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Chicago Woman Went From Prison To $1M Business — Now Her All-Women Firm Has $4M In Government Contracts

Traci Quinn left prison in 2020 with no money and no construction experience. Pink Hats, her all-women Chicago firm, crossed $1 million in annual revenue by 2025 and has secured over $4 million in government contracts.

International Business Times UK

Saydnaya residents demand links between notorious Syrian prison and holy city must end

Residents of Saidnaya reject linking the town to a nearby military prison, saying the label damages its identity as a city that is home to miracles and a sacred shrine and obscures its actual history of peaceful coexistence.

Euronews

Florida woman burglarizes over 200 homes, doesn’t leave fingerprints, unveils her secrets and the mistake that got her caught

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Former prison guard pleads guilty to manslaughter in New York inmate's fatal beating

A former corrections officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the fatal beating of an inmate at an upstate New York prison

The Independent UK

A look at vehicle-ramming cases worldwide in recent history

In Leipzig, Germany, a driver plowed into a busy shopping area, killing two people and injuring three others

The Independent UK

El Chapo Guzmán Writes a New Handwritten Letter Requesting Extradition to Mexico

A handwritten letter filed in federal court in Brooklyn shows that Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán is once again attempting to challenge the outcome of his case, this time asking to be returned to Mexico.

Latin Times

More cops, jail guards as territory budget fights crime

The NT budget offers no "lollies and sweets" but it cements the government's tough-on-crime approach, its architects say.

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Jeremy Bamber banned from communicating with media from prison

Bamber, 65, has long used press interviews to campaign against convictions for murder of five family members

The Guardian - UK

The nightmare of trying to save our son Jack from Isis

THE LONGER READ: For 12 years, Sally Lane and John Letts have been fighting to bring their son Jack – held in Isis prisons in Syria and Iraq – back home to Oxford. They tell the story of how their lives fell apart to chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK

Rivals star Danny Dyer compares rehab to prison

Rivals actor Danny Dyer has credited his stint in rehab with saving his life because he was convinced his drug addiction was going to kill him because he was popping pills "like Smarties" but it felt a lot like "prison".

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‘My son was torn from my arms and I was sent back to prison for crime I didn’t commit’

JAILED WITHOUT HOPE: FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE: Indefinite jail terms were scrapped in 2012, but continue to tear families apart. Amy-Clare Martin follows the harrowing case of a mother separated from her son over the constant threat of recall for a petty crime she committed 20 years ago

The Independent UK

Israeli Minister Ben Gvir Receives Birthday Cake From His Wife Featuring a Noose Meant for Palestinian Prisoners

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's birthday party featured noose-themed cakes, symbolising the controversial death penalty law targeting Palestinians, sparking widespread criticism and legal challenges.

International Business Times UK

Thousands at illegal French rave on 'dangerous' military site

While authorities fear shell explosions at the site, the organisers are denouncing the 'criminalisation' of party venues. Illegal rave parties could soon be punished more severely in France, with penalties of up to six months in prison.

Euronews

Imprisoned Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi rushed to hospital after ‘catastrophic deterioration of health’

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Father who abducted son mistakenly released from prison and remains at large

Mr Justice Hayden condemned the “alarming lack of urgency” among prison staff involved in the blunder

Euronews

Iranian Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi hospitalised amid deteriorating health condition

Sources close to the human rights activist say they suspect she had suffered a heart attack in prison and fear her transfer to hospital may be too late.

The Times of India

Woman, 70, jailed for life for killing sister and stealing Rolex watch in North London

A woman has been sentenced to life in prison for killing her sister at a north London flat before taking a valuable watch, the BBC reports.

The Independent UK

Fugees rapper Pras turns himself in to begin 14-year prison sentence

Michel was convicted in 2023 of charges including conspiracy and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government

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CBS reporter publicly shreds Bari Weiss takeover as spreading ‘corporate meddling and editorial fear’

60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi clashed with Weiss last year over her report on migrants deported to El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison

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Fugees rapper Pras Michel turns himself in for 14-year prison sentence but will still appeal

Fugees rapper Pras Michel has turned himself in to start his 14-year prison sentence following his conviction in 2023.

Evening Standard

Father who abducted son mistakenly released from prison and remains at large

Ifedayo Adedapo Kolawoe Adeyeye was mistakenly released from HMP Pentonville on April 21 and his whereabouts are unknown.

The Independent UK

Superdry co-founder facing prison after rape conviction

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The Guardian - UK

Uganda copying Russia and China with new bill designed to crush dissent, say critics

New law proposes up to 20 years in prison for promoting ‘foreign interests’, and restricts those who work with or are funded by overseas partners

Euronews

Brazil's Congress reduces ex-President Bolsonaro's coup prison sentence

Lawmakers defied President Lula da Silva’s veto and moved to adopt a bill that would dramatically reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence for plotting a coup following his loss in the October 2022 presidential elections.

Euronews

Ex-Spandau Ballet singer Ross Davidson sentenced to 14 years for rape and sexual assault

A former frontman for Spandau Ballet has been found guilty of multiple rapes and sexual assaults. He has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

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