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Family of Belgian Held In Iran Pleas For His Release

The family of a Belgian aid worker being held in Iran, Olivier Vandecasteele, pleaded Monday for their government to do “everything necessary” to secure his release. Last week, Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne announced Olivier’s detention. This came in the wake of the parliament’s approval of a controversial prisoner-swap…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vain Scots knife killer gets fake tan and make up to glam up in prison

Stephanie Bowie, who was jailed for 16 years last week, is obsessed with looking her best, according to jail sources.

Daily Record

Florida considers restricting prisoners’ visitation hours

The Florida Department of Corrections is considering reducing inmate visitation by half at facilities that are short-staffed or face other strains.

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Bravo reality TV star pleads guilty to telemarketing scam

Jennifer Shah could face up to 14 years in prison when sentenced later this year

The Independent UK

R. Kelly reportedly got engaged to one of his alleged victims before his sentencing

R. Kelly was convicted of multiple sex-trafficking crimes in September and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last month. But before he was sentenced, one of his alleged victims claimed the two are actually engaged, and that he's anything but an abuser.

Los Angeles Times

Execution halted as court questions whether Ramiro Gonzales should have been sentenced to life in prison

The jury sentenced Gonzales to death after a prosecution expert testified that he posed a future danger to society. The expert now says his data was wrong.

The Texas Tribune

His murder conviction overturned, Jason Roberts still faces armed robbery charges after release

Monday's acquittal on charges of murdering two police officers has brought an end to 22 years of imprisonment for Jason Roberts, but there are further court appearances to come in his future.

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'Real Housewives of Salt Lake City' member admits fraud

A member of “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” has pleaded guilty to a fraud conspiracy charge that could result in a prison sentence of over 11 years

The Independent UK

Brazil: leaders call for calm after party official's killing

A federal prison guard killed a local official from the leftist Workers’ Party in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, according to state police

The Independent UK

Famed Ukrainian medic describes 'hell' of Russian captivity

A celebrated Ukrainian medic who was held captive by Russian forces says she thinks about the prisoners she left behind constantly

The Independent UK

Sex offending knifeman slashed teenager's throat on bus

Hamid Akhonzada also beat a prison guard unconscious a few days after his arrest

Liverpool Echo

Ferne McCann's acid attacker ex 'gets engaged' behind bars just days after TV star

Towie star Ferne McCann's ex boyfriend Arthur Collins, who is in prison for an acid attack, is engaged to a businesswoman and plans to marry her later this year, it has been reported

Daily Mirror

Protests last July brought Cuba worldwide attention, but the human rights crisis continues

A year after the largest anti-government demonstrations in Cuba in several decades, hundreds of people remain detained, waiting for trials or in prison for chanting pro-freedom slogans.

Miami Herald

HMP Nottingham remand prisoner was murdered after he had asked to move away from cellmate

He was strangled by shoe laces and stabbed with a piece of plastic cutlery

Nottingham Post

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Glasgow Live

Glasgow man who shot and killed mum and step-father likely to spend rest of his life in US prison

Derek Connell is a native of Shawlands and as a child moved to California with his mother Kim Higginbotham and her American husband Christopher, where he shot them both to death in a violent rampage.

Daily Mirror

PC Andrew Harper's killer, 20, caught downing homemade booze inside high-security prison

Henry Long, 20, was jailed for 16 years in 2020 for the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper in 2019 - he was jailed alongside his pals Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, 18 at the time

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Women in prison and under court surveillance will suffer under new abortion bans

As state abortion bans snap into effect after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one group who will be most affected seems to be least discussed: women under criminal court control.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh prisoners to receive training for drug that counters heroin overdose

Over 300 prisoners at HMP Edinburgh are being primed to take on special training to apply naloxone, which has been rolled out to treat those suffering a heroin overdose

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Evening Standard

Teenage boy murdered father-of-three who complained about anti-social behaviour

A 15-year-old boy who stabbed to death a father-of-three outside his own home in a row over anti-social behaviour is facing life in prison.

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson says 'it's my time now' ahead of potential PUBLIC parole hearing

One of the UK's most notorious inmates says the last 20 years of his time in prison have been 'nothing but revenge' as he bids to have his next parole hearing held in public

Daily Record

Scots prisoners receive life-saving drugs overdose training behind bars in bid to save lives

Edinburgh, Barlinnie and Low Moss prisons will now all run a “Naloxone Peer Champion” programme which is run in partnership with the Scottish Prison Service, NHS and the Scottish Drugs Forum

ABC News

Jason Roberts found not guilty of 1998 murders of Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller

A Melbourne man accused of the brutal slaying of two Victorian police officers has left prison for the first time in decades after being acquitted of their murders.

ABC News

US basketballer Brittney Griner made 'honorary' WNBA All-Star while facing 10 years in Russian prison

Brittney Griner's friends and teammates are desperate to draw more attention to her detention, after she was arrested in February as she arrived in Moscow to play for a Russian team.

ABC News

Prisoner advocates say a lack of programs at Darwin Correctional Centre is contributing to the NT's high reoffending rates

Legal advocates and former prisoners claim a lack of effective rehabilitation programs at Darwin's only adult prison is contributing to the Northern Territory's staggering reoffending rates.

Reuters

Brazil party official shot dead as pre-election political violence escalates

A local official from Brazil's leftist opposition Workers' Party (PT) was shot dead on Saturday by a federal prison guard shouting support for right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro, according to state law enforcement and a witness.

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