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Families get final say before Parkland shooter is sentenced

Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz will be sentenced to life in prison this week, but not before the families of the 17 people he murdered get the chance to tell him what they think

The Independent UK

Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate death

Three former Illinois prison guards face life in prison for a beating that led to the death of inmate Larry Earvin in 2018

The Independent UK

Guantanamo Bay's oldest prisoner freed after being held for 18 years without charge

Saifullah Paracha was captured in an FBI sting two years after the 9/11 attacks and has been locked up ever since despite never being charged of a crime

Daily Mirror

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Woman told inmate husband was dead - before prison bosses admit mix-up with killer

Police told the wife of a man with the same surname as serial killer Anthony Hardy that her husband, who was also in prison, had died at HMP Frankland in County Durham

Daily Mirror

Growing prison populations in Australia are costing $4.2bn a year despite falling crime rates, Labor says

‘If the incarceration rate had remained at its 1985 level, Australia would have saved $2.6bn,’ says assistant treasury minister Andrew Leigh

The Guardian - AU

Faces of two men hanged together in Walton jail's first double execution

Everyone executed at Walton was hanged for murder - although one was a tragic case of wrongful conviction

Liverpool Echo

Drugs and phones smuggled into Scots jails via hair brushes and kids chocolate

Drugs and mobiles are being hidden in Kinders and tennis balls.

Daily Record

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Prisoners letters photocopied to stop crooks soaking them in spice

HMP Liverpool has introduced the measure to try and stop psychoactive substances getting to inmates

Liverpool Echo

Jail bosses 'help 60 prisoners' become dads through IVF at their own expense

The inmates were granted permission to take part in IVF with their wives or girlfriends as conjugal visits are not allowed in British prisons. The prisoners or their families must pay for the treatment

Daily Mirror

US releases Guantanamo Bay’s oldest prisoner after holding him two decades without charge

The Pakistani national was never charged with any crimes but had been considered too dangerous to be released

The Independent UK

Man released from California prison after 38 years following new DNA evidence

A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars convicted of murder and two attempted murders has been released from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person.

Evening Standard

The U.S. releases the oldest prisoner in Guantánamo Bay

Saifullah Paracha, 75, was held at the U.S. facility for 18 years without ever being charged. He arrived in Pakistan on Saturday.

WEKU

Pakistani returns home after 18 years of U.S. detention in Guantanamo prison camp

A Pakistani national held by the United States for 18 years in the Guantanamo Bay prison camp without trial on suspicion of links to al Qaeda returned home to Pakistan on Saturday, Pakistan and the United States said.

Reuters

Innocent man who spent 38 years in prison finally freed by DNA evidence

Maurice Hastings spent almost four decades behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. He always professed his innocence. At a news conference after his release, Hastings said: 'I'm not standing up here a bitter man'

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Guantanamo’s oldest inmate Saifullah Paracha freed after 19 years

Saifullah Paracha, who was arrested in 2003 and accused of financing al-Qaeda, was never charged like most prisoners.

WEKU

DNA evidence has freed a California man imprisoned for more than 38 years

Maurice Hastings spent nearly four decades behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders. He was released after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to another person, the L.A. County DA said.

Dublin Live

IRA man who was caught with guns used in Regency Hotel attack is out of jail

Donegal man Shane Rowan, 44, who was nabbed driving a vehicle carrying the AK-47 type rifles in March 2016, walked free from prison late last year

The Guardian - UK

The Sun always backs the winner: can the Murdoch papers warm to Keir Starmer?

Former DPP Starmer tried to send head of News UK Rebekah Brooks to prison for phone hacking 10 years ago

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Daily Record

Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell 'very popular' in jail and 'loves playing softball'

The British socialite has found a love for playing competitive softball in prison and has become popular with her fellow inmates, a source claims.

The Independent UK

DNA evidence frees California man imprisoned for decades

A man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder and two attempted murders has been freed from a California prison after long-untested DNA evidence pointed to a different person

The Independent UK

Officer won't face charges in killing mentally ill Black man

A former police officer already imprisoned for one fatal shooting in a wealthy San Francisco suburb won’t face criminal charges in a second slaying

Benzinga

A Sinister Reason May Be Behind Governors' Opposition To Cannabis Legalization

As one Republican governor after another rejects President Biden’s suggestion to pardon simple cannabis possession convictions, one wonders what they're thinking.

The Independent UK

Inmate who severed penis asks court to end restraints

An attorney for a death row inmate in Tennessee who cut off his penis shortly after asking to be placed on suicide watch has filed a complaint against prison officials

Manchester Evening News

Jailed robber racially abused prison officer in 'barbaric' tirade and threatened to kill him

William Robinson, 29, also threatened the officer's son

The Independent UK

Murder conviction 21 years after attack believed to be legal first

Steven Craig has already spent more than 17 years in prison.

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