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Pastors find a role ministering to young men swept up in El Salvador's crackdown on gangs

Over the past 15 months, El Salvador’s security forces have jailed tens of thousands of people in a massive crackdown on the country’s notorious gangs

The Independent UK

Glasgow killer launches 'sadistic' attack on inmate while serving murder sentence

John Chawner held a fellow prisoner hostage while punching and kicking him. The 43-year-old is serving a murder sentence after killing a man in Glasgow's Blackhill in a row over a lawnmower.

Glasgow Live

A body in a suitcase, Bonnie and Clyde fantasy and baby born in Bali prison: The chilling case of Heather Mack

As Chicago woman Heather Mack pleads guilty over the killing of her socialite mother Sheila von Weise-Mack at a 5-star Bali resort in 2014, America remains horrified by the case involving a Bonnie and Clyde fantasy, a body stuffed in a suitcase and a baby born behind bars. Rachel Sharp…

The Independent UK

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Child killer Levi Bellfield allowed to marry girlfriend in jail after winning fight with prison chiefs

The 55-year-old is serving two whole life orders for killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, as well as the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy.

Daily Record

Serial killer Levi Bellfield wins bid to marry behind bars after battle with prison chiefs

New legislation will not be in enforced in time to prevent the twisted killer from marrying his partner

The Independent UK

Pretty Red Dress cast and director talk breaking taboos with their new movie

Dionne Edwards, Alexandra Burke, and Natey Jones discuss exploring liberation in their emotional drama.

Total Film

Brickbat: On the Hunt

Kalamazoo County, Michigan, prosecutor Jeff Getting says he is dropping all charges against Jeff Titus, who spent almost 21 years in prison for killing two hunters. Titus's conviction was overturned after it was discovered that the prosecution had withheld evidence in the case. No physical evidence connected Titus to the…

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Serial killer Levi Bellfield allowed to marry his girlfriend in prison

Levi Bellfield is serving two whole life orders for killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange

Manchester Evening News

Double rapist worked at Loch Lomond boarding school when he attacked sleeping victim

A double rapist was working in the IT department of Lomond School in Helensburgh when he preyed on his first victim. He has now been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Glasgow Live

Serial killer Levi Bellfield wins battle to marry in prison

Bellfield is serving two whole life orders for killing 13-year-old Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and Amelie Delagrange, 22.

The Independent UK

Midlothian killer Luke Mitchell fails prison drug test crushing hopes for freedom

Luke Mitchell was ordered to spend 20 years behinds bars after brutally murdering his girlfriend 14-year-old Jodi Jones in 2003. As he prepares to get out on parole, it has been reported that he failed his drug tests.

Edinburgh Live

Jodi Jones killer Luke Mitchell fails prison drug test crushing release hopes

Mitchell was found guilty of killing his 14-year-old girlfriend Jodi Jones in 2003.

Daily Record

Duane Owen feasts on simple meal ahead of execution before leaving chilling silence

According to prison officials he received no visitors before his execution, and he ate a last meal that consisted of a bacon cheeseburger with no bun, onion rings and a milkshake

Daily Mirror

Arizona death row inmate released after 29 years behind bars

An Arizona death row inmate who spent 29 years behind bars has been released from prison

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Tribune News Service

Islamic State soldier from Michigan sentenced in rare terrorism case

DETROIT — An ISIS soldier from Dearborn captured while fighting alongside the terror group in Syria five years ago was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in federal prison.

The Independent UK

Cosby accusers push laws that let sex-assault victims seek justice years later

A group of women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and were dismayed when he had his conviction overturned and left prison are trying again to seek justice in the courts

The Independent UK

Man sentenced to life for '99 slaying of 2 teen girls in Alabama

A man convicted of the 1999 cold case slaying of two teenage girls has been sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison

Axios

Jack Teixeira, airman arrested in Pentagon leak, indicted on mishandling classified intelligence

He faces up to 60 years in prison and a $1.5 million fine.

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Los Angeles Times

Review: Bigger, louder and even less necessary, 'Extraction 2' lumbers along

Having barely survived the adventures of the first film, solider for-hire Tyler Rake returns for "Extraction 2." Played again by Chris Hemsworth, Rake is recovering in a remote cabin in Austria when he is visited by a mysterious handler (Idris Elba) and charged with rescuing the wife and two children…

Al Jazeera

What could a possible prison sentence for Donald Trump look like?

As he faces 37 federal charges, does the former US president have a real chance of being handed a lengthy sentence?

The Independent UK

Lord Chancellor will look ‘extremely carefully’ at Pitchfork decision

The Parole Board has ruled double child killer Colin Pitchfork can be released from prison subject to conditions.

Texas Observer

Life with Parole

Probation and parole systems remain understaffed and buggy in Texas, causing people to fall through the cracks and land in prison.

The Independent UK

How much prison time could Trump face? Past cases brought steep punishment for document hoarders

The outcome of past cases against defendants accused of hoarding classified documents looms as an ominous guidepost for the legal jeopardy Donald Trump could face

The Independent UK

Songwriter, music industry entrepreneur sentenced to life in prison in girlfriend's death

A songwriter and music industry entrepreneur from Atlanta has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his girlfriend in Iowa

The Independent UK

Double child killer Colin Pitchfork can be released from prison – Parole Board

Pitchfork was jailed for life in 1988 after raping and strangling two 15-year-olds in Leicestershire in 1983 and 1986.

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