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US Citizen in Iran Needs Surgery, Family Pleads for Son's Release

The family of a US citizen detained for nearly seven years in Tehran pleaded Tuesday for his furlough to be with his father, who it said needs a new, urgent surgery and cannot leave Iran. Baquer Namazi, 85, requires surgery within weeks to clear life-threatening blockages in his left carotid…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Whitley Bay convicted arsonist left innocent mum terrified in case of mistaken identity

Jeffrey Walker, of Whitley Bay, had not long been out of prison when he targeted the wrong woman while she was in the garden with her young child

Chronicle Live

Wife will 'never forgive' man who killed husband in Dublin crash as he's released from jail after three years

Exclusive: The Irish Mirror has learned Jones, from Blanchardstown, is to be released from Mountjoy prison next week with remission taken into account

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Israel Minister's Cleaner Sentenced for Attempting to Spy for Iran-Linked Hackers

A man employed as a cleaner in Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz's home was sentenced to three years' prison for attempting to spy for Iran-linked hackers, the justice ministry said Tuesday. Omri Goren Gorochovsky, a 38-year-old resident of the central city of Lod, had been employed along with his partner…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Violence and 'severe' staff shortages at prison housing Merseyside inmates

The latest report into HMP Berwyn contained four priority concerns

Liverpool Echo

Prison turns life upside down – giving low-risk prisoners longer to prepare for their sentences would benefit everyone

Almost everyone who’s moved house has a story to tell – the truck was too small, the power got cut off too soon, the cat got lost on the day. Moving house can be stressful, but the better prepared you are, the higher the chances you’ll enjoy the result.

The Conversation

A Pa. Capitol rioter turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a ‘moron’ gets 9 months in prison

PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania man who was turned in by his ex-girlfriend after he called her a “moron” for not believing Democrats had stolen the 2020 presidential election was sentenced to nine months in federal prison Tuesday for participating in the Capitol riot.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

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A Black protester voiced anger at police in South Carolina. She got 4 years in prison

Brittany Martin, 34, was convicted of breaching the peace in a high and aggravated manner, and may have to give birth in prison. An advocate notes that some Jan. 6 rioters are serving far less time.

WEKU

HMP Cardiff's Clink Restaurant to shut

The fine-dining restaurant has trained more than 400 serving prisoners and people on probation in its 10 years

Wales Online

Family's fear for prisoner left 'in darkness' after electricity fault

A concerned relative told the ECHO the fault meant the prisoners were also without "proper heating or hot water"

Liverpool Echo

What it’s like on death row: Possible future for Parkland school killer

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The two prisons that house men on Florida’s death row stand on a pleasant two-lane road that runs past farms and cow pastures about 30 miles north of Gainesville.

Tribune News Service

Senior Lanarkshire nurse avoids prison after sending students naked pics and vids

Sheriff Ray Small told Derek Revie he had 'seriously considered' a prison sentence after the predator targeted 10 women at his workplace.

Daily Record

Barlinnie child sex beast suffered 'great pain' in prison cell before death in hospital

John Harrison died a year into an eight year sentence handed down by the high court for a catalogue of horrific sex offences against 11 children over four decades.

Glasgow Live

Corrie's Toyah Battersby actress teases prison twist after Imran murder bombshell

Coronation Street actress Georgia Taylor has shared her reaction to the truth about Toyah Battersby and Imran Habeeb's killer car crash

Daily Mirror

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Revealed: jailed Saudi woman was convicted of ‘spreading lies through tweets’

Exclusive: court document details charges against Noura al-Qahtani, who was sentenced to 45 years in prison

The Independent UK

‘A savage punishment’: Russian journalist Ivan Safronov given 22-year prison sentence

Human rights activists say 32-year-old’s treatment shows ‘perilous reality faced by journalists in Russia today‘

Reuters

Jailed Navalny's situation is getting dangerous - ally

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny's chief of staff said worsening prison conditions were threatening his health as his Anti-Corruption Foundation prepares to turn upcoming local elections in Moscow into an anti-war vote.

Irish Mirror

Not a single complaint made by inmates at one Irish prison as hundreds lodged elsewhere

The Irish Prison Service said they had received 84 Category A complaints last year, which deal with the most serious of allegations

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ITV Coronation Street's Toyah actress Georgia Taylor 'raging' with co-star's character as she brands him a 'snake'

The soap star has also shared what she wants for her character if she escapes prison for her husband Imran's death

Daily Record

Jail chiefs under pressure as over 2000 Scots prisoners not yet guilty of crime

Some prisoners, not yet tried for their crimes, have been languishing inside for over six months

The Canberra Times

'A chilling example': Dreyfus urged to drop ATO whistleblower case

The whistleblower is facing life in prison for revealing harsh debt recovery practices by the ATO.

Tribune News Service

Russia sentences ex-reporter to 22-year jail term amid crackdown

A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a prominent former military-affairs journalist to 22 years in prison on treason charges for allegedly passing state secrets to NATO states, amid an escalating campaign to wipe out independent media.

Tribune News Service

Feds, defense lawyers argue over Russell Laffitte’s money and role in Murdaugh’s schemes

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Hampton banker Russell Laffitte, who faces some 30 years in prison in connection with Alex Murdaugh’s alleged fraud schemes, should not have his current bond conditions relaxed, federal prosecutors said Aug. 31 in a new filing they say shows the seriousness of his crimes.

The Canberra Times

'I don't care if I go to prison': Man who indecently assaulted wife faces jail time

His willingness to serve time behind bars will now be put to the test after he pleaded guilty.

Reuters

Lawyer of alleged crypto launderer urges Russia to discuss prisoner swap - letter

The lawyer of a Russian man accused of laundering more than $4 billion through the digital currency bitcoin urged Moscow on Monday to begin negotiations with the United States to include his client in a potential prisoner swap.

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