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California moves to shut down a 3rd state prison as inmate population shrinks

California officials on Tuesday announced they will begin the process of closing Chuckwalla Valley State Prison in Riverside County and are planning cutbacks at six more prisons, including a women’s facility in Sacramento County.

Tribune News Service

Jie William Smith sentenced to more than four years' jail for manslaughter of six-month-old baby

A man convicted of the manslaughter of a six-month-old boy has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison.

ABC News

Jafeth Ramos gets 25 years in prison in connection with 2016 Gage Park killings

Jafeth Ramos pleaded guilty to one count of armed robbery and agreed to testify against her former boyfriend, Diego Uribe, at his trial.

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Argentine court sentences VP Cristina Kirchner to six years in prison for graft

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to 6 years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency.

France 24

Argentine court sentences VP Fernandez de Kirchner to 6 years in prison in graft case

An Argentine federal court on Tuesday found Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner guilty of corruption in a case related to public works in a highly-charged legal case that has rattled the country.

Reuters

‘Torso killer’ behind bars for killing six pleads guilty to five more cold case murders

Richard Cottingham, who is known as ‘Torso killer’ or ‘Times Square Killer’ claims to have killed up to 100 women

The Independent UK

This Morning: Ex-cop says 'It's not right' that 24 Hours in Police Custody dad jailed after he chased would-be-burglers

Adam White was the victim of an attempted burglary however he ended up in prison

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Violence far lower at Macquarie Prison where serious offenders enjoy more freedoms

Inmates convicted of murder, rape and terrorism are given many freedoms at the 'fully relaxed' Macquarie prison and data shows violence against staff and fellow inmates is much lower.

ABC News

Indonesia passes criminal law banning sex outside marriage with threat of jail

A host of changes to criminal codes in Indonesia now bans sex between unmarried couples, who could face up to a year in prison if caught.

Daily Mirror

Iran Officials Sentence 5 to Death for Killing Basij Troop

Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing a member of a paramilitary force affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received lengthy prison sentences. The 13 men and three minors had been charged with killing R.Ajamian, a member of the Basij, a paramilitary…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Santa Claus is coming to frown! Why the best Christmas songs are sad and slow

Who says festive numbers have to be merry? Marvin Gaye’s prisoner-of-war lament is a touching treat – while Prince’s track about a guy getting over a yuletide death with banana daiquiris is the jewel of the genre

The Guardian - UK

'Incalculable loss' and extra training over death of inmate at HMP Nottingham

It was said that Mr Braund had fallen ill on Saturday, March 7, 2020, a few weeks after arriving at the prison. His family say he's 'never far from our minds and our hearts'

Nottingham Post

Iran sentences five to death over killing of Basij officer during protests

Iranian authorities sentenced five people to death for allegedly killing an officer affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, state media said Tuesday. Eleven others received lengthy prison sentences.

France 24

US man ‘trapped’ in Russian-controlled Donetsk despite release from prison

Exclusive: Suedi Murekezi, detained in Ukraine in June by Russian proxy forces, says lack of ID papers means he can’t leave city

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Manchester Evening News

Sex outside marriage banned in Indonesia with anyone caught - including tourists - risking a year in prison

The new law applies in top travel destinations including Bali the islands off Lombok

WEKU

The man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker gets 21 years in prison

The Lady Gaga connection was a coincidence, authorities have said. The motive was the value of the French bulldogs, and detectives do not believe the thieves knew the dogs belonged to the musician.

Salon

Death shows halfway house system's ills

Halfway house operators in Colorado have long been cited for failing to comply with standards

Dublin Live

Kinahan thug who helped carry out feud murder released after four years

He celebrated his release by posting several photos to social media in recent days

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Parents of man left to die in prison say care failures will haunt them for ever

Exclusive: Inquest found there was ‘continuous failure to provide adequate healthcare’ for Alex Braund

Asharq Al-Awsat

Activist Sentenced to 3 Years in Jail for Criticizing PMF in Iraq

The Iraqi judiciary sentenced on Monday an activist to three years in prison for “insulting state institutions” after criticizing the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF). In a Facebook post, Haidar al-Zeidi, 24, said he had been previously arrested by the PMF and detained for two weeks before being released on bail.…

Irish Mirror

Kinahan cartel thug who helped carry out feud murder celebrates release after just four years

Exclusive: Nathan Foley, who assisted ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson in carrying out the murder of Daithi Douglas, walked free from prison last week

Boston Herald

Tsarnaev prison canteen cash leads to DOJ get-tough memo

A Justice Department memo urges prosecutors to push harder for restitution after complaints swirled that killers and sexual predators were ducking the bills while behind bars.

Daily Mirror

Man who shot Lady Gaga's dog walker sentenced to 21 years in jail after taking plea deal

A man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga's dog walker took a plea deal and was sentenced to over two decades in prison

Tribune News Service

Feds say life in prison 'sufficient' for Whitmer kidnap plotter

DETROIT — A life prison sentence for Adam Fox, a convicted ringleader of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, is sufficient for trying to "light the fire of a second revolution," federal prosecutors said late Monday.

Los Angeles Times

Man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker pleads no contest, sentenced to 21 years in prison

LOS ANGELES — The man who shot Lady Gaga's dogwalker during an attempt to steal the animals pleaded no contest to a charge of attempted murder Monday and was immediately sentenced to 21 years in prison.

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