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Bulgarian woman in Russian spy ring is no George Blake, Old Bailey told

Katrin Ivanova’s barrister says her sentence should reflect her admin duties and not equate her with ‘classic spy cases’

The Guardian - UK

Church volunteer and mom will head to prison for five years after having sex with 13-year-old

Natalie Sorrells, 44, of Heath, Texas, was sentenced to five years in prison after sexually assaulting her son’s friend

The Independent UK

‘Predator’ who groomed and abused at least 14 girls receives five-year sentence

Max Hollingsbee, 21, of Lurgan is to serve 31 months in prison and 31 months on licence.

Evening Standard

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The Luigi Mangione Musical Featuring 'Diddy' and 'R. Kelly' Is Real And It's Sold Out: What We Know So Far

Theatres Sold Out Weeks Before Opening: The Controversial 'Luigi the Musical' Features Diddy and SBF in Fictitious Prison Cell

International Business Times UK

Former Head Of Crypto Platform Celsius Sentenced 12 Years

The founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency trading platform Celsius, Alexander Mashinsky, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison on fraud charges.

International Business Times

Labor has promised to tackle homelessness. Here’s what homeless people say they need

The 2025 election is over and now it’s time for Labor to deliver on campaign promises to address homelessness.

The Conversation

Two doctors face suspension in Thaksin hospital case

The Medical Council of Thailand has said it plans to suspend two doctors and issue a warning to a third after concluding that former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra was not critically ill, which had been cited as the reason for him to serve his prison sentence in a hospital.

Bangkok Post

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Founder of crypto platform Celsius Network is sentenced to 12 years in prison

The founder and former CEO of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network has been sentenced to 12 years in prison

The Independent UK

New York set to lower hiring age of prison guards to 18 amid correction officer shortage

New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, a move to boost the ranks of corrections officers during a shortage that was exacerbated after the state fired more than 2,000 guards after a weekslong strike that crippled the state’s prison system

The Independent UK

Cash-strapped Bureau of Prisons freezes some hiring to 'avoid more extreme measures,' director says

The Trump administration is halting some hiring at the federal Bureau of Prisons, the crisis-plagued agency where chronic understaffing has led to long overtime shifts and the use of prison nurses, teachers, cooks and other workers to guard inmates

The Independent UK

The Perils of Offshoring Justice

Texas and the U.S.–El Salvador Prison Pipeline

Texas Observer

The desperate search for a father disappeared by Trump to El Salvador: ‘We don’t know anything’

Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him since

The Guardian - US

Gangs hold such influence over jails ‘it keeps me awake at night’, says Timpson

Minister says prison staff who assist organised criminals are being targeted by ‘beefed up’ corruption unit

The Guardian - UK

Where Did Alcatraz's Most Notorious Inmates End Up After the Infamous Prison Shut Its Doors in 1963?

Alcatraz shut in 1963, with its most feared inmates moved to prisons across the US. Though the island fell silent, its dark legacy still grips the world.

International Business Times UK

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The Independent UK

What happened with the 5 police officers accused of crimes in Tyre Nichols’ fatal beating

Three of five former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers have been acquitted on all state charges in the 2023 fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols

Fortune

Binance founder “CZ” seeks pardon from President Trump after four month stint in prison

Changpeng Zhao, former Binance CEO, resigned in 2023 after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges.

International Business Times

Six Bulgarians Face Long UK Jail Terms For Spying For Russia

Six Bulgarians, members of a sophisticated spy network dubbed "The Minions", were before court Wednesday for sentencing, facing up to 14 years in prison for spying for Russia.

The Independent UK

Inmate transferred to Oklahoma by Trump administration denied clemency, set to be executed

An Oklahoma board has denied clemency for a man convicted of killing a Tulsa woman in 1999

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Euronews

Tourists roam Alcatraz ruins as Trump floats prison comeback

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to see Alcatraz Island return to its former role as a high-security prison, more than 60 years after it closed.

Euronews

European Commission sues Hungary for releasing thousands of migrant smugglers from prison

Hungary earlier released at least 2000 foreign people smugglers from prison, ordering them to leave the country. The European Commission thinks it's a violation of European law.

The Independent UK

One of Alcatraz’s last living inmates speaks out on Trump’s plan to reopen prison

Charlie Hopkins believes president is not serious about reviving storied San Francisco jail

Radio France Internationale

Sister says jailed French couple in Iran are at breaking point

Locked in a windowless cell with the lights on day and night, French teacher Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris on Wednesday marked three years in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. As the anniversary passes, Kohler’s sister has told RFI their situation is unbearable and deteriorating fast.

The Independent UK

Climbing on Winston Churchill statue to become a crime

Offenders could face up to three months in prison and fined £1,000 for desecrating the monument to the former prime minister

AAP

Jail sentence reduced for truckie over road-rage death

A truck driver who crushed another man with his truck in a tragic road-rage incident has had his prison sentence reduced after an appeal..

Euronews

Two Belgian teens found with 5,000 ants in Kenya given $7,700 fine or year in prison

The teenagers were found with the ants, which authorities said were destined for European and Asian markets, in an emerging trend of trafficking lesser-known wildlife species.

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