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UK prison system jeopardises offender rehabilitation and crime reduction, MPs warn

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The Independent UK

Prisons being on ‘crisis mode’ is harming efforts to reduce reoffending, MPs warn

A new Justice Committee report highlighted a number of factors undermining efforts to cut reoffending

The Independent UK

Victoria to crack down on violence against retail workers with jail terms of up to five years for assault

Premier Jacinta Allan says the new laws would also include up to 25 years’ prison for shopfront ram raiders

The Guardian - AU

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Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys a bathroom break that fellow inmates in her Texas Club Fed prison don’t get

The convicted Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking accomplice is serving a 20-year prison sentence at a cushy federal Texas prison after an interview with the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Prisoner ‘released in error’ was actually freed lawfully, minister says

Justice minister Lord Timpson said the inmate was let out legally after checks were made

The Independent UK

Oklahoma inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie Wipf

The Guardian - US

Diddy's Sentence Extension: The Unruly Reality of Life Inside a Federal Prison

Diddy's prison sentence extended. Inside the rapper's 'homemade alcohol' bust and rule-breaking at FCI Fort Dix.

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'Risk-taking, drug-affected' bus driver loses appeal

A bus crash that killed 10 wedding guests and injured dozens more did not occur by chance, appeal judges said as they stood by the driver's mammoth jail term.

AAP

Death row inmate’s life spared minutes before scheduled execution

Wood was sentenced to die for his role in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old migrant farmworker

The Independent UK

People held in ‘decrepit’ California ICE facility sue over ‘inhumane’ conditions

Lawsuit against US government alleges ‘life-threatening’ medical neglect and says residents frequently go hungry

The Guardian - US

More than 2,600 prison staff ‘facing deportation’ under new visa rules

Justice Secretary David Lammy already under pressure after prisoner release fiasco at HMP Wandsworth

Evening Standard

Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution warns legal action against those recording the anime movie at Japanese screenings: "10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to 10 million yen, or both"

If you record screenings of Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution, you could face jail time

Total Film

Chilling Details Emerge After Dad Who Left 2YO In Car During Adult Video Binge Was Found Deceased

“Justice was not served appropriately.”

Bored Panda

Mexico takes action to combat sexual abuse after president publicly groped

Secretary for women presents plan, including prison sentences, after Claudia Sheinbaum was groped on street

The Guardian - US

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Tom’s Hardware

'Bitcoin Queen' who laundered $5.6 billion in illicit funds through crypto gets nearly 12 years in prison — UK court hands down sentence

A Chinese scammer who duped almost 130,000 investors out of around $5.6 billion was handed a nearly 12-year prison sentence in a London court.

BANG Premier

Sean 'Diddy' Combs' prison release date pushed back

Shamed hip-hop star Sean 'Diddy' Combs will spend an extra month behind bars after his scheduled prison release date was reportedly pushed back by authorities.

The Independent UK

Oklahoma is set to execute a man after a state panel recommended his life be spared

Oklahoma is preparing to execute a man after a state panel recommended his life be spared

The Guardian - UK

‘She was extremely petrified’: the shocking drama about one woman’s six-year ordeal in an Iranian jail

When dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was imprisoned, her husband went on hunger strike – to force Britain to act. Narges Rashidi and Joseph Fiennes reveal how they brought their nightmare to the small screen

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The Independent UK

Smallville actress Allison Mack who went to prison for role in sex cult speaks out for the first time: ‘I was mean and I was forceful’

The 43-year-old actor was released from federal prison after serving 21 months of her three-year sentence

The Independent UK

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols asks governor for life in prison instead

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols are asking the governor to convert his sentence to life imprisonment with just a month until his scheduled Dec. 11 execution date

The Guardian - UK

French-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal pardoned and to be released from prison

Eighty-one year-old, who has prostate cancer, can now be transferred from Algeria to Germany for medical treatment

The Guardian - UK

Release errors show the sorry state that prisons are in

Letters: John Lovelock and James Stoddart on the woeful state of prisons, caused by funding cuts and lack of support for both inmates and staff

Cinemablend

Why Diddy Is Reportedly At Risk Of Losing Phone Privileges In Prison

Diddy may not be able to make calls moving forward.

The Guardian - UK

Abuse by UK’s ‘most prolific sex offender’ was ignored at Medomsley detention centre, report finds

Neville Husband committed hundreds of offences while working at facility in County Durham from 1969 to 1985

Radio France Internationale

Ousted Gabon leader's wife and son sentenced to 20 years for graft

A Gabon court on Wednesday sentenced the former first lady and son of the oil-rich country's deposed leader Ali Bongo to 20 years in prison following a two-day graft trial.

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