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Climber scaled the Shard before telling arresting officers he would 'come down in two minutes after taking a selfie'

After the incident, Adam Lockwood uploaded a video to YouTube, in which he said: "I’m probably going to prison tomorrow but when I get out my videos will probably get crazier.”

Manchester Evening News

Turkey's attempt to ban an Erdogan rival from politics is drawing a backlash

People are protesting a court ruling to sentence Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and bar him from politics for two-plus years. He's seen as a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

WEKU

Inmates praised for saving guard being attacked by another prisoner, SC officials say

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two inmates at a South Carolina prison are being praised for stopping a guard from being attacked Tuesday night, according to the state Department of Corrections.

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Chrisleys focus on therapy, Bible studies and their children ahead of prison term

As reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley prepare to start the new year in prison, they are focusing on their mental health, religion and family.

Los Angeles Times

Navalny says mercenary boss visited his jail to recruit for Ukraine campaign

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company that has taken a major part in the Ukraine war, had visited his prison to recruit convicts.

Reuters

'I'm so happy that stepdad who stole my childhood has finally been jailed' - abuse victim

Miriam Lake said she was in "disbelief and shock" after the Court of Appeal ruled stepdad Michael Egan's abuse of her as a child required an immediate prison term

Daily Mirror

Serial killer 'The Serpent' who murdered up to 24 victims to be freed from prison

Nepal’s Supreme Court has ruled that notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj will be freed from prison, due to his health, despite being linked to as many as two dozen murders across Asia

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'High risk' Scots sex offender jailed after abducting stranger in knife rampage

Kenneth Gibson attacked two people in Edinburgh after pulling a knife on police officers, then got into a car with a lone motorist who had just left a judo class.

Daily Record

Syria’s Assad Issues Conditional Amnesty for Draft Dodgers

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty on Wednesday that pardons draft dodgers and helps them avoid prison if they report to duty within three to four months. Syrians who escaped the mandatory military service and are inside the country will have three months to turn themselves in, while those…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tennis ace Becker recounts horrors of British prison life after fraud conviction

Former tennis world number one Boris Becker vowed during an emotional TV interview to avoid the mistakes that led to his jail sentence for fraud in April. The 55-year-old German, who shot to fame nearly 40 years ago as the first unseeded man to win Wimbledon, was found guilty of…

Radio France Internationale

Syria's Assad issues conditional amnesty for draft dodgers

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty on Wednesday that pardons draft dodgers and helps them avoid prison if they report to duty within three to four months.

Reuters

Four North East men still wanted in connection with serious offences after 11 arrested

Northumbria Police have confirmed that they will be carrying out extensive searches across the region

Chronicle Live

How Gandhi helped an ex-convict turn his life around

Is it fashionable to hate Gandhi? A number of think-pieces may suggest it is, with varying degrees of success. The rehabilitation of Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse, even by Lok Sabha MPs, also contributes to this general sense, and no one knows it better than Milan Thakkar.

Newslaundry

Israel to Hold Remains of Deceased Palestinian Prisoner

Israel's defense minister said Wednesday that the remains of a Palestinian prisoner who died a day earlier from lung cancer would not be released for burial. Benny Gantz’s office said the body of Nasser Abu Hamid, one of the founders of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, would be held as…

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Manchester Evening News

Police appeal for help to trace man wanted on recall to prison

Shaun Aver is from the Bury area, police said

Daily Mirror

Everything Boris Becker said about prison hell including death threats from murderers

One of tennis' greatest players Boris Becker has now been released from prison and he recalled his hellish experiences behind bars in a wide-ranging TV interview

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh inmate threatened to end girlfriend's life after getting dumped on video call

29-year-old Brendan Carroll was serving a sentence in Edinburgh’s Saughton Prison when his partner at the time broke the bad news over the video link.

The Guardian - UK

Qatar’s forgotten migrant workers stuck in a ‘prison where you can work’

The migrant labour camps in Qatar are harsh places and feel in a different universe from the Lusail Stadium

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Ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison for manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — Atatiana Jefferson’s family waited three years for justice in her slaying, but they said the justice rendered fell short.

The Independent UK

Sam Bankman-Fried reportedly fell asleep during extradition hearing

Crypto mogul faces up to 115 years in prison if convicted of wire fraud and securities fraud charges

The Independent UK

Weinstein dodges sentencing enhancement, faces 18 years

Harvey Weinstein will face a maximum prison sentence of 18 years after a Los Angeles jury failed to reach a verdict on special allegations that Weinstein planned his assault on a model-actor in 2013 and whether she was “particularly vulnerable.”

ABC News

Paul Kelly's How to Make Gravy covered by First Nations prisoners with Pitjantjatjara translation

A quarter of a century after it was first recorded, First Nations prisoners in WA have put a fresh spin on the iconic song How to Make Gravy.

The Independent UK

Man pleads guilty in Florida woman's unsolved 1991 slaying

A man already imprisoned in Florida for another killing has pleaded guilty to the unsolved 1991 slaying of a woman he met at a bar

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One Of 2022’s Great Failures Was That The Rate Of Indigenous Deaths In Custody Increased

The rate of Indigenous deaths in custody rose in 2022, more than 31 years after the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker claims Jurgen Klopp "couldn't visit" him in prison amid safety concerns

Former tennis player Boris Becker revealed all in an emotional interview in Germany about his experience in prison, where he spent eight months before being released last week

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