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Prisoner died of heart attack in HMP Lowdham Grange gym toilet

Masih Ullah had arrived at the prison 12 days earlier

Nottingham Post

Man who threatened to kill Anthony Fauci given three-year prison term

Thomas Connally, 56, of West Virginia pleaded guilty to making threats over Fauci’s handling of Covid pandemic

The Guardian - US

You may not hear much more about a Brittney Griner prisoner swap and there’s a good reason why

This is why the Brittney Griner prisoner swap negotiations are going to go quiet again.

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US, Russia say they're willing to discuss prisoner swap after Griner conviction

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday they’re willing to pursue talks on a prisoner exchange involving WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American.

Tribune News Service

Wanted rapist who absconded from prison may be living ‘off grid’, police say

Sean Phipps, who has convictions for rape and kidnap, has been missing since June 1 after absconding from HMP Leyhill in south Gloucester.

The Independent UK

Scots woman battered with dumbbell by convicted killer says she forgives him as he faces parole hearing

Robbie McIntosh has only served five years for his crazed attack on Linda McDonald which left her with serious injuries

Daily Record

Man who sent death threats to Fauci sentenced to three years in prison

‘Smart and technologically sophisticated, the defendant intended to heighten the terror he sought to instill by using a foreign encrypted email provider’, prosecutors say

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Russia ‘ready to discuss’ prisoner swap but will resist pressure to free Brittney Griner

Biden ‘hopeful’ about Griner release after foreign minister Sergei Lavrov warns Russia will not tolerate ‘megaphone diplomacy’

The Guardian - US

Russia "ready to discuss" prisoner swap for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan

The U.S. has proposed exchanging Griner and Whelan for convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout.

Axios

Kremlin says Griner swap must be discussed without publicity

The Kremlin says it’s open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange involving American basketball star Brittney Griner but strongly warned Washington against publicizing the issue

The Independent UK

Ex-MP Natalie McGarry lodges appeal against embezzlement conviction

The 40-year-old former SNP politician was sentenced to two years in prison earlier this year.

The Independent UK

After Griner trial, Kremlin says: we'll not discuss swaps in public

The Kremlin said on Friday that possible prisoner exchanges with the United States should not be discussed in public because if they were then they would never take place.

Reuters

Prisoners removed after violent protest erupts in Moutjoy Prison

There has been heightened tension all week in Mountjoy following the murder of Robert O'Connor

Dublin Live

Explainer-Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Russia?

The life of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms dealer jailed in the United States and linked to a possible swap for two U.S. citizens imprisoned by Moscow, sometimes reads like a far-fetched spy thriller.

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Irish Mirror

Violent protest by over 40 inmates at Mountjoy as prisoners removed and sent to other jails

There has been heightened tension all week in Mountjoy following the murder of 34-year-old prisoner Robert O'Connor

Daily Mirror

'I forgive the man who tried to murder me with a dumbbell - I'm not angry at him'

Linda McDonald remembers thinking 'this is the day you die and this is the way you die' while she lay bleeding from Robbie McIntosh's attack in August 2017

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Ready to Discuss Prisoner Swap with US, Lavrov Says

Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss prisoner swaps with the United States through an existing diplomatic channel, a day a Russian court sentenced basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison for a drugs offence. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said President Vladimir Putin and his US…

Reuters

After Griner gets jail, Russia ready to discuss swap with U.S

Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, a day after a Russian court jailed U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years for a drugs offence.

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The Guardian - US

Family fights to free beloved US lawyer imprisoned in Venezuela while on vacation

Family of Eyvin Hernandez, a Los Angeles public defender, calls for Biden to help facilitate his return: ‘He is more valuable to the world being free’

Dublin Live

Mountjoy thugs suspected of killing inmate 'changed clothes' after vicious fatal attack

The investigation is continuing into O’Connor’s murder after his life-support machine was switched off in Dublin’s Mater Hospital in the early hours of Wednesday morning

Irish Mirror

Suspected Mountjoy killers seen on CCTV acting 'like nothing happened' moments after viciously beating Robert O'Connor

A number of men were identified through CCTV which showed them fleeing the cell where O’Connor was viciously beaten on the C2 landing and going into a separate one

ABC News

WA government says transfer of Banksia Hill detainees to Casuarina has 'worked'

The West Australian government claims the relocation of young offenders to an adult prison has "worked", despite reports of self-harm emerging, and a retired judge saying the transfer represents a "broken system".

AAP

Dad reached over kids to fatally stab mum

James Leonard Fairhall will spend at least 18 years and six months in prison for fatally stabbing his ex-partner in the neck in front of their three children.

ABC News

James Fairhall jailed for 25 years for murder of partner Noeline Dalzell in front of their children

Melbourne man James Leonard Fairhall is sentenced in the Supreme Court of Victoria to 25 years in prison over the 2020 murder of his partner Noeline Dalzell.

The Independent UK

Electricity theft at record levels amid cost-of-living crisis

Electricity theft is punishable by up to five years in prison.

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