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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.

Los Angeles Times

Prosecutors in Whitmer kidnap plot say life sentence fits

Federal prosecutors say a life prison sentence would be justified for the leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

The Independent UK

Art gallery at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison opens doors to public, and for prisoners

A new gallery at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison, the first of its kind in Western Australia, offers inmates the opportunity to sell their artworks and reshape their identity in a positive way.

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‘Times Square Killer’ Richard Cottingham admits to murdering 5 Long Island women 50 years ago, families lash out in court

NEW YORK — A convicted serial murderer known as the “Times Square Killer” whose savage string of sexually charged murders stretched from New Jersey to Manhattan for nearly 15 years confessed Monday to the half-century-old homicides of five women on Long Island.

Tribune News Service

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

The man who shot and wounded Lady Gaga’s dog walker and stole her French bulldogs last year has taken a plea deal and was sentenced to 21 years in prison

The Independent UK

Man who shot Lady Gaga’s dog-walker and stole her French bulldogs jailed for 21 years

Prosecutors said the pop star’s involvement was a coincidence

The Independent UK

Michael Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzling clients’ money

The disgraced lawyer gained fame for representing adult actress Stormy Daniels in legal battles against Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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Gallery bursts into tears as dad jailed for dealing Class A drugs

Members of the gallery sobbed as Carl Roughley was sent to prison

Liverpool Echo

Michael Avenatti gets 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from clients

LOS ANGELES — Michael Avenatti, the once-swaggering celebrity lawyer who was undone by his proclivity for embezzlement and fraud, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison for dodging taxes and stealing millions of dollars from clients.

Los Angeles Times

Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti has been sentenced in Southern California to 14 years in federal prison for cheating his clients out of millions of dollars

The Independent UK

Colombia president's move to label protesters 'peace managers' sparks controversy

Opponents of Colombia President Gustavo Petro on Monday insisted that people jailed for participating in anti-government protests in 2021 were in prison for breaking the law, not demonstrating, after Petro announced plans to name dozens of youths as peace managers, paving the way for their release.

Reuters

Ex-town official gets 15 days for role in Jan. 6 riot

A former Massachusetts town official seen on surveillance video marching through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 15 days in prison for her role in the riot

The Independent UK

Michael Avenatti facing more prison time for stealing millions of dollars from clients

LOS ANGELES — Michael Avenatti, the once swaggering celebrity lawyer who was undone by his proclivity for embezzlement and fraud, faces a potentially long prison term when he is sentenced Monday for dodging taxes and stealing millions of dollars from clients.

Los Angeles Times

Georgian opposition says ex-president possibly poisoned

The main opposition party in Georgia has filed a court case calling for the imprisoned ex-president of the country to be released for medical examination overseas because of concerns he is suffering from poisoning

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

Curtis Warren's plot to flood island with drugs landed him in prison

The former drugs baron was released in November

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester's prisoners could serve jail terms in region's police stations

GMP confirmed it has 'agreed to support' national proposals to help prison overcrowding

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel like a target’: Welsh woman braces for her stalker’s possible release

Exclusive: Rhianon Bragg says she feels vulnerable in her isolated home as her ex-partner could be freed from prison

ABC News

Sydney's 'milk crate murderer' Mert Ney rushed to hospital after stabbing at Goulburn's Supermax jail

Mert Ney, 24 — who is known as Sydney's milk crate murderer — has allegedly been stabbed by another inmate in Goulburn's Supermax prison.

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Jailed Sudan Ex-President Bashir Transferred to Hospital

Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday. The 78-year-old has been in custody while he is being tried over the 1989 coup that brought him to power. He was ousted in an uprising…

The New Daily

Porsche driver Richard Pusey jailed for offensive photos

Porsche driver Richard Pusey will be free from prison in days after being jailed for sending graphic photos of dying police officers to the financial

Chicago Sun-Times

Holiday gifts for the incarcerated, a small gesture with a big impact: ‘They need to know people care about them’

Congregants of the evangelical Willow Creek Community Church assembled just over 1,000 gift bags for inmates Sunday in the South Loop.

Reuters

Jailed Sudan ex-president Bashir transferred to hospital- lawyer

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday.

ABC News

Northern Territory prisons facing 'unprecedented pressures' and record inmate numbers

Northern Territory inmates are sleeping on the floor on "uncomfortable" mattresses as prison numbers reach record highs and authorities struggle to come up with solutions.

Los Angeles Times

Brittney Griner facing 'terrible' life at remote penal colony in Russia

The inmates at IK-2 penal colony rise at 6 a.m. each day for a breakfast of milk porridge, bread and tea. Soon they leave their barracks at this aging facility about 300 miles southeast of Moscow, in the isolated republic of Mordovia.

ABC News

Inside Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre, where kids say they get no help

A "gladiator pit", a "war zone", a "kindergarten for the adult prison" — these are just some of the ways Tasmania's only youth detention centre has been described. This is what it's like inside.

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