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Serial killer Peter Tobin dies after falling ill in prison while serving three life sentences

Tobin, 76, was in jail for the murder of three women

The Independent UK

Serial killer Peter Tobin dies after falling ill in prison - OLD

He was serving three life sentences.

The Independent UK

The Twin Crusades Against Drugs and Guns

The war on drugs conspires with the war on guns to make a mockery of justice.

Reason

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Inventing Anna’s Anna Delvey released from prison after being detained for a year

Anna Delvey will continue to face deportation proceedings after overstaying her visa and will remain under house arrest

Daily Mirror

Collaery urges govt to lead 'breakout solution' for 'prisoner of conscience' Assange

Prominent lawyer Bernard Collaery issued a challenge to the Albanese government to free the WikiLeaks founder.

The Canberra Times

How a Texas serial killer went under police radar for years

The recent conviction of a prolific killer sheds light on the need for protections for a vulnerable population

The Guardian - US

Fourth person sentenced in 2017 fatal shooting of MMA fighter Aaron Rajman

MMA fighter Aaron Rajman died from gunshot wounds in July 2017 after a home-invasion robbery at his home near Boca Raton.

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Iran protests ‘bring back memories’ of helplessness of prison, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

The British-Iranian urged the UK to condemn human rights abuses in the country

The Independent UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe urges Government not to turn blind eye to Iranian oppression

The former prisoner of Iran said she wants to see more action over the current human rights abuses in the country

Evening Standard

How prisons could be more humane

Reform efforts could also extend to changing the prison environment itself, experts say

Salon

Bialiatski joins small group of jailed Nobel Peace laureates

Belarussian Ales Bialiatski, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with human rights groups in Russia and Ukraine, is the fourth person to receive the award while in prison or detention

The Independent UK

Charles Bronson planning boxing fight 'comeback' with Tyson Fury when he leaves prison

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson, 70, has kept fit during 47 years in jail. He now wants to get in touch with Tyson Fury, a former pen pal, to brush up on his boxing skills

Daily Mirror

Paedo caught with 'stanley knife' tried to groom 'girl' online

The 49-year-old sent an "extraordinary" number of messages of a "graphic" sexual nature

Liverpool Echo

The disgusting reason a dealer had to be moved to three different police cells after his arrest

Police had to move Connah to three different cells

Manchester Evening News

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The Independent UK

How Biden’s marijuana pardons could change thousands of lives

The plan likely won’t free anyone from prison, but it could help justice-impacted people after they get out

The Independent UK

Stephen Lawrence murder suspect Jamie Acourt to be freed from prison in weeks

The suspect was on the run from police for his part in a £3 million drugs plot

Edinburgh Live

Notorious Edinburgh inmate stabbed two prison guards during row over meal

Darren Cornelius was just 11 when he abducted a nine-year-old girl in Edinburgh and stabbed her repeatedly, narrowly missing an artery in her throat. She was later rescued by a passer-by.

Reuters

Nobel winner Byalyatski's wife hopes telegram will reach him in prison

The wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Byalyatski said on Friday that he may not even know of the news, which she tried to break to him in a telegram to a Belarusian prison.

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Los Angeles Times

Two inmates killed at California state prisons within 24 hours, officials say

LOS ANGELES — The deaths of two men within 24 hours at California prisons are being investigated as homicides, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

Daily Record

Scots child killer attacked prison officer over wait for breakfast cereal

Murderer Jordan McCready was left crying over spilt milk on Friday after being sentenced to eight months for the morning attack.

The Independent UK

Detroit man sentenced in killings of 4 women, 2 sex assaults

A Detroit man was sentenced to at least 45 years in prison after pleading guilty to murdering four women whose bodies were found in vacant houses, and to sexually assaulting two other women

Daily Record

One of Scotland's most dangerous offenders stabbed two guards after prison meal row

Darren Cornelius, 32, admitted stabbing guards at HMP Shotts in Lanarkshire on September 13 last year.

Glasgow Live

'Most dangerous teenager in Scotland' stabbed two prison officers over dinner row

Darren Cornelius flew into a rage at two guards at HMP Shott as his evening meal was being served and stabbed two men with a 'small white' blade from his pocket.

The Independent UK

As US pardons cannabis convictions Tories call for it to be classified the same as heroin

Atlantic rift widens on approach to drug laws

The Conversation

A Pennsylvania prison gets a Scandinavian-style makeover – and shows how the US penal system could become more humane

The United States has the largest number of people incarcerated in the world – about 25% of all people imprisoned worldwide are in American prisons and jails.

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