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A Florida lawyer pleaded guilty to 34 counts of child porn charges. He got probation

MIAMI — A Tampa attorney who was sentenced to eight years of sex offender probation and no prison time after pleading guilty to 34 counts of child pornography charges still will not “acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct,” a Florida judge said.

Miami Herald

Iranian police detain top footballers at New Year’s Eve party

Players briefly held after raid on mixed-gender party, as elsewhere dissident Keyvan Samimi is released from prison

The Guardian - UK

The craziest mugshots of Greater Manchester’s felons of 2022

Originally created for identification purposes, the mugshot has become a necessary aspect of the criminal justice system

Manchester Evening News

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‘Vileness and brutality’: Mother in Iranian jail for 13 years shares letter from inside ‘hell’ prison

Exclusive: Maryam Akbari Monfared was imprisoned for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in 2009 and hasn’t seen her children since

The Independent UK

'I ventured into Alcatraz after dark and was terrified by what I saw and heard'

Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara, the hosts of Watcher Production's "Ghost Files," went to the prisonoff the coast of San Francisco to investigate the rumours of it being haunted

Daily Mirror

A bill to fight expensive prison phone call costs heads to Biden's desk

Congress recently passed legislation that will give federal regulators greater authority to limit the costs of prison phone calls.

WEKU

New ITV documentary to delve into Strangeways' grim history including 1990 riots and Ian Brady era

The Manchester prison will feature in a two part series about Britain's Notorious Prisons

Manchester Evening News

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Criminals with over 50 convictions avoid jail with just a fine

Courts handed out non-custodial sentences for 1,040 such offenders in 2021, with the number of criminals with over 100 convictions spared prison also rising

Wales Online

The 'Torso Killer' struck terror in New York City in the 1970s. But one detective suspected his secrets went far deeper

Richard Cottingham seemed like an average American dad. But when night fell, his ghoulish violence began. WARNING: Readers might find some of the details in this story distressing.

ABC News

Faces of Britain’s child killers after ‘monster’ murdered two girls and boy in sleepover attack

Damien Bendall joins a list of killers who have murdered young children after taking the life of his partner and her unborn child

The Independent UK

16 criminals who were locked up in December in Nottingham

Cases were heard at the crown court

Nottingham Post

'He was constantly having good fun' - Irish dad who died in prison on Christmas day remembered at funeral

A post mortem was carried out on his body but no foul play was suspected in his death

Irish Mirror

Keri Blakinger Is a Figure Skater and a Felon

"The most valuable thing taken away while in prison is time," says the author of Corrections in Ink.

Reason

Tunisia Sentences Extremist to 10 Years in Jail for Threat to President

A Tunisian court sentenced a 40-year-old citizen to ten years in prison for threatening President Kais Saied in posts published in coordination with terrorist leaders. The man was charged with incitement to murder and insulting others through the public media and committing a “despicable act” against the head of state.…

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Irish Mirror

Grieving family of murder victim Ann Walsh reveal constant torment of keeping her killer behind bars

Ann was 23 when she was strangled by her ex Raymond Donovan in the grounds of the local church in Kilrush, Co Clare on August 24, 2005

Wales Online

Julian Assange to ask for prison release to attend Vivienne Westwood’s funeral

'Godmother of Punk' was a vocal supporter and friend of the Wikileaks founder

WEKU

Court rules doctors who provide abortions can't be prosecuted under Arizona law

The law in question was enacted before Arizona became a state, carrying a sentence of two to five years in prison for anyone who assists in an abortion and providing no exceptions for rape or incest.

Daily Record

More than a quarter of prisoners in Scottish jails last Christmas Day had not been convicted

A total of 2,062 people in the prison estate were on remand and hadn't been convicted of an offence when they spent Christmas Day 2021 behind bars.

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Where does Missouri get the drugs it uses to execute prisoners? The supplier is a secret

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For the first time since 2015, Missouri has returned to executing multiple people on death row per year — two in 2022 and two scheduled so far for 2023 — but details about the process remain shrouded in secrecy.

The Independent UK

Democrat targets ‘lies’ of newly elected GOP congressman with SANTOS Act: ‘Stop Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker’

Violations of the bill, if it were to become law, would include a $100,000 fine and up to a year in prison

Reuters

Romanian court agrees to extend detention of divisive internet personality Andrew Tate by 30 days

Romanian court said on Friday that Andrew Tate, a former kickboxer, who was arrested together with his brother Tristan on suspicion of human trafficking, rape and forming an organised crime group, will remain in prison for another 30 days.

ABC News

Northern Territory prisoner Zak Grieve — who was sentenced over a murder he pulled out of — alleges mistreatment in jail

In extensive correspondence seen by the ABC, Zak Grieve — who was initially given a 20-year non-parole period for a 2011 murder he wasn't present for — claims his welfare is deteriorating due to his treatment behind bars.

The Independent UK

Biden pardons six ex-prisoners including woman, 80, who shot ‘abusive’ husband when she was 33

The string of pardons comes on the heels of president’s blanket pardon for federal simple marijuana possession offences

Reuters

Italy prison suicides spike as post-COVID misery lingers

Suicides in Italian jails have jumped to a 10-year high, the national ombudsman for prisoners said on Friday, noting that three years of the COVID-19 pandemic had made inmates' lives even more miserable.

Irish Mirror

Probe launched after inmate collapses and dies in Limerick Prison on Christmas Day

The deceased has been named locally

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