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Iran Hunger Striker Back in Prison after Hospital Treatment

Prominent Iranian dissident Hossein Ronaghi has been taken back to prison after receiving hospital treatment following more than 50 days on hunger strike, the judiciary said Tuesday. "He has been discharged from hospital after being examined by doctors and has returned to prison," the judicary's Mizan Online news website reported.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

England to fly to World Cup on ‘Pride jet’ in nod of support to LGBT+ community

Same sex relations in Qatar are punishable by prison sentences or even death

Evening Standard

The UK should be ashamed of ‘joint enterprise’ convictions. America has put us on notice

Six years ago the supreme court ruled these cases were unfair and racially biased. But, as the New York Times has noted, they keep on coming, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK

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Driver in last year's fatal Alawa crash sentenced to eight years in prison

Peter Lynch, 22, will spend at least four years in prison after pleading guilty to driving in a dangerous manner, manslaughter, and recklessly endangering life.

ABC News

'Urgent' action sought at WA youth prison

A decade of failings at Western Australia's youth prison has been laid bare by an independent inspector as the premier rules out an inquiry into the facility.

AAP

Yasiel Puig Pleads Guilty in Connection With Gambling Operation

Puig pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents, which carries a maximum five-year federal prison sentence.

Sports Illustrated

Siebel Newsom, wife of California governor, accuses Harvey Weinstein of rape

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California's governor, testified on Monday that former film producer Harvey Weinstein raped her in 2005 when she was trying to build a career as a producer and actor.

Reuters

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Russian ambassador to meet White House officials on imprisoned Russians

Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov will meet with White House officials on Tuesday to discuss the treatment of Russians who are in U.S. prisons, the Russian embassy said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Federal inmate tried to shoot visitor at Arizona prison camp

A federal prison inmate was able to obtain a firearm at a prison in Arizona and then pulled it out in a visitation room and pointed it at a visitor’s head

The Independent UK

Former Kentucky congressman Carroll Hubbard dead at 85

Former U.S. Rep. Carroll Hubbard of Kentucky, who served nine terms in the House, spent time in prison and was disbarred twice, has died

The Independent UK

Qld locks up more children than any state

Queensland has more children behind bars than any jurisdiction with a report saying the government's youth justice policies are based on politics, not evidence.

AAP

Michael Burry Doubles Down On Prison Stocks, Adds This Space Company In 5 New Announced Q3 Positions

Former hedge fund manager and “Big Short” fame investor Michael Burry made headlines earlier this year when he sold all of his positions except one. Burry added five new positions in the third quarter and increased the position in the lone carryover from the second quarter.

Benzinga

Man convicted of possessing indecent images of children who fled country extradited back to UK

William Dempster was convicted in 2014, but fled the country before he could be convicted. He has now been extradited back to UK from Thailand and sentenced to 18 months in prison.

Glasgow Live

Fears neighbours will be 'imprisoned' by huge new solar farm in Rushcliffe

Concerns were raised that the solar farm will 'provide a hideous tsunami of panels and it would be clearly overbearing'

Nottingham Post

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Tribune News Service

Elizabeth Holmes should go to prison for 15 years and pay $804 million, feds demand

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, set to be sentenced Friday, should go to prison for 15 years and pay back investors she defrauded, federal prosecutors argued in a blistering sentencing memo.

The Guardian - UK

Family ‘horrified’ by video of sledgehammer killing of Wagner Group defector

Kremlin-linked private military group posted video of apparent execution in Russia of Yevgeny Nuzhin

Manchester Evening News

Pregnant Manchester City executive jailed for stealing £100,000 from the club to pay for her wedding

Fiona Barclay has been sentenced to 18 months in prison

Liverpool Echo

Animal cruelty cases rise as offenders face up to five years in jail under new rules

In 2021, 33 cases were brought against people in Merseyside over accusations of cruelty to animals

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Fortune

Elizabeth Holmes’s sentencing will send a message to tech entrepreneurs—including FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried

The length of Holmes’s prison term will show how harshly the justice system treats fraud in the industry.

Newsroom.co.nz

Police investigate assaults on Auckland prisoners

Staffing shortages limiting out-of-cell time and visiting hours may have led to guards assaulting protesting inmates.

Reuters

Zambia seeks answers from Russia after national dies in Ukraine war - foreign minister

Zambia has asked Russia to explain how one of its citizens who had been serving a prison sentence in Moscow ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine where he was killed, Zambia's foreign affairs minister said on Monday.

Evening Standard

Alaa Abdel-Fattah: Jailed British-Egyptian activist is still alive, says sister

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s sister Sanaa Seif said they have received a prison note in his handwriting

Wales Online

Boy George jailed and other notorious I’m A Celebrity campmate controversies

As well as 'Boy George in prison', other popular Googled 'scandals' include 'Matt Hancock sacked' and 'Seann Walsh cheating'

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian prisoner given more jail time for thrashing fellow inmate after bullying claim

Christopher Miller, 38, is understood to have booted Jospeh Wedlock last year who has been so badly injured by the incident that he has been forced to stay with his mother.

Al Jazeera

Iran court issues first death sentence in protest-linked cases

Iranian authorities say the sentence was issued to a ‘rioter’ and handed out prison sentences to others.

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