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R. Kelly manager gets a year in prison for theater threat

R. Kelly’s onetime manager has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for calling in a shooting threat that halted a screening of a damning documentary about the R&B star

The Independent UK

Report shows rise in deaths in custody

The Australian Institute of Criminology has released new data showing 106 people died in custody in 2021/22, 23 more than last year.

AAP

Mutulu Shakur, planner of 1981 Brink’s robbery and Tupac Shakur’s stepfather, paroled from prison for health reasons

NEW YORK — A radical group leader who planned the 1981 Brink’s robbery that left two Nyack, New York, police officers and an armored car guard dead has been released from prison after 37 years, according to a report.

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SC county settles ACLU lawsuit over ‘debtor’s prison,’ promises improved public defense

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Lexington County, South Carolina, has reached a settlement in a lawsuit brought by several people who had been jailed in the county for a failure to pay court fines and fees, who compared their situation to a modern-day “debtor’s prison.”

Tribune News Service

HMP Bristol prisoner 'heard shivering on the phone' as heating fails

"It’s to the point that when they’re on the phone, I can hear them shivering. It's inhumane."

Bristol Post

Indigenous deaths in custody rises to 516 since the 1991 royal commission, report says

The Australian Institute of Criminology’s annual report shows 106 people died in custody between July 2021 and July 2022, with 16 of those being of Indigenous descent

The Guardian - AU

Nottinghamshire prisoners dismantling surplus Covid tests and PPE for £3.50 a day

Some tests are reportedly still in date

Nottingham Post

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Report: Iran’s Government Accesses Social Media Accounts of Detainees

As protests spread in Iran, some worry the government is using technology to access mobile applications to surveil and suppress dissent, CNN reported. “They told me ‘Do you think you can get out of here alive? We will execute you. Your sentence is death penalty. We have evidence, we are…

Asharq Al-Awsat

An elderly woman in prison is losing her memory. Why won’t California release her?

The parole board’s refusal to free Janet Carter, 69, is part of what advocates warn is a growing humanitarian crisis across the US

The Guardian - US

Police appeal for help as they hunt man, 33, wanted on recall to prison

Jonathan Cole is being hunted by officers

Manchester Evening News

Dangerous inmate admits stabbing two guards at Shotts Prison

Darren Cornelius was given an extra 16 months in jail because of the incident.

Daily Record

Rugby boss Bernard Laporte refuses to step down despite corruption conviction

French Rugby Federation President Bernard Laporte was given a two-year suspended prison sentence and fined £64,300 last week after being convicted of corruption charges

Daily Mirror

Disgraced crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried to walk back decision to fight extradition, report says

Bankman-Fried potentially faces prison sentence of over 100 years

The Independent UK

Women Lack Basics in Lebanon's Crowded Prisons

Nour is raising her four-month-old daughter in Lebanon's most overpopulated women's prison, struggling to get formula and nappies for her baby as the country's economy lies in tatters. "I don't have enough milk to breastfeed, and baby formula isn't readily available," said the 25-year-old, who was detained eight months ago…

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The Independent UK

Man to be sentenced in murders of 8 from another Ohio family

A man convicted in the killings of eight people from another southern Ohio family faces the possibility of life in prison without parole when he’s sentenced

Reuters

Pussy Riot members detained at World Cup final, activists say

Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained on Sunday after trying to storm the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine, the imprisonment of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the oppression of women in Iran, activists said.

The Independent UK

Ex-Mafia boss 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme dies in prison at 89

Former New England Mafia boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme has died in federal custody at the age of 89

Asharq Al-Awsat

Brussels Urges Belgians to Quit Iran over Arrest Risk

Belgium's government called Sunday for Belgians in Iran to leave the country, mired in a violent crackdown on nationwide protests, because of the risk of arbitrary arrest and imprisonment. "All Belgian visitors, including (dual) nationals, are at high risk of arrest, arbitrary detention and unfair trial.

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Daily Record

Prison officer jailed after starting relationship with inmate and sending 'explicit' images

Jennifer Gavan, 27, wept as she was jailed for eight months after pleading guilty to misconduct in public office.

Radio France Internationale

France 'condemns' Israel's expulsion of Palestinian-French rights lawyer

France has condemned Israel's expulsion of Palestinian-French human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, who had been held in Israeli prisons without charge since March for alleged security offences.

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena’s ‘savage’ killer will always be danger to women, his ex warns

Jordan McSweeney was jailed for life last week after refusing to show up for his sentencing

Daily Mirror

Prison officer who sent 'explicit Snapchat video' to inmate sobs as she's jailed

Jennifer Gavan was bribed into giving the inmate a phone which they then used to secretly conduct their affair during the first coronavirus lockdown in the Welsh prison

Irish Mirror

Scissor Sister makes bid for Christmas prison break as notorious killer requests week with family

Sources say Charlotte Mulhall is moving closer to full freedom from prison after 15 years behind bars for stabbing and dismembering her mother's boyfriend.

Manchester Evening News

Staff put out fire at Forest Bank prison in Salford

Last night's drama is the latest of a string of incidents at the privately-run Category B jail which houses more than 1,300 inmates.

Dublin Live

Notorious Scissor Sister Charlotte Mulhall hoping to get out of prison for Christmas

The killer, who is serving life for the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor in Limerick Prison, wants to spend Christmas with family in Dublin

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