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‘Coercive and arbitrary’: New report details US prison labour

Imprisoned workers face disciplinary actions if they won’t perform tasks, ACLU says, and often receive little or no pay.

Al Jazeera

Brit dad says he's stuck in African island 'hell hole' prison with no food and water provided

The couple made their first appearance in court yesterday

Manchester Evening News

Putin critic Alexei Navalny held in new prison with culture of ‘beatings and torture’

He accused prison officials of fabricating violations against the prisoners they want to punish

The Independent UK

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‘We are not monsters’: Women in Illinois prisons who allege they were victims of domestic violence see their struggle in film

CHICAGO — Inside a rec room at the Logan Correctional Center in downstate Illinois, a projector screen leaned slightly forward but was upright enough as an audience gathered in front of it to watch a film.

Chicago Tribune

Average daily population in Scottish prisons falls due to Covid measures

THE average daily population in Scottish prisons fell by around 10 last year as a result of Covid-related health measures, a new report has found.

The National (Scotland)

Feds want 15 years for former Netflix ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris in child pornography case

Harris’ attorneys have asked for a lighter six-year prison sentence, writing that “the reality is that [Harris] is both victimizer and victim,” having also been sexually assaulted during his childhood.

Chicago Sun-Times

Katie Price spared jail again after breaching restraining order

Price was issued a five-year restraining order in 2019

Evening Standard

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Myanmar’s Suu Kyi moved to prison from undisclosed location - BBC

Myanmar's ruling military authorities have transferred deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison from the undisclosed location she has been held at since last year's army coup, news outlets including the BBC reported on Thursday.

Reuters

Thieves who stole Banksy's Bataclan mural found guilty in France

Eight people found guilty by a French court on Thursday of stealing a mural by street artist Banksy from the famous Bataclan concert hall in Paris were handed prison sentences ranging from a few months to several years.

Reuters

Naked 25-stone drug dealer caught trying to hide phone between thighs in Scots jail

Fiscal depute Alistair McDermid said prison officers were carrying out a routine inspection of the heavyweight drug dealer's cell on 29 October 2020.

Daily Record

Republican who livestreamed Capitol attack given three months in prison

West Virginia lawmaker Derrick Evans, 37, who filmed self-incriminating footage, pleaded guilty to committing civil disorder

The Guardian - US

Myanmar says Suu Kyi held alone in new prison quarters

Myanmar’s military has confirmed that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to a prison where she will have quarters separate from other detainees

The Independent UK

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi moved to prison solitary confinement

Military government confirms transfer of deposed leader from house arrest to prison compound.

Al Jazeera

College scholarship for former prisoners launched in Ireland

The grant will help people with past criminal convictions avail of further education from four Irish colleges

Dublin Live

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Daily Mirror

Man who murdered wife over affair kills himself after losing job in prison charity shop

Richard Farquhar, 61 - who murdered his wife in a jealous rage over an affair - took his own life after his release from prison was stalled and he was suspended from his charity shop job

Wales Online

Wealthy British hotelier and his wife face 20 years in African 'hell hole' prison

He has been charged alongside his Italian wife

The Guardian - US

‘The PCC are after me’: the drug cartel with Paraguay in its clutches

A Brazilian former prison gang is threatening to turn its neighbour into a narcostate and its deadly tentacles extend much further

Evening Standard

‘Monstrous’ Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison, say prosecutors

Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors have said.

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Reuters

Lithuanian woman sentenced to prison in Danske Bank money laundering case - Danish police

A Lithuanian woman was handed four years and one month in prison by a Danish court on Thursday after pleading guilty to money laundering through Danske Bank's Estonian branch, Danish police said.

The Independent UK

Feds: Ghislaine Maxwell deserves at least 30 years in prison

Prosecutors say British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell should spend at least 30 years in prison for her role in the sexual abuse of teenage girls over a 10-year period by her onetime boyfriend, financier Jeffrey Epstein

ABC News

Former neo-Nazi Robert Wayne Edhouse sentenced after using 'codes' to communicate bungled armed jail break

A former neo-Nazi spending a life sentence in Casuarina prison for murdering his lover's partner is handed another jail sentence over a failed jail break plot.

The Times of India

Bengaluru: 7 jail officials in soup for laxity

BENGALURU: Following a departmental inquiry into alleged irregularities, including corruption at Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, the government on Monday transferred seven head warders (equivalent to police head constables in rank).

Tribune News Service

Jussie Smollett opens up about regrets, public ridicule and Taraji P. Henson in first post-prison interview

Jussie Smollett is setting the record straight.

Reason

"10 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Unregistered Destructive Devices During Portland Protests"

From a Justice Department press release yesterday: An Indiana man was sentenced to federal prison today for repeatedly and intentionally jeopardizing the lives of police officers, destroying public property, and encouraging others to commit violence during protests that occurred in Portland in 2020. Malik Fard Muhammad, 25, was sentenced to…

The Independent UK

Former West Virginia lawmaker gets 3 months in Jan. 6 riot

A former West Virginia lawmaker who livestreamed himself on Facebook storming the U.S. Capitol and cheering on what he described as a “revolution” has been sentenced to three months in prison

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