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An Illinois man is serving a life sentence for 6 grams of cocaine. He is fighting to be freed

CHICAGO — Michael Lightfoot is 66 years old. He survived prostate cancer. He has grandchildren and great-grandchildren who love him. He has health problems and doesn’t think he has that much time left.

Chicago Tribune

Mother-baby unit at Tasmania's Risdon prison has been underutilised, a report has found

It is of "grave concern" the unit, which acknowledges the importance of the relationship between incarcerated mothers and their babies, has not been utilised for that purpose, a report finds.

ABC News

Keira Knightley weeps as she's told how RAF bombardier relative was shot down in war

The Hollywood star heard how her great uncle Andrew spent 18 months as a prisoner of war on Channel 4's documentary My Grandparents' War

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Prisons are meant to facilitate rehabilitation but have become disempowering spaces with a mental health crisis

The Hindu

No simple solution to helping voters in jail cast ballots

Each election cycle, thousands of eligible voters are effectively disenfranchised because they sit in a jail cell.

Tribune News Service

Sentencing, lawsuits and more trials: R. Kelly’s guilty verdict in Chicago won’t end singer’s troubles

The R&B star is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 23.

Chicago Sun-Times

Evil rapist Simon McGinley in hiding after prison release over fear he will be 'taken out'

Gardai feared Dundalk traveller McGinley would be attacked as he walked from the jail to a waiting taxi

Irish Mirror

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Uttar Pradesh's law and order situation an example for the country and world, says CM Adityanath

The Chief Minister was addressing a function after flagging off modern prison vans for 56 districts under the Police Modernisation Scheme

The Hindu

Evil rapist goes into hiding after release from prison amid fears he will be 'taken out'

He will be on the sex offenders list

Dublin Live

Lavish wedding of mobster’s moll as couple spent tens of thousands on blow-out at Scots castle

Gangster’s moll Nicola Morrissey’s life of luxury homes, designer clothing and expensive cars came crashing down last week when she was thrown into a Spanish prison cell over alleged links to an organised crime gang.

Daily Record

Meet everyday people invited to Queen's funeral from RNLI man to a prison tutor

Some 200 everyday folk are set to rub shoulders with 500 politicians past and present and international royals at the Queen's funeral on Monday and, for many of them, it still has not sunk in...

Daily Mirror

Female prisoners being trained in sheep shearing to help land jobs when released

HMP East Sutton Park is set in 84 acres of countryside near Maidstone, Kent and is now offering training in sheep shearing to female lags to help them get jobs

Daily Mirror

More than 200 dog owners prosecuted in Merseyside over attacks

Several incidents were so serious they resulted in immediate prison sentences

Liverpool Echo

MAGA rioter recruits from prison

Timothy Hale-Cusanelli was convicted in May on felony obstruction and four misdemeanors for his Jan.6 involvement

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Daily Record

Scots life coach 'lost the plot' before knife frenzy on cops

A sheriff put him under supervision for three years as an alternative to further time in prison, after admitting six charges.

Los Angeles Times

‘A friend in the White House’: Jill Biden tours Homeboy Industries, LA’s renowned post-prison service provider

LOS ANGELES — Mario Lundes greeted first lady Jill Biden at the Homeboy Industries bakery Friday afternoon eager — but nervous — to share his redemption story.

Bangkok Post

Video reveals how Russian mercenaries recruit inmates for Ukraine war

In a video that emerged Tuesday, the de facto leader of a Russian mercenary outfit known as the Wagner Group is seen promising convicts release from prison in return for a six-month combat tour in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Sports Illustrated

Russia Hasn’t Responded to Griner, Whelan Swap Offer

The U.S. has yet to get an answer from Russia on its prisoner swap proposal to bring the two Americans back home.

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More trials? Consecutive sentences? What’s next for convicted R&B singer R. Kelly

For the second time in less than a year, Chicago-born R&B singer R. Kelly finds himself convicted of serious federal child-sex crimes and staring at a lengthy prison term.

Tribune News Service

Judge slashes sentence of convicted Whitmer kidnap plotter

DETROIT — Ty Garbin, convicted of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, could be released to a halfway house within days because a judge Friday reduced his prison sentence, citing ongoing cooperation that helped convict two ringleaders.

The Independent UK

Police investigating whether white-supremacist prison gang behind bodies found in Oklahoma

Police found human remains at two sites

The Guardian - AU

‘Honey-child, listen to me’: a radical Buddhist nun on how to be happy in a crazy world

From a Catholic convent in Melbourne to death row in America, Robina Courtin has learned a few things about happiness, suffering … and Donald Trump

The Canberra Times

Prisoner 'unlawfully at large' allegedly barricaded himself in bedroom when found

Both Guy Pearson Robert and his partner Carla Lee Sebbens appeared before court on Friday.

Reason

In South Carolina, What You Say During Protests Could Land You in Jail

Brittany Martin, who is pregnant, was sentenced to four years in prison after telling police they'd "better be ready to die for the blue. I'm ready to die for the black."

Reuters

Tunisian journalists denounce president's law on prison terms for false information

Tunisia's president on Friday decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by the main journalists' union as an assault on freedom of speech.

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