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Sydney teen Yusuf Zahab believed to have died in IS attack on Syrian jail after begging Australia for help

Family say they are ‘heartbroken and angry’ and claim the previous government knew about their son’s detention for more than three years

The Guardian - AU

Cossack Art Awards winner Rose Barton criticises decision to send teens to adult prison

After taking out the overall prize at this year's Cossack Art Awards, Rose Barton says it is "not OK" for teenagers from Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre to be transferred to the maximum security Casuarina Prison.

ABC News

Return of Target One: Could Curtis Warren fill EncroChat void?

"I hope he creates a life other than crime because if he gets caught again it's not just a prison sentence, it's a death sentence"

Liverpool Echo

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Vladimir Putin raiding ‘hell hole’ jails for cannon fodder to be sent to die in Ukraine

The despot Russian leader is accused of sending inmates from some extremely harsh prisons to the front line in the Ukraine invasion.

Daily Record

Jamal Khashoggi’s American lawyer sentenced to three years in UAE prison following detention at airport

UAE state media reported that Asim Ghafoor was convicted of tax evasion and money laundering

The Independent UK

One-punch killer thanks parents of his victim for helping to change his life

Jacob Dunne was given a 30-month prison sentence for manslaughter and then wanted revenge on a friend that 'snitched' on him, then he met his victims parents

Daily Mirror

Man behind Shakespeare North's opening weekend who once fled a Jamaican prison

Ashleigh Nugent turned his life around after a troubled youth in which he was a victim of racism

Liverpool Echo

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The Parkland school shooter faces the death penalty as his trial begins

Opening statements begin on Monday. A jury faces two options to punish the Parkland shooter responsible for killing 17 people in 2018: life in prison or the death penalty.

WEKU

Syrian Regime Amnesty Decree Released only 547 Detainees

The Syrian Network for Human Rights documented the release of 547 detainees from Syrian prisons during the period between early May till mid-June. It stressed in a report on Saturday that there are some 132,000 people still detained or held in regime prison. The report confirmed that between May 1…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Vladimir Putin raiding 'hell hole' prisons for cannon fodder to be sent to die in Ukraine

The Russian President is accused of sending inmates from some extremely harsh jails notorious for beatings and sexual assault to the front line in the Ukraine invasion

Daily Mirror

Tool to assess jailed terrorists before release criticised as unreliable and prejudicial to Muslims

Offenders may be kept in prison after serving sentence, but wrongly made order ‘almost always amounts to arbitrary detention’, rights group argues

The Guardian - AU

MBS fired back at Biden with US controversies after confrontation over Khashoggi’s murder, says report

The Saudi crown prince brought up the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and incidents where US soldiers abused Iraqi prisoners

The Independent UK

Three decades after her father was murdered in a jewel heist that shocked Lebanon, Annie tracked down his killers

Before the men believed to be responsible for killing Annie's father in a brazen diamond heist could be tried and sentenced for their crimes, they escaped prison and vanished. Three decades later, Annie is hoping to bring them to justice.

ABC News

Officers will be held responsible for illegal activities in prisons: Home Minister

Following a string of media reports on several illegal activities from prisons, especially Parappana Agrahara Central Prison in the city, Mr. Jnanendra had made a surprise visit to the prison recently

The Hindu

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WEKU

A man exonerated in the killing of Malcolm X is suing New York City for $40 million

Muhammad Aziz, 84, who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of the civil rights leader, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city for the two decades he spent in prison.

Daily Mirror

British Iranians who survived massacre open up about horror after 34 years

Ahmad Ebrahimi and his wife Farzaneh fled Iran more than 20 years ago after being almost killed in the massacre at the Gohardasht prison near Tehran

Daily Record

Saturday's headlines: Nicholas Rossi to be interviewed in prison and Scots millionaire blasts right-hand man

Here are the main headlines on the Daily Record website today.

Axios

Confronted by Biden on Khashoggi killing, MBS pointed to U.S. "mistakes"

MBS brought up the Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S. response to the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for armed Capitol rioter

Federal prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for a Texas man who was convicted of storming the U.S. Capitol with a holstered handgun

Chicago Sun-Times

Brothers released from prison 25 years after they say they were framed by disgraced Chicago detective

“Free at last,” their mother said repeatedly through tears.

WEKU

Mexico captures an infamous drug lord who killed a DEA agent

Rafael Caro Quintero has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official confirmed.

The Independent UK

Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking

Manchester Evening News

Mum caught on CCTV throwing tennis balls full of drugs into Forest Bank prison

Amanda Baker, 36, was jailed for 16 months

WEKU

Three men who spent decades in prison are cleared in the killing of a NYC subway clerk

The men, whose confessions conflicted with evidence at the scene, were cleared in the 1995 killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a New York subway toll booth.

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