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Judge overturns murder conviction of man who said he was framed by disgraced former detective

David Colon — who now goes by David Lugo — spent 26 years in prison fighting his conviction and was paraoled in 2017.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thug shows bottom at judge after being jailed for making sickening threats to kill

Stephen McEvoy made several threats to slit and slice the throats of people who were being appointed to help him on his release from prison, including sexual comments about a female probation officer

Daily Mirror

Murderer causes £32,000 worth of damage to cell because 'toilet too close to his bed'

Violent criminal Scott Sorby £32,000 worth of damage because he was fixated by his belief that the toilet in his cell was too close to the bed

Daily Mirror

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"Your daughter won't have a mum after tonight": 'Vile monster' threatened to kill ex-partner during 'reign of terror'

Shane Costello-Collins, 26, arrived at his former partner's workplace then spat at her chest and shouted racial slurs

Manchester Evening News

EXPLAINER: What's next for 3 other ex-cops in Floyd's death

Now that former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to federal prison, attention turns to the fates of three fellow ex-cops

The Independent UK

Florida wants to severely restrict prisoners’ visitation hours

ORLANDO, Fla. — Visiting hours to prisoners in Florida are a crucial way they connect with loved ones, but a new rule being proposed by the Florida Department of Corrections could cut those hours in half.

Orlando Sentinel

Derek Chauvin given 21-year jail sentence for violating George Floyd's civil rights

White policeman Derek Chauvin was previously jailed for the murder of black dad George Floyd after being filmed kneeling on his neck until he suffocated in Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Poacher who took £60k of salmon and trout from Welsh river avoids prison

Emlyn Rees fined £1,600 as judge says he is unable to imprison him for seven-year operation that ‘significantly’ impacted fish stocks

The Guardian - UK

Cheeky thug bares bottom to judge after being jailed for threatening to kill probation officers

Stephen McEvoy abused a prosecutor, stuck his fingers up at a judge and pulled his trousers down as he was locked up at Newcastle Crown Court

Chronicle Live

Star athlete turned addict shares ‘rare moment of humanity’ in prison

In this excerpt from her memoir Corrections in Ink, Keri Blakinger talks candidly about her first Thanksgiving in prison and “how change happens one day at a time”

The Independent UK

She was an ice skating Olympic hopeful who wound up on heroin and in jail. Now she’s taking on the prison system

Author Keri Blakinger went from star athlete to jailed heroin addict and social justice crusader. She speaks to Melissa Whitworth about her journey and what prison taught her about America’s broken system

The Independent UK

‘Brazen cash grab.’ Kentucky man sentenced over $1.3 million in fraudulent COVID loans

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A central Kentucky businessman who submitted false information to receive $1.3 million in coronavirus relief loans and used some of it for gambling debts has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison.

Tribune News Service

Taron Egerton goes behind bars with a suspected serial killer in true crime thriller ‘Black Bird’

For his new role, Taron Egerton went from gold hot pants to a prison jumpsuit.

Tribune News Service

Why Derek Chauvin will be moved from state prison to comfier federal facility after new sentence

Derek Chauvin was sentenced on Thursday to 21 years in federal prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights

The Independent UK

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‘They might have to give birth in chains’: Abortion access behind bars after the end of Roe v Wade

Abortion access in prisons was already ‘abysmal.’ The end of Roe v Wade made things even worse, Josh Marcus reports

Tribune News Service

Feds open investigation of former Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick to recoup taxpayer money squandered in scandal

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors opened an investigation Thursday in an effort to force former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to pay restitution to taxpayers amid questions about whether he had started paying $1.7 million debt to the city and Internal Revenue Service.

Reuters

Moscow city councillor gets seven years' jail for anti-war comment

A Moscow district councillor was jailed for seven years on Friday for criticising Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in what a Kremlin-critical lawyer said was the first case of anyone going to prison under a new law on "fake information".

Evening Standard

Sexual ‘predator’ raped girl, 16, after he was set free from prison by mistake

A sexual predator raped a 16-year-old girl and sexually assaulted another young woman after he was let out of prison by mistake, a court has heard.

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Manchester Evening News

HMP Hindley expansion plan to house hundreds more inmates set to be given green light

“The prison population is currently forecast to increase over the next 10 years, reaching unprecedented levels by the end of the decade."

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey Convicts 14 Accused of Killing Iranian Dissident

A Turkish court handed down jail sentences to 14 accused of assassinating Iranian dissident Masoud Molavi-Vardanjani in Istanbul. Abdul Wahab Kocak, the main suspect, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Molavi -Vardanjani, who was shot dead in November 2019 in Sisli in Istanbul. Molavi-Vardanjani had a…

The Guardian - US

Pregnant women face increasingly dangerous risks as doctors flee punitive US states

With doctors facing threats of criminal penalties for abortion, many states will become ‘maternity care deserts’ where there is no hospital, birthing center or obstetrician

Manchester Evening News

Vandal goes on wrecking spree 'smashing up' cars belonging to staff outside Forest Bank prison

Three cars belonging to staff members were damaged on Sunday - police are investigating

ABC News

Kangaroo Island paedophile John William Hardy sentenced to 15 years' jail for abusing young boys

A Kangaroo Island man is sentenced to 15 years in jail with a non parole period of 12 years for sexually abusing five young boys over two decades.

ABC News

Derek Chauvin wishes George Floyd's children 'all the best', makes no apology before prison sentence

Former police officer Derek Chauvin tells George Floyd's children to become "good adults" but shows no remorse as he stares down 21 years in prison.

The Independent UK

Black Bird review: Taron Egerton prison thriller doubles as a case study in criminal misogyny

Actor plays Jimmy Keene, an inmate undercover with the FBI in this true-crime drama from Apple TV

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