on Twitter.

The Independent UK

Rapists and murderers serving life sentences to be banned from getting married in prison

Under Justice Secretary Dominic Raab’s Victims’ Bill rapists and muderers serving whole life terms could be banned from ever getting married

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Beatings of women in Myanmar jail alleged

In early February, four members of an anti-junta group in the Myanmar city of Mandalay said they received a secret, one-page, handwritten note spirited out of a prison that details two days of clashes and beatings of female political prisoners.

Bangkok Post

15yo boy sentenced to 7 years' prison after stolen car crash in Cairns killed teen passenger

The teenager has been sentenced in the Supreme Court in Cairns after crashing a stolen car into a tree, leaving one teenager dead and a child with quadriplegia.

ABC News

Two Indonesian Match Officials Jailed over Deadly Football Stampede

An Indonesian court handed prison sentences to two football match officials on Thursday after finding them guilty of negligence over one of the world's deadliest stadium stampedes. The October 2022 derby match in Malang, East Java, between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos with 135 spectators killed, many…

Asharq Al-Awsat

2 Indonesian soccer officials found guilty in one of the deadliest stadium stampedes

The match organizer and the security chief were handed down prison sentences Thursday in connection with a 2022 stampede that killed more than 130 people following a match in East Java.

WEKU

Decades in jail for fatal suburban shooting spree

A man will spend up to 42 years in prison for a suburban shooting rampage which killed one man and injured many others on the NSW Central Coast.

AAP

Delroy Lindo, Kerry Washington play out a fascinating dynamic in warmhearted ‘UnPrisoned’

The return of her father from lockup complicates a therapist’s already anxious life in the relatively light Hulu series.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bradley White, 42, sentenced for fatal shooting spree at Wyong on NSW Central Coast in 2020

Bradley White, 42, has been sentenced to 42 years in prison following the shooting spree in which a Central Coast town came under attack from a "haze of bullets" in March 2020.

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TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau says he wants to put case ‘behind me’ as judge weighs whether he’s hiding assets

Trudeau still owes $37 million to consumers who bought his diet book more than a decade ago.

The Texas Tribune

Texas bill requiring 10-year prison sentences for gun felonies faces opposition from criminal justice and firearm advocates

Under Senate Bill 23, all felonies involving a gun would incur a mandatory 10-year prison sentence. It’s meant to curb crime, despite the lack of correlation between harsher sentences and crime rates.

The Independent UK

Theranos exec Sunny Balwani loses bid to delay prison term

A federal judge has rejected former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani’s bid to remain free while he appeals his conviction for crimes he committed during a blood-testing scam he orchestrated with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes

Wales Online

Former model supports Charles Bronson at parole hearing despite end of prison romance

Gemma Fernandez says she still speaks to the notorious inmate who learns later this month if he is to be freed after 48 years behind bars

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The Independent UK

Mississippi man gets 42 years in prison for cross burning

A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors has been sentenced to 42 years in prison

Daily Mirror

Disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh appeals life conviction for killing wife and son

Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Alex Murdaugh to two consecutive life terms in prison. Exactly one week after his conviction, the disgraced lawyer is filing for an appeal

Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan slams Harry and Meghan for accepting titles from 'prison camp monarchy'

In unsurprising news, Piers Morgan isn't a fan of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's latest move - slamming the couple and accusing them of rank hypocrisy regarding Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet's official titles

The Texas Tribune

Lawmakers offer stark choices for ending the crisis in Texas’ youth prisons — shut them all down, or build more

Plagued by decades of scandals over sexual and physical abuse of children, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department is at a crossroads.

The Independent UK

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker gets 10 year sentence for fraud

A former Goldman Sachs banker has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in looting a Malaysian development fund

The Guardian - US

Ex-Goldman banker given 10 years in prison for role in 1MDB fraud scandal

Roger Ng, 50, found guilty by Brooklyn jury in massive embezzlement linked to Malaysian state investment fund

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson's model ex stands by him as he bids for jail release after 48 years

Former model Gemma Fernandez struck up a 'romance' with Britain’s most violent inmate but they later split, with Bronson revealing: 'Romance and prison don't mix'

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