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“We are dead, but we move between four walls.” With this expression, a prisoner described his condition with thousands of others that are held in Lebanese prisons. Inmates are no longer dreaming of returning to freedom, nor living with their children and families under one roof. They are in a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mike Tyson explains why he had an extra year added on to his prison sentence

Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison in 1992 and the heavyweight legend had a year added on to his time because of bad behaviour inside

Daily Mirror

Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

I speak to myself whispering Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries…

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Gaza aid worker sentenced to 12 years over terror charges

An Israeli court has sentenced a Gaza aid worker to 12 years in prison after he was found guilty earlier this year of several terrorism charges in a high-profile case in which independent probes found no evidence of wrongdoing

The Independent UK

Prisoners escaped via hole in cell ceiling

Corrections staff did not realise two inmates had escaped through the roof of a Victorian youth prison until 12 hours later, a court has been told.

AAP

First picture of vile thug who beat and left Garda for dead since prison release

“It is an absolute disgrace that Quinn is out so soon,” one of Gda Murphy’s colleagues told this paper.

Irish Mirror

First picture of freed Dublin thug Gavin Quinn who beat garda and left him for dead

His brother Lee, who was also jailed, will walk free in 2025

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing - live: Parkland shooter asked if people ‘ate’ corpses and told class ‘I like guns’

Jurors will decide whether gunman Nikolas Cruz is sentenced to life in prison or death

The Independent UK

Nebraska death row inmate who killed talkative cellmate dies

A Nebraska death row inmate who strangled his cellmate after complaining he talked too much has died at the state prison in Tecumseh

The Independent UK

Phony Patriots Player Sentenced to Prison In Super Bowl Ring Ploy

The 25-year-old pled guilty in February to five felony counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Sports Illustrated

Illinois man gets 55 years for killing deputy US marshal

A federal judge has sentenced an Illinois man to 55 years in prison for the shooting death of a deputy U.S. marshal serving an arrest warrant for a series of downstate burglaries

The Independent UK

New Jersey man sentenced for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring fraud

A New Jersey man who posed as a former New England Patriots player in order to buy and sell Super Bowl rings that he claimed were gifts to Tom Brady’s family has been sentenced to three years in federal prison

The Independent UK

Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son

A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son has been sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

Soon-to be-released Bali bombmaker Umar Patek participated in a 'deradicalisation' program. Do they actually work?

Bali bombmaker Umar Patek says he is committed to assisting the Indonesian government deradicalising other extremists after he is released from prison. So, what is a deradicalisation program and do they work?

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The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz: Who was the Parkland shooter’s biological mother Brenda Woodard?

Killer’s defence team argues birth mother’s drink and drug abuse ‘poisoned him in the womb’

The Independent UK

Rioter who encountered senator gets over 4 years in prison

A Maryland man affiliated with the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol

Al Jazeera

‘Uprooted’: California bill tackles prison-deportation pipeline

Moving non-US citizens for deportation after they finish their prison sentences is ‘double punishment’, activists say.

WEKU

After a deadly jail blast, Ukrainians want answers about war prisoners held by Russia

The families of Ukrainian soldiers imprisoned by Russian forces have embarked on a desperate search for information after a deadly explosion at the Olenivka prison.

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Irish Mirror

Daughter executes own mum by kicking away chair in barbaric Iran hanging

Maryam Karimi's lifeless body swung from the gallows of Iran's central Rasht prison when cruel guards escorted her father and co-conspirator Ebrahim - who helped her kill her abusive husband - in to look at her corpse

Daily Mirror

Daughter forced to execute her own mum by kicking away chair in barbaric hanging

Zenger

English Teacher Kept In Chinese Hell Hole Prison After Overstaying Visa

A British teacher banged up in a Chinese prison for overstaying his visa has described his “horrific” stretch for the first time.

Reuters

Ahead of parole, Indonesian militant regrets role in 2002 Bali bombing - media

An Indonesian militant has expressed regret for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali bombings, media reported on Monday, as news of his impending release sparks outrage in Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Bali bomb maker Umar Patek claims it was a ‘mistake’ to be involved in the attacks

Ahead of his expected early release, Umar Patek takes part in an interview from prison, saying he hopes to deter millennials from the ‘radicalism virus’

The Independent UK

Peru judge: preventative prison for president's relative

A Peruvian judge has ordered President Pedro Castillo’s sister-in-law to be held in prison up to 2.5 years while she is investigated for her participation in an alleged money laundering scheme involving the president and first lady

Liverpool Echo

Emmerdale fans thrilled as bosses issue Meena update

The infamous Dales villain was imprisoned earlier this year

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