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Charles Bronson locked in cell for 23 hours a day and gets letters from 500 people

Bronson - one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners - is the subject of a public parole hearing

Liverpool Echo

Prisoner Bronson tells parole hearing he is an ‘angel’ compared with past self

The notorious 70-year-old inmate is making his latest bid to be freed from jail.

The Independent UK

Belarus sentences exiled critic Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in jail

MOSCOW: Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison for spearheading historic protests against the former Soviet country's authoritarian leader.

Bangkok Post

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US fugitive Nicholas Rossi has extradition hearing postponed after refusing to attend

American citizen Nicholas Rossi, 35, was expected before Edinburgh Sheriff Court but, it was told, he refused to get into the prison van and it was…

The National (Scotland)

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi refuses to leave prison to attend his extradition hearing

The rape suspect's mental health was worsening, a court heard, but the case was delayed until June despite his failure to appear.

Daily Record

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison

A court in Belarus on Monday sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government, the latest move in a months-long effort by the Belarusian government to suppress dissent.

France 24

Belarus sentences exiled opposition leader to 15 years

A court in Belarus has sentenced exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 years in prison after a trial in absentia on charges including conspiring to overthrow the government

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Charles Bronson's odd parole outburst as he tells hearing 'I've not p***** myself'

Bronson - one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners - had issues with a juice carton and had to get a tissue as he attended the hearing

Liverpool Echo

UK police officer who murdered woman sentenced for further sex crimes

A former London police officer, who was jailed for life in 2021 for raping and murdering Sarah Everard in a case that shocked Britain, has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for exposing himself in incidents which took place before that attack.

Reuters

They were murdered by Albania’s communist regime. Three decades on, families are still searching for their remains

Eleanor Myers, winner of the fourth Rupert Cornwell Prize for Journalism, speaks to relatives of some of the thousands believed executed about their fight to find their loved ones – so they can lay them to rest

The Independent UK

Hundreds of people write to notorious prisoner Bronson, parole judges told

The Parole Board review began on Monday.

The Independent UK

Charles Bronson's original crime that led to life behind bars for notorious lag

Chalres Bronson, who has changed his name to Charles Salvador, is now 70-years-old but he was first locked up at the age of 13 and has spent most of the years since behind bars

Daily Mirror

Charles Bronson describes ‘rumble of his life’ prison fight as parole panel told he wouldn’t cope with release

He is only the second inmate in UK legal history to have his case heard in public

Evening Standard

Two guards killed in gunfire as four break out of Mauritania jail

Four detainees escaped from the central prison in Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott, during a breakout in which two soldiers were killed in gunfire, the interior ministry said on Monday, describing the four as "terrorists".

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'We named our children for what we love - Bambi, Rocky films and Tyson Fury'

The family has also been inspired by other boxers TV show Prison Break and a punk band

The National (Scotland)

Meet the Scots tattoo artist turned comedian touring the country's prisons

“I’ve went from fighting people to fighting for laughter.” Former amateur mixed martial arts fighter, tattoo artists and now comedian David…

WEKU

Egypt sentences human rights activists to prison on terrorism charges

Human rights groups called the trial unfair. Egypt on Sunday sentenced 14 people, including rights activists, to prison terms ranging between five and 15 years on terrorism-related charges.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Torture claim in ACT prison, Australia Post backs big executive bonuses, Chris Rock talks slap

An Indigenous woman alleges she was pinned down by prison officers who ignored warnings she couldn’t breathe

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Edinburgh Live

Former Edinburgh prisoner told to spend week in jail after failing to turn up to court

He modelled himself on Jordan Belfort, the fraudster in The Wolf Of Wall Street film. Farr was jailed for 34 months in 2015 in Edinburgh for the solar panel con.

Liverpool Echo

Charles Bronson's plan upon release from prison as he bids for freedom

Charles Bronson is hoping a parole hearing next week will lead to his release

The Conversation

Buildings used iron from sunken ships centuries ago. The use of recycled materials should be business as usual by now

At Fremantle Prison in the 1850s, when metal was scarce, the prison gate and handrails were made from iron recovered from sunken ships. As I toured the prison recently, I reflected on how similar the situation was when COVID-19 disrupted building supply chains across Australia. The shortage of materials such…

The Guardian - UK

UK urged to seek release of Tunisian opposition figure jailed in crackdown

Daughter of Said Ferjani, who lived in UK for more than 20 years, says he has been falsely imprisoned and asks MPs to intervene

Wales Online

Care home spent severely disabled man’s money on women’s clothes, cosmetics and toys he could not use

"When I actually got into his bedroom, I could see it was bare. It was like a prison cell, he was sitting in a broken wheelchair.”

The Independent UK

Pedestrian jailed for manslaughter of cyclist fears she will be bullied in prison, friend claims

Auriol Grey fears she will be taunted for her disability, friend claims

The Times of India

Feb 26 clash in Punjab's Goindwal Sahib prison: Jail superintendent among 5 officials arrested

CHANDIGARH: After the Goindwal Sahib jail incident video went viral on Sunday in which two gangsters were murdered in a clash between members of two rival gangs on February 26, the Punjab police have arrested jail superintendent Iqbal Singh Brar and four other prison officials out of the total seven…

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