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Amber McLaughlin becomes first transgender woman to be executed in US after 2003 murder conviction

The 49-year-old was on death row in a prison in Missouri for killing a former girlfriend in 2003 in St Louis

Evening Standard

California seeks sterilization victims to pay reparations

California officials are looking for victims of government-forced or coerced sterilization

The Independent UK

Wallsend man who helped escaped prisoner out of 'misplaced loyalty' avoids joining him behind bars

Anthony Wray, of Wallsend, was good friends with escaped robber Craig Inskip's dad before he took his own life

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Murder charge after Tas escapee death

A Tasmanian man has been charged with murder after the body of an escaped prisoner was found outside a suburban Hobart home in an apparent shooting.

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Man charged with murder over shooting of escaped prisoner Nicholas Scott in Granton, near Hobart

A 20-year-old man is charged with the murder of 26-year-old Nicholas Scott, who escaped prison custody at the Royal Hobart Hospital late on Monday night and was found shot dead hours later.

ABC News

Emmerdale's Robert Sugden return 'sealed' as ITV teases sentencing twist

Emmerdale favourite Robert Sugden was last seen on our screens in 2019 when he was sent to prison for killing his sister Victoria's rapist, Lee Posner.

Leeds Live

Colorado funeral home owners sentenced to prison for selling body parts without families’ permission

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Megan Hess and Shirley Koch slowly put out their arms, the soft clink of metal handcuffs audible in the federal courtroom as U.S. marshals took the mother and daughter into custody.

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50 years in prison apiece for 2 gang members who fatally shot mom shopping with her sons

“It’s not stupidity. ... It’s a function of not caring about anything except channeling their gang animus toward some other gang member,” Judge Timothy Joyce said in handing down the sentences Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Inmates allege Texas to use unsafe drugs for executions

Three Texas death row inmates allege that the state’s prison system plans to use expired and unsafe drugs to carry out their executions early this year

The Independent UK

Liverpool's last executions and the horrific crimes behind them

One of the last executions in the history of the UK took place at Walton Prison

Liverpool Echo

Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate

Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.

WEKU

Head of Mexican jailbreak prison fired, deadly manhunt gathers pace

Mexican authorities on Tuesday said they had fired the director of a prison near the U.S. border where at least 30 inmates escaped at the weekend after a deadly riot, as police began a manhunt for missing convicts.

Reuters

Seven killed as hunt for Mexican cartel jail escapees turns deadly

At least seven people have been killed in a shootout after a Mexican cartel broke their leader out of prison.

Evening Standard

Woman's desperate bid to keep 'Coronation Street rapist' behind bars

Andrew Barlow is due to be released this month despite getting 13 life sentences for his heinous crime

Liverpool Echo

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Prison service launches investigation into Nicholas Scott hospital escape before shooting death

An inmate who fled a prison escort at hospital made his way to Hobart's nightclub strip and borrowed a member of the public's phone before he was later shot dead, police say.

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker to make commentary return at Australian Open following release from prison

The six-time Grand Slam winner was deported to native Germany after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half year prison term after being found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act

Newsroom.co.nz

The Peter Ellis Podcast: Prison

Episode 6 of the Newsroom series Peter Ellis, the creche case and me looks into the repeated attempts to free Ellis from prison.

The Independent UK

Fake teen doctor is sent back to prison for stealing $10k from employer in Florida

A serial grifter who gained national infamy as a teenager when he impersonated a doctor to defraud a patient is heading back to prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from his employer

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The Independent UK

Fake teen doctor, now 25, sentenced to prison for new scam

The Independent UK

OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

Daily Mirror

Murderer who battered disabled man to death as he begged for life is killed in crash

Stephen Bonallie, 32, was just a teenager when he battered vulnerable Brent Martin to death in 2007 along with two others but on being released early from prison he died in a car crash on New Year's Eve

Tribune News Service

Facing prison in Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses are waiting in San Diego to see if US will protect them

SAN DIEGO — Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva dresses in some of her nicest clothing to stand on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible.

Glasgow Live

Plans for new £100m HMP Glasgow submitted ahead of opening in 2026

An application has been submitted for the Scottish Prison Service’s new £100m HMP Glasgow, set to replace the Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie when it opens in 2026.

Manchester Evening News

Man jumps out of dock and flees courtroom after being jailed for assault

Nicholas Bunclark had just been handed a 16 month prison sentence when he made his escape

Manchester Evening News

CCTV appeal after six packages thrown over wall at Forest Bank prison

Police want to speak to the man captured in the pictures

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