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Five years on remand: Justice system breaks its own record

Time spent on remand continues to increase with Corrections confirming someone has been kept in prison for five years – and their case still isn’t sorted.

Newsroom.co.nz

Asylum seeker honoured for voluntary work during pandemic was plucked from Swansea and placed in detention centre

Richard Tshimanga Nomba, who claims he was tortured in his home country, has since been released but fears he could be taken away again at at any moment

Wales Online

Renee MacRae killer set to appeal conviction for murdering her and son 45 years ago

William MacDowell, 81, was sentenced to life in prison last week with a recommendation that he serves a minimum of 30 years for killing Renee and Andrew MacRae in November 1976.

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Prisoner offered apprenticeship in Cheshire village pub in drive to help rehabilitate offenders

The new government scheme allows prisoners to begin an apprenticeship while serving their sentence

Manchester Evening News

Russian TV protester Marina Ovsyannikova escapes house arrest

Marina Ovsyannikova faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison for alleged disinformation regarding Russia’s army.

Al Jazeera

How some doctors avoid drug charges

A new ruling on opioid prescription cases means doctors who face charges might be able to escape harsher punishment

Salon

Man plans appeal against conviction for murdering lover and son in 1976

William MacDowell was sentenced to life in prison last week

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Rolf Harris ‘gravely ill’ and receiving ‘24-hour care as he battles neck cancer’

The disgraced presenter, 92, is no longer able to eat and requires carers to monitor him, according to a new report.

Evening Standard

State Dept: Baquer Namazi Allowed to Leave Iran

Detained US citizen Baquer Namazi has been allowed to leave Iran and his son has been granted furlough from prison, a State Department spokesperson told AFP Wednesday, confirming their release. "Wrongfully detained US citizen Baquer Namazi has been permitted to depart Iran, and his son Siamak, also wrongfully detained, has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drug capo among 16 dead in bloody Ecuador prison riot

The death toll from a bloody fight among prison inmates has risen to 16

The Independent UK

In El Salvador, rising inmate numbers threaten humanitarian crisis: NGO

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's war against the country's criminal gangs could generate prison overcrowding and even a violent reaction from criminals, said a report by the NGO International Crisis Group (ICG) released Tuesday.

Reuters

Ex-owner of Philly pharmacy that pushed more OxyContin than any other US drug store is sentenced to prison

PHILADELPHIA — The longtime owner of a Northeast Philadelphia pharmacy that once prescribed more OxyContin than any drug store in the country has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $4 million to settle claims of defrauding the government.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Government pledges full review of Western Australia's struggling juvenile justice system

The review will focus on incarceration rates and the use of controversial punishments.

ABC News

A Jury Acquitted Them of Various Charges. They Served Prison Time for Them Anyway.

The Supreme Court may soon consider if acquitted conduct sentencing is illegal.

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Daily Mirror

Nightmare neighbour who terrorised street is out of prison and WORSE, residents claim

Wealthy accountant Graham Wildin, 69, was locked up for six weeks in August after failing to comply with a court order issued in June 2021

ABC News

Nordic criminal justice: How does it differ from Australia and does it work?

From "open" prisons with commuting inmates to much shorter sentences, criminal justice in this part of the world is very different.

Reuters

Desperate families seek answers after Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 15 dead

Relatives of inmates at a prison in Ecuador where at least 15 were killed and 21 injured in a riot on Monday desperately searched for answers on Tuesday, wondering if their loved ones were among the dead.

The Guardian - US

Elizabeth Holmes sentencing date delayed amid request for new trial

Theranos founder, convicted of fraud and facing 20 years in prison, requested new trial because of concerns over key prosecution witness

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Staff at security firm G4S on alert after tax numbers and bank details posted online following hack

Exclusive: Ransomware attack on Port Phillip prison revealed in July led to data being posted in mid-September with staff told details this week

Irish Mirror

John Gilligan facing jail after being hauled before Spanish court charged with posting drugs to Ireland

The pint-sized criminal was facing eight years behind bars - but he has now been offered a deal of just 36 months in jail if he admits to the scam

Evening Standard

Anoosheh Ashoori’s journey from an Iran prison cell to the London Marathon

“I’m dedicating the run to the innocent people locked up in Iran’s prisons, the many lives lost during these protests, and the millions of people fighting for a better future”, said Ashoori

Daily Record

Violent Scots rapist who abused and controlled ex-partners jailed for seven years

Rian Hood, 31, was sentenced to seven years and six months imprisonment at the High Court in Glasgow.

Evening Standard

Anoosheh Ashoori's journey from an Iran prison to the London Marathon

This time last year 68-year-old British-Iranian, Anoosheh Ashoori, was dreaming of being able to run freely in London parks while in his cell at the notorious Evin prison in Iran. On 17 August 2017, Ashoori was arrested by Iranian authorities on spying charges, which he has always denied. He was…

Daily Mirror

Coronation Street spoilers hint at return for Strictly's Will Mellor as evil Harvey

Coronation Street's evil Harvey Gaskell - played by Strictly Come Dancing star Will Mellor - caused chaos and heartbreak for Leanne Battersby and Nick Tilsley last year

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Celtics host roundtable, exhibition game with formerly incarcerated people

Turns out those rumors of Boston playing a game in prison were off -- but not by that much, and for a good cause.

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