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Stall with stuff made by jail inmates inaugurated

Telangana Prisons Dept. inaugurates stall at Secunderabad Railway Station to sell articles made by jail inmates, providing financial support & reintegration into society. Stall to be set up at Kacheguda & Nampally Stations too. Inaugurated by Y. Rajesh, I.G. of Prisons & N. Murali Babu, IG of Telangana State Prisons.

The Hindu

Bank employee held for gold jewellery theft in Vellore

Police arrested 35-yr-old Venkatesan for stealing 50 sovereigns of gold jewellery from his neighbour's house in Vellore. CCTV footage, chilli powder sachets & tank cleaning evidence led to his arrest. Valuables were recovered from bank locker. Suspect lodged in Central Prison.

The Hindu

Mother gets 78-year prison term for killing daughters, 15 and 5, in Virginia

A northern Virginia mother who sedated her daughters with melatonin-laced gummy bears before fatally shooting has been sentenced to 78 years in prison

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Too few dying and disabled inmates being released? Victims’ families might disagree.

It’s important to understand that a majority of the convicts seeking relief under the state’s compassionate release law took the life of a son, daughter, mother or father, former Illinois House Majority Leader Jim Durkin writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Nebraska mother sentenced to 2 years in prison for giving abortion pills to pregnant daughter

A Nebraska mother who pleaded guilty to giving her teenage daughter pills for an abortion and helping to burn and conceal the fetus has been sentenced to two years in prison

The Independent UK

Chicago man gets life in prison for role in 2016 home invasion that killed 5 people

A Chicago man convicted of fatally shooting five people during a 2016 home invasion has been sentenced to life in prison

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Suicidal prisoners put in ‘torture cells’ instead of given care, inquiry told

Professor Linda Allan’s 21-year-old daughter Katie died in Polmont young offenders’ institution in 2018.

The Independent UK

Georgia man walks free from prison after 22 years as murder sentence is overturned

Joey Watkins, now in his early forties, was charged with murder, possession of a firearm and stalking

The Independent UK

Drone loaded with drugs 'crashed' during prison flight

Two prisoners and a parolee hatched a plan to attempt a drone delivery to the exercise yard of drugs and a USB drive full of adult entertainment.

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Telugu Desam Party national president Chandrababu Naidu’s judicial remand extended for two days

The Anti-Corruption Bureau court extended the judicial remand by two days to Telugu Desam Party national president N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is currently lodged in Rajahmundry Central Prison in Andhra Pradesh Skill Development scam.

The Hindu

Parliamentary panel recommends GPS trackers to reduce overcrowding in prisons

Parliamentary panel recommends ankle trackers to reduce overcrowding in prisons. It suggests exploring cost-effective technology to produce ankle trackers that can be worn by prisoners on bail. It also recommends transferring prisoners from overcrowded jails to other jails with vacant cells. It notes that mobile phones are a major contraband…

The Hindu

Appeals court tosses Chicago cop-killer’s ‘excessive sentence’ after he was denied parole more than 30 times

Ronnie Carrasquillo will be resentenced after 46 years in prison after the court ruled the Illinois Prisoner Review Board didn’t give him a “meaningful’ opportunity for parole.

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas teen sentenced to 40 years after killing a student and injuring another in school shooting

A 16-year-old has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for fatally shooting a student and injuring another at a Dallas-area school earlier this year

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Girlfriend of Indiana fugitive arrested as he remains on run after being released from prison by mistake

Kevin Mason was missing for six-and-a-half hours before the Marion County Sheriff’s Office learned of his release

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‘Mayhem’ Miller pens lengthy apology for ‘self-destructive behavior’ after latest arrest

UFC veteran Jason "Mayhem" Miller detailed his struggle to transition from prison and apologized for the years of trouble he's caused.

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Alex Murdaugh co-conspirator granted delay to prison sentence – again

Judge told disgraced banker Russell Laffitte: ‘No further extensions will be granted’

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Minor parties get fired up over crime and punishment

Crime has been one of the dominant themes of this election campaign and it proved to be the hot button in the second televised debate this week. As Mark Jennings writes, the leaders of the minor parties were taking no prisoners in their battle for crucial votes.

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Tests show drinking water is safe at a Minnesota prison, despite inmate concerns

State health officials have said that the drinking water at a Minnesota prison is safe after inmate and advocate concerns over the water’s quality prompted a new round of tests

The Independent UK

Stepmother sentenced to life in prison for torture murder of three-year-old girl

Bella Seachrist died in June 2020 after being starved, tortured and physically abused by her stepmother

The Hindu

A.P. Assembly proceedings: expulsion of TDP MLAs a predetermined act, says Atchannaidu

It is unfortunate that the ‘lousy behaviour’ of the ruling party MLAs is not visible to the Speaker, who ‘never loses an opportunity to portray the TDP leaders as villains’, alleges Atchannaidu. There is no evidence of Chandrababu Naidu’s role in the skill development scam, but he is still confined…

The Texas Tribune

Texas inmate killed by cellmate during a statewide prison lockdown

The killing of inmate Billy Chemirmir in the Coffield Unit occurred during a statewide lockdown of prisons, promoted by a rise in inmate homicides. A day before the lockdown, another incident at the same prison resulted in the firings of seven correctional officers and the resignations of another six.

The Hindu

All 2,064 prisoners, including former Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, are safe in Rajahmundry Central Prison, asserts DIG

The undertrial prisoner who succumbed to dengue while undergoing treatment in GGH-Kakinada was not in prison even for a single day since his admission on October 6, says Ravi Kiran, who is also in-charge of Rajahmundry Central Prison; the concerns of the families of all the prisoners is similar, and…

The Independent UK

Indonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video

A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious hatred and sentenced her to two years in prison for saying a Muslim prayer and then eating pork in a TikTok video

The Guardian - UK

Tricky: ‘I was less nervous going to prison than I was getting on stage’

As his debut Maxinquaye gets reissued, the Bristolian music legend answers your questions on Beyoncé, Bob Marley and annoying Gary Oldman with a Twix

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