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'Accept new prison' near you to tackle jail crisis, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells local residents

Punishments for offenders, such as home curfew, could be increasingly used to stop so many of them going to jail

Evening Standard

A Lebanese man who spent 32 years in Syrian prisons is welcomed home

Suheil Hamwi spent 32 years in a Syrian prison, and now, after an offensive by insurgents that toppled the government of Bashar Assad, he’s finally returned to his home to Lebanon

The Independent UK

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Humanity lost in dealing with prisoners, inquest told

Corrections staff have lost sight of humanity when dealing with prisoners, their boss has told an inquest into an Indigenous man's death in custody.

AAP

Iranian women could face death penalty for defying new morality laws

Execution, long jail terms and big fines for ‘promoting’ nudity, unveiling or improper dressing come into force

The Guardian - UK

Labor to pay $2.3bn to controversial US prison operator subsidiary to run onshore detention

Exclusive: Secure Journeys, a local subsidiary of Management & Training Corporation, will begin operating the centres from early 2025

The Guardian - AU

‘Human dart’ sentenced to prison for viral leaping attack at Nevada judge

A man who was captured on courtroom video attacking a judge in Las Vegas has been sentenced to at least 26 years in prison

The Independent UK

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'Finally got him': man guilty of wife's 2007 murder

Emotion filled a court room as a violent and abusive estranged husband was convicted of Cindy Crossthwaite's murder after more than 17 years.

AAP

Prisons set to run out of space within seven years, says justice minister

The Ministry of Justice has announced plans for four new prisons, but Shabana Mahmood said it is ‘still not enough’

The Independent UK

Government sets target for 14,000 prison cell spaces by 2031

The Ministry of Justice set out the plans on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Trump lawyers, aide hit with ten new felony charges in Wisconsin fake electors case

Each charge carries a possible maximum penalty of six years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The Independent UK

Philadelphia man exonerated for murder after 24 years to return to prison for separate killing

Shaurn Thomas, 50, was convicted of slaying a businessman in 1992 and later sentenced to life in prison. He was exonerated in 2017 and the city paid him $4.1m

The Independent UK

Gypsy Rose Blanchard explains why her engagement to Ken Urker fell apart in new memoir

Blanchard and Urker, who rekindled their romance in April, are expecting their first child together

The Independent UK

Las Vegas Woman Notoriously Nicknamed 'Black Widow' After Being Accused of Killing Husband Has Conviction Dismissed After Decades in Prison

A woman once dubbed "The Black Widow" in connection with the 1994 death of her husband had her murder conviction dismissed Monday after two decades in prison.

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Missouri Man Who Shot and Killed Pregnant Woman During Argument About His Gun Sentenced to Life: 'No Remorse'

A Missouri man has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting his pregnant girlfriend during an argument.

The Independent UK

Luigi Mangione shouts about ‘insult to the American people’ as he’s dragged into court by police

Luigi Mangione appeared at the Blair County Courthouse this afternoon in handcuffs and wearing an orange prison jumpsuit

The Independent UK

‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies

SPECIAL DISPATCH: From Assad’s slaughterhouse jail to the hospital morgue piled up with mutilated bodies, desperate Syrians search for family members disappeared under a despot’s brutal regime, reports Bel Trew

The Guardian - UK

Bournemouth beach murder accused said he liked knives, court told

Prison officer and criminology lecturer give evidence in trial of Nasen Saadi, who denies murder of Amie Gray

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White Helmets Call On Russia To Reveal Syrian Prisons

The White Helmets call on Russia to pressure Assad to reveal secret prison locations in Syria to aid rescue efforts and seek justice for victims.

The Guardian - UK

Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison

Mazen al-Hamada had escaped to tell the world about regime’s torture before returning to Damascus

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Teen, 16, Jailed For 12 Years For Attempted Homicide Of 14-Year-Old Boy, Attacked By Mistake

While the teenage attacker was sentenced to prison, the victim “will carry the injuries for the rest of his life,” the police said. The post Teen, 16, Jailed For 12 Years For Attempted Homicide Of 14-Year-Old Boy, Attacked By Mistake first appeared on Bored Panda.

Latin Times

Religious Leader Who 'Married' Little Girls In Order to Rape Them Sentenced to Decades in Prison

A polygamist and self-proclaimed prophet who "spiritually married" 20 brides, including girls as young as 9-years-old, has been sentenced to 50 years in prison.

The Independent UK

‘They tortured me when I asked to see him’: Wife of jailed Syrian reveals truth of Assad’s slaughterhouse jail

As the brutality of the Assad regime falls away, Bel Trew finds families driven by desperation, grief and fury as they searched for their lost loved ones

Evening Standard

Britain cannot build its way out of prisons crisis, Justice Secretary tells MPs

Shabana Mahmood says she will publish a ‘realistic’ plan later this week that will lead to 14,000 extra places being built.

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