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Paedophile who raped teen boy dies in prison after applying for early release

Terrence Eastwood was jailed for 19 years after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault

Manchester Evening News

Shocking image of knifeman sex offender slashing 17-year-old's throat on bus in random attack

CCTV stills have been released from the brutal attack

Manchester Evening News

Inside world's worst prison where inmates kill each other and then eat the dead

Rwanda is home to Gitarama prison, which has long drawn the concern of human rights groups like Amnesty International. Gitarama's overcrowding has led to awful conditions

Daily Mirror

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Perth protesters rally over plan to move Banksia Hill Detention Centre boys to Casuarina Prison

WA's Commissioner for Children and Young People and protestors voice their opposition to the transfer of 20 boys from Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre to Casuarina Prison.

ABC News

Verdict Due for Iranian Ex-official in Sweden War Crimes Trial

A Swedish court will on Thursday render its verdict in the trial of Hamid Noury, a former Iranian prison official accused of war crimes during a 1988 purge of dissidents. The proceedings marked the first time an Iranian official has gone on trial for the mass executions, AFP said. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Swedish court sentences ex-Iranian official to life for torture, murder

A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced a former Iranian official to life in prison for his part in the mass execution and torture of political prisoners in the 1980s.

Reuters

Ljube Velevski to leave prison after serving 25-year sentence for murdering family

An Illawarra man who killed his wife and three daughters has served his sentence as the NSW Attorney-General acknowledges the grief felt by the victims' family.

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Grandma Wong, fixture of Hong Kong protests, jailed for 8 months

The veteran activist served two short terms in prison in July 2021 and in April this year.

Al Jazeera

LeBron James clarifies Brittney Griner comment

LeBron James went on the defensive Wednesday after a snippet promoting his talk show “The Shop” left viewers with the impression that in his opinion WNBA star Brittney Griner might be rethinking her country’s commitment to her while she sits in a Russian prison.

Tribune News Service

Migrants arriving in UK with petrol burns after crossing Channel – watchdog

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor raised concerns about the Home Office’s ‘haphazard’ arrangements for Channel migrants.

The Independent UK

Knifeman with 'compulsion' for violence slashed boy's throat on bus

CCTV stills have been released from the chilling attack

Liverpool Echo

Disgraced R&B star R. Kelly back in Chicago for sex trial

R. Kelly has returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges, just two weeks after the disgraced R&B star was sentenced in New York to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking

The Independent UK

WA youth prison transfer 'threatens lives'

The planned transfer of 20 detained children to a maximum-security adult prison in Western Australia risks their lives, loved ones and advocates say.

AAP

Woman fears her teen grandson may die if transferred with other boys to WA adult prison

Noongar grandmother fears for boy’s safety if state government moves him from Banksia Hill juvenile centre to maximum security jail

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Daily Mirror

'Livid' mum slams school for loo ban during lessons 'treating kids like prisoners'

Outwood Academy Redcar said the rules are in place to "minimise any disruption to learning" and pupils are only allowed to go during lessons if they have a special pass or teacher's note

Tribune News Service

South Carolina couple going to prison for storming Capitol on Jan. 6

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina husband and wife who believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen and who smoked a joint inside the Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 6, 2021, were each sentenced to prison Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison

A Maryland man who shoved a police officer with a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag during the U.S. Capitol riot has been sentenced to five months in prison

Daily Mirror

Terminator child star is unrecognisable 30 years on from starring in hit movie

Edward Furlong has battled drink and drug addiction and spent time in prison since he starred in Terminator 2, but he's turned his life around and has even got some new teeth

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Reuters

Russian opposition politician kept in prison under 'fake information' investigation

A Moscow court ordered opposition politician Ilya Yashin be kept in jail for two months pending an investigation into the spreading of "fake information" about Russia's army, a charge carrying a jail term of up to 15 years.

Wales Online

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to 'shock the planet' by revealing why he's been behind bars for nearly 50 years

The habitual jailbird, who's now 70, said he's not a murderer or a rapist and should have been freed a long time ago

Reuters

Belarus jails journalist for eight years on treason charge

A Belarusian court sentenced a journalist to eight years in jail for treason on Wednesday, handing her a new prison term on top of one she was already serving on protest charges, the Vesna-96 human rights group said.

The Independent UK

Prisoners still locked in cells for 23 hours a day despite lifting of Covid restrictions

‘Post-Covid torpor’ in jails risks pushing inmates into ‘long lives of criminality’, watchdog warns

The Independent UK

Jailed tennis star Boris Becker ‘lands job teaching sport science’ in prison

Prison Service denies ‘any preferential treatment was given’

Daily Mirror

UK's most violent inmate Charles Bronson begs for freedom in WhatsApp voice note

Charles Bronson was initially locked up in 1977 for seven years but had more time added for several incidents and has now begged Dominic Raab for a pardon in a bid for freedom

Manchester Evening News

Convicted murderer dies of Covid days after positive test in prison

Prisoners didn't report Covid symptoms to avoid 'lockdown', reveals a published report into his death

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