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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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Did Jeffrey Dahmer kill the son of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh?

Investigator who interviewed Dahmer in prison convinced that he was responsible for 1981 murder of Adam Walsh in case that shocked America

The Independent UK

Kashmir police arrest suspect in murder of top prison official

Hemant Kumar Lohia’s domestic worker is the main accused in the killing, which has also been claimed by a rebel group.

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Brickbat: Obviously Not Fans

A military court in Myanmar has sentenced Nang Mwe San to six years in prison after find her guilty of posting nude photos and videos on OnlyFans and other sites. More than 15,600 people have been arrested since a coup by the military in February 2021.

Reason

John Gilligan to stand trial in Spain on drugs and weapons charges

The 70-year-old faces more than eight years in jail if convicted

Dublin Live

Prison chief killed in Indian Kashmir, militants claim responsibility

The chief of the prison service in Indian Kashmir has been murdered, police said on Tuesday, as the powerful interior minister visited the disputed Himalayan region that has been riven by a decades-long insurgency.

Reuters

At least 15 killed in latest Ecuadorean prison violence

At least 15 prisoners were killed in a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Latacunga on Monday, Ecuador's SNAI prison agency said, and another 21 were injured in the latest incident of deadly jail violence in the Andean country.

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Kingston Trey Coomer sentenced to at least 19 years in prison over death of Chikayne Heslip at Waikiki party

A man who stabbed a 17-year-old to death after a party in Waikiki, south of Perth, is sentenced to a minimum of 19 years in prison, as the victim's mother tells the court her family will never forgive him.

ABC News

Ecuador prison riot leaves over a dozen people dead, several injured

A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador on Monday left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, authorities said.

France 24

Can people with felony convictions vote?

Maine, Vermont, and Washington, DC allow those in prison to vote.

USAFacts

Outrage over a rapist's home detention highlights the need for victims' voices in NZ's sentencing process

New Zealanders reacted with anger, confusion and disbelief at the sentencing in recent weeks of 18-year-old Jayden Meyer to home detention after his conviction for rape, sexual violation and indecent acts.

The Conversation

Convicted murderer Susan Neill-Fraser released from Tasmania's Risdon Prison on parole

Susan Neill-Fraser, one of Tasmania's most high-profile murderers, leaves prison after 13 years behind bars over the death of her partner in 2009.

ABC News

Prison reform advocate settles solitary confinement suit

A prominent prison reform advocate has agreed to a settlement with Tennessee prison officials over their use of solitary confinement for pretrial detainees

The Independent UK

Panel rejects $1M payouts to inmates given vaccine overdoses

A state board has rejected claims for $1 million payments for 52 prison inmates who were given six times the proper dose of COVID-19 vaccines last year

The Independent UK

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Elizabeth Holmes gets reprieve from expected prison term as sentencing delayed

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Monday received a reprieve from an expected prison sentence, with the judge in her case delaying her sentencing for up to three months.

Daily Mirror

Ghislaine Maxwell jail mates with gun-toting drug dealer with machete conviction

The convicted teen sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, shares her sleeping quarters with Manda May Rowell and Shacara Bryant inside Florida’s FCI Tallahassee prison

The Independent UK

Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25

A Russian court has set a date for American basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner will have prison sentence appeal heard by Russian court later this month

Two-time Olympic gold medalist was convicted on 4 August over cannabis oil vape canisters in luggage

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Wales Online

Mum 'torn apart' after son remains in jail 14 years after being told he'd serve less than four

David Cummins remains subject to a sentencing scheme which has since been banned

The Walrus

Wrongful Convictions Aren’t Going Anywhere

The Canadian legal system is confusing and expensive, especially if you’re falsely accused of murder

The Independent UK

Kim Kardashian releases first true crime podcast on Spotify

The reality star has been an advocate for criminal justice reform since 2018

The Independent UK

Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial: Key revelations about Parkland shooter and his massacre

The Independent UK

‘Poisoned’ in the womb, untreated conditions and orphaned: Nikolas Cruz had a horror start to life but did it matter at trial?

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defence at his sentencing trial centred largely around his early life - from his apparent exposure to alcohol in the womb, the deaths of his adoptive parents and his behavioural and emotional problems. But did those details make a difference in the jury’s decision? Rachel Sharp…

Chronicle Live

Fugitive murderer Lee Nevins still at large almost one week on from prison escape

Nevins, from Gateshead, is on the run for the second time after absconding from an open prison in Derbyshire

Wales Online

Ex-prisoners to face compulsory drug tests in £1.2m scheme to 'help cut crime'

The move is said to be one of the Probation Service’s largest expansions of drug testing

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