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Dozens charged after wild Qld prison riot

Police have charged 45 prisoners after a "code black" riot at a central Queensland prison damaged more than 300 cells.

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Hidden camera criminal's 'plainly unjust' jail sentence scrapped

The 31-year-old will not have to go back to prison after winning an appeal against his sentence for "morally repugnant" crimes.

The Canberra Times

Clemency bid denied for Arizona prisoner set for execution

Arizona’s clemency board has declined to recommend that the death sentence of a prisoner be delayed or reduced to life in prison in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years

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Billy Chemirmir found guilty in Texas serial killings, will spend rest of his life in prison

DALLAS — A Dallas County jury Thursday found a suspected serial killer guilty of capital murder. Police say Billy Chemirmir preyed on elderly women in Dallas and Collin counties.

Tribune News Service

Brit ISIS Beatle to avoid toughest prison in US 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' when sentenced

British ISIS Beatle Alexanda Kotey will dodge being sent to the supermax prison ADX Florence when he is sentenced for his crimes tomorrow, following his co-operation with US captors

Daily Mirror

NFL star turns gas mask bong scandal into an NFT

Laremy Tunsil is donating a portion of the proceeds from his NFT sale to the Last Prisoner Project, a non-profit advocating for cannabis criminal justice reform.

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The women fighting back against the ‘never-ending story’ of rising female incarceration and lifelong stigma

Women are the fastest-growing part of the criminal justice system, and most of them are mothers. The new documentary ‘Apart’ explores the challenges of being a woman behind bars, and how barriers and stigma remain long after sentences are carried out, Josh Marcus writes

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Melissa Lucio was given the death penalty in Texas for killing her baby. What if she's innocent?

After nearly a decade on death row, Melissa Lucio's life was spared at the 11th hour. Now, she faces another gruelling fight to overturn her conviction.

ABC News

Derek Chauvin appeals murder conviction for killing George Floyd

Former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of murder, sentenced to more than 22 years in prison last year.

Al Jazeera

Ban on staff calling prisoners ‘residents’ or ‘clients’

It comes after the Justice Secretary defended a new ‘smart’ prison designed to drive down crime.

The Independent UK

Between crime and punishment

Bex Silver looks for solutions outside of the unnecessary dichotomy of ‘tough on crime’ and ‘soft on crime’.

Newsroom.co.nz

Russian returned home in prisoner swap with U.S. says he was tortured in Liberia

A Russian pilot who returned to Moscow from the United States this week as part of a prisoner swap said on Thursday he had been tortured in custody in Liberia before his extradition to America.

Reuters

Inside horrifying home where killer mum kicked young son from bed to sleep with strangers

Laura Heath has been handed a 20 year prison sentence after she was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of her young son Hakeem Hussain, aged seven.

Daily Record

Former prison governor jailed over ‘intimate’ WhatsApp messages to inmate

Victoria Laithwaite, 47, sent messages to 30-year-old prisoner James Chalmers after problems in her marriage, Northampton Crown Court heard.

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Inside horror home where killer mum kicked son from bed to have sex with strangers

Laura Heath has been given a 20 years prison sentence after she was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter over the death of her son Hakeen Hussain in Nechells, Birmingham

Reuters

Ex-Marine Reed returns to U.S. after Russia prisoner swap

Former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed arrived back in the United States on Thursday after being freed by Russia in a prisoner swap, with a congressman who met with him saying the 30-year-old Texan's "spirit is strong."

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh prisoner murdered bride-to-be after shouting 'you don't make my lunch'

The High Court in Edinburgh heard how Rory O’Connor had been heard shouting at Diane Nichol on the day before she died. A witness heard O’Connor tell her: “You’re useless, you don’t clean, you don’t make my lunch, you better make it tomorrow.”

The Independent UK

Trevor Reed back in US, one day after Russian prisoner swap

Trevor Reed is back in the United States one day after the Marine veteran was swapped for a Russian drug trafficker in a prisoner exchange between Washington and Moscow

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A bite mark, a forensic dentist, a murder: how junk science ruins innocent lives

Charles McCrory has spent decades in prison for the murder of his wife, convicted on the strength of bite mark evidence. The problem? CSI-style forensics is bad science

Tribune News Service

POINT: Why are Republicans so obsessed with gender issues?

What makes a woman a woman? That’s the question Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson at her Supreme Court confirmation hearing. Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed legislation that threatens doctors and nurses with up to 10 years in prison for aiding transgender young people in transitioning. Florida’s…

ABC News

Sydney gangland murder victim, Mahmoud 'Brownie' Ahmad, was always going to end up 'in the morgue or jail'

Crime figure Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad was released from prison just six months ago but he was so embedded in Sydney's underworld he was only ever going to end up in a body bag or back in jail, police say.

Newcastle Herald

Prison guards guilty of assault on colleague, Cessnock court hears

A prison officer who was woken in the middle of the night by three colleagues who held him down, repeatedly questioned him and assaulted him says he was also the victim of another unrelated assault at the hands of a different prison guard.

Daily Record

Fraudster stole £388,000 of friends' life savings to fund gambling addiction

Jay Delaney cried in the dock as she was handed a five year prison sentence after stealing £388,000 from 38 people.

ABC News

Canberra man Hayden Todkill who allegedly stabbed another man at Kingston Foreshore granted bail

Hayden Todkill has been in prison since last month, accused of stabbing a man multiple times in the abdomen and chest outside Canberra pub The Dock.

Tribune News Service

Family of Paul Whelan has questions after he is left out of prisoner swap: 'Hope dims'

WASHINGTON — The family of Michigan's Paul Whelan expressed happiness Wednesday at Russia's release of another former Marine, Trevor Reed, while appearing frustrated that the U.S. left their brother and son out of the prisoner swap.

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