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Pope in Bahrain: Treatment of prisoners a measure of society

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain by encouraging priests and nuns to keep ministering to the Gulf kingdom’s tiny Catholic flock

The Independent UK

Yatala Labour Prison incident sees riot police called in with at least five people treated for injuries

SA Ambulance Service says it has taken five people to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an incident at Adelaide's Yatala Labour Prison.

ABC News

Rhys Jones's killer is moved to 'Monster Mansion' prison

Sean Mercer is now locked up at HMP Wakefield with some of Britain’s worst cons, including Sarah Payne’s murderer Roy Whiting

Daily Mirror

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The ‘exception’: 5 states to vote on vestige of slavery

The 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with one exception: punishing people convicted of crimes.

Tribune News Service

Former officer: Alabama 'not in control' of state prisons

A former corrections officer said Alabama is no longer in control of its prisons and said he believes federal officials should intervene in the system

The Independent UK

I helped put Eric Allison behind bars. Then we met again as hacks

My evidence put the purveyor of false passports in jail. Years later, I became his editor

The Guardian - UK

Securitas raider returns just £1 of record £53million haul but still wins open jail move

Lea Rusha took part in the infamous 2006 Securitas depot robbery and has served his minimum sentence of 15 years with the Parole Board recommending a move to an open prison

Daily Mirror

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Sneaky lags pretend to be vegan in a bid to get better prison dinners

Prisoners were screwed after screws caught them pretending to be veggie to swerve boring traditional meals and instead get tasty vegan offerings for their dinner

Daily Mirror

Parkland gunman leaves Broward jail for prison

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland gunman is no longer in the custody of the Broward Sheriff’s Office.

Tribune News Service

Iceland hiring ex-prisoners in stores in recruitment drive 'good for society'

Iceland, who employ former offender turned priest Paul Cowley as its director of rehabilitation, have committed to employing ex-offenders at its 1,000 stores and food warehouses

Daily Mirror

Mary, Queen of Scoffs: jailed monarch ate only the best, papers reveal

Newly discovered official accounts show that, while a prisoner of Elizabeth I, her cousin lived a life of luxury

The Guardian - UK

Jonathan Dowdall 'wouldn't have been near me' if criminal past was known, says Mary Lou McDonald

The former Sinn Fein councillor was sentenced to four years in prison for facilitating the murder of David Byrne in the Regency Hotel in 2016

Dublin Live

Woman, 38, wanted after fleeing prison as urgent appeal issued

Jennifer Touray has links to Merseyside

Liverpool Echo

Court rules family's appeal can advance in 'Serial' case

An appeal can move forward of the court proceedings that freed Adnan Syed from prison filed by the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the true-crime podcast “Serial.”

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Gavin Newsom grants posthumous pardon to California abortion provider

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Recognizing that California hasn’t always been the bastion for reproductive freedom that it is today, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday granted a posthumous pardon to a woman who went to prison for providing then-illegal abortions in the 1930s and 40s.

Chronicle Live

Disgusting Newcastle drug dealers jailed after dogs left to starve in locked room with mountain of faeces

The RSPCA rescued three neglected canines from squalor but two had to be put to sleep

Chicago Sun-Times

Ex-dealers say McDonald’s was the business model, students sue Loyola for ‘mishandled’ sex misconduct claims and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Daily Mirror

Killer walks into police station and confesses to murdering man found tied up in 1980

John Paul, 61, was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of Anthony Bird in 1980 - the case remained unsolved until May 2021 when Paul walked into a police station to confess

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The Independent UK

Jan 6 rioter quizzes cameramen on Jeffrey Epstein as he’s led from court

‘We were told by the president to go there,’ Ohio man says

The Independent UK

Billy McFarland says he was ‘wrong’ to put on Fyre Festival in first TV interview since prison release

‘I was so driven by this desperate desire to prove people right,’ fraudster said

Reuters

Canadian Supreme Court sides against First Nations woman in sentencing case

A split Canadian Supreme Court on Friday ruled limits on conditional sentences are constitutional, a setback for advocates of indigenous rights who argued the provisions discriminate against indigenous people, who are overrepresented in the country's prisons.

Irish Mirror

Family of murdered Irish boxer Kevin Sheehy protesting killer's move to UK prison outside the Dáil

The next court hearing date of the transfer application is next Thursday

Manchester Evening News

Is Sally McNeil from Netflix Killer Sally still in prison?

Netflix’s gripping new true crime series details bodybuilding’s most notorious crime.

Glasgow Live

Woman tried to smuggle phone and drugs into prison in packet of Maltesers hidden in her bra

Samantha Jewell tried to enter HMP Shotts with a Maltesers bag with a mobile and drugs stashed in her bra. The 32-year-old was caught by guards trying to enter the notorious prison.

Reuters

American given 4-week jail term for slapping crew during plane bomb hoax

An American whose bomb hoax on a commercial flight prompted Singapore to scramble fighter jets was sentenced to four weeks in prison on Friday, after a court found him guilty of causing hurt by slapping a cabin crew member.

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