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Scottish prison boss refuses to say who sanctioned Isla Bryson transfer to Cornton Vale

The head of the Scottish Prison Service denied she was leant on by SNP ministers to ensure trans rapist Bryson was transferred to a men's prison following public outrage.

Daily Record

Iran blames US for delay in prisoner swap deal

It remains unclear whether an agreement can be finalised as Tehran maintains Washington is acting in bad faith.

Al Jazeera

$Coatbridge dad fractured man's eye socket in 'random' stag do attack in Liverpool pub$

Coatbridge dad fractured man's eye socket in 'random' stag do attack in Liverpool pub

Scott Carter, 32, was on a stag do and under the influence of cocaine and alcohol when he attacked his victim Aaron Suleman in the early hours of the morning in a Liverpool pub.

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Two Berlin Festival Films Relive Torture in Iranian Prisons

In “Where God is Not”, Iranian filmmaker Mehran Tamadon´s unflinching account of the torture of former political prisoners in Iran, the director asks his interviewees to relive the horrors of their incarceration. The film – which opened at the Berlin International Film Festival on Saturday as part of a Tamadon…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s convicted killer to be sentenced

A man convicted of gunning down rapper Nipsey Hussle is expected to get life in prison when he's sentenced Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom

The Independent UK

Alleged gang member pleads not guilty in California killings

A man with alleged ties to a California prison gang has pleaded not guilty to killing six people, including a teenage mother and her baby, last month at a central California home connected to a rival gang

The Independent UK

US plans to allow Medicaid for drug treatment in prisons

The Biden administration is planning to reverse longstanding policy and allow the use of Medicaid to treat jail and prison inmates' substance use disorders and certain other health conditions

The Independent UK

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Drug dealer freed from prison on day release didn't go back for six months

Inmate said he failed to return after racking up cocaine debt and being pressured into becoming smuggler

Liverpool Echo

Graphic videos show inmate's pain as officers strap him down

Graphic videos filed in a Tennessee court show a death row inmate who has just returned from the hospital repeatedly telling officers that he is in pain as they strap him so tightly to a bed that his arms turn purple

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner Announces Official Return to Mercury

The seven-time All-Star missed last season while imprisoned in Russia for more than nine months.

Sports Illustrated

California mulls statewide standards for religious garb in jails

Advocacy groups say ‘common sense’ bill would help protect incarcerated people’s right to religious freedom, expression.

Al Jazeera

Opponents describe hideous conditions in Nicaraguan prisons

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The Independent UK

21-year-old used 'knives as weapons' in 2 terrifying incidents in Newark

Reece Hislop was sent to prison

Nottingham Post

Glasgow gangster will stay in prison for murder of crime writer outside sex club

The Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh rejected Christopher Hughes' appeal against conviction for his part in the execution of Martin Kok in the Netherlands.

Glasgow Live

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The Independent UK

Minister: No sexual assaults by trans inmates in women’s prisons since reforms

Damian Hinds updated MPs on the data for England and Wales.

Evening Standard

Dani Alves denied bail and will remain in prison during sexual assault investigation

Former Barcelona player deemed a flight risk by Spanish court

Daily Record

Scots dad high on booze and cocaine fractured stranger's eye socket on stag do

The 32-year-old, from Coatbridge, hit his victim so hard that the man's head smashed into a metal pole behind him causing him to lose consciousness.

The Independent UK

Who is Christian Brueckner? Madeleine McCann suspect and the accusations against him

German prisoner Christian Brueckner was identified as a suspect in Madeleine’s case

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Reuters

War crimes charges fabricated, KLA member tells Kosovo tribunal

A former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member, accused of running a makeshift prison where people were abused and one man killed, told judges at the opening of his trial on Tuesday that the charges against him were fabricated.

WEKU

Frail people are left to die in prison as judges fail to act on a law to free them

Petitions for compassionate release soared in the pandemic, but federal judges denied most requests. This week officials will review guidelines aimed at freeing imprisoned people who pose no threat.

The Independent UK

White supremacist who killed protester in Charlottesville could have his prison pocket money seized

James Alex Fields Jr has paid only tiny fraction of $81,600 he owes, prosecutors say

ABC News

Courtroom escapee Bodie Savage, who spent 11 days on the run in Tasmania, sentenced to more jail time

A Tasmanian man who fled from the Hobart Magistrates Court, sparking an 11-day manhunt, has been sentenced to six months in prison.

Dynamite News

Bihar: Prisoner Swallows Mobile Phone During Inspection In Gopalganj Jail

In a bizarre incident, an undertrial prisoner in district jail swallowed a mobile phone during checking for fear of being caught by the prison officers. Read full story on Dynamite News:

ABC News

Uluru motel mass murderer Douglas Crabbe to take part in WA prison re-socialisation program

Douglas Crabbe, who killed five people when he drove his semi-trailer into a motel near Uluru in 1983, is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for murder in Perth's Acacia Prison.

ABC News

Quadruple murderer Ljube Velevski found not guilty of failing to comply with reporting obligations

An Illawarra man convicted of murdering his wife and three daughters maintains he did not kill his family, as a magistrate finds him not guilty of breaching his reporting obligations after being released from jail.

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