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Drug driver jailed for deliberately crashing car into pensioner’s bungalow

Micheal Vose, 40, was sentenced to four years in prison at Bolton Crown Court on Monday

The Independent UK

Father jailed for five years in Iran urges UK Government to act after protests

Anoosheh Ashoori will run the London Marathon for Amnesty International UK – a task he started preparing for while imprisoned.

The Independent UK

Editorial: Solitary confinement is torture. Gov. Newsom can limit it in California

Extended solitary confinement in California prisons was supposed to have ended, for all practical purposes, after a 2015 legal settlement in a case brought by plaintiffs who had been held in isolation for 10 years or longer in the security housing unit at Pelican Bay State Prison, near Crescent City.

Los Angeles Times

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Glasgow nurse killer Alexander Pacteau too sick for court is cleared of prison riot

He was accused of clashing with police and prison officers while serving life for murdering Karen Buckley then trying to dispose of her body in a bath of caustic soda in his Kelvindale flat.

Glasgow Live

Investigation launched after Stephen Lawrence killer David Norris ‘takes selfies from cell’

It is understood the Prison Service is conducting cell searches, while working to have any social media accounts linked with David Norris shut down.

Evening Standard

Parliamentary committee says IPP sentences are "irredeemably flawed" and demands change

"After a decade of inertia the status quo cannot be allowed to continue.”

Manchester Evening News

Drug traffickers to face possibility of life in prison after loophole in SA drug laws closed

A loophole in South Australia's drug laws that could have seen serious criminals charged with lesser offences is closed.

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Call to re-sentence 3,000 prisoners trapped under indefinite jail terms

Inmates in England and Wales still held under ‘imprisonment for public protection’ scheme scrapped 10 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Acid bath killer Alexander Pacteau cleared over staging violent Scots jail riot

The 28-year-old was charged with being part of a gang of six who terrorised prison guards and police officers.

Daily Record

Ship captains held by Indonesian navy decry bribes and betrayal

Plagued by mosquitoes at night and marauding monkeys by day, ship captain Glenn Madoginog was held for months at an Indonesian naval base before ending up in a cramped prison cell, sleeping alongside convicted murderers and child rapists.

Reuters

Shakira to face trial over tax fraud

Shakira has been accused by Spanish prosecutors of failing to pay $21.6 million in taxes and faces an eight-year prison sentence.

The New Daily

Capitol rioter, a ‘one man wrecking ball,' gets 7-year term

An Iowa man who admitted to taking part in the assault of a police officer as part of his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced to seven years in prison Tuesday after the judge called him one of the most serious offenders on…

The Independent UK

Inmate serving life for fatal Vegas bombing escapes prison

A 42-year-old convicted bombmaker serving life in prison for a deadly 2007 explosion outside a Las Vegas Strip resort has escaped from a Nevada state prison

The Independent UK

MPs call for an overhaul of IPP jail sentences

The Commons Justice Committee said all prisoners serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence should have their term reviewed and replaced.

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Daily Mirror

Prisoners on indeterminate sentences should be re-sentenced, cross-party MPs say

Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences were introduced to prevent serious offenders being released when still a danger to the public.

The Guardian - UK

Investigation launched after killer of Stephen Lawrence reportedly obtains smartphone in prison

Ministry of Justice investigating alleged security breach that allowed David Norris to send selfies to friends

The Independent UK

Abscam figure sent back to prison in ballot stuffing case

A former congressman from Philadelphia who went to prison in the Abscam scandal in the 1970s was sent back to prison Tuesday at age 79 in a ballot stuffing case

The Independent UK

Inquiry launched after Stephen Lawrence killer ‘sends selfies from cell’

Prison Service conducting cell searches and working to shut down social media accounts linked to David Norris

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The Independent UK

Investigation launched after Stephen Lawrence killer ‘takes selfies from cell’

It is understood the Prison Service is conducting cell searches, while working to have any social media accounts linked with David Norris shut down.

The Independent UK

Jan 6 rioter sentenced to seven years in prison for providing taser used to attack police officer Michael Fanone

Kyle Young, 38, also brought his 16-year-old son to Washington DC from Redfield, Iowa, for the insurrection

Bangkok Post

Time to get tough with Ponzi schemes

The Forex-3D fraud with its many victims is just one of a plethora of financial scams in the country. Now that an investigation is underway, a number of socialites, including some well-known entertainers who are allegedly linked to the high-profile scam, have been charged with collusion or even imprisoned.

The Independent UK

‘Sex, Lies and The College Cult’: The shocking true story behind the new Sarah Lawrence case documentary

Larry Ray was convicted on charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, forced labor, and extortion,

Liverpool Echo

Paedophile began distributing indecent images after he was released from prison

Dad collected hundreds of sick pictures and videos of young children being raped

Chicago Sun-Times

Shakira ordered to trial in Spain on tax fraud charges

Pop star faces an eight-year prison sentence and a hefty fine if convicted.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Former Abscam Congressman ‘Ozzie’ Myers is headed back to federal prison — this time for election fraud

The last time former U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers stood before a federal judge to face sentencing in a bribery case, Ronald Reagan was president and Abscam — the 1970s scandal that sent Myers and a host of other elected officials to prison — dominated newspaper headlines.

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