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Abscam figure sent back to prison in ballot stuffing case

A former congressman from Philadelphia who went to prison in the Abscam scandal in the 1970s was sent back to prison Tuesday at age 79 in a ballot stuffing case

The Independent UK

Inquiry launched after Stephen Lawrence killer ‘sends selfies from cell’

Prison Service conducting cell searches and working to shut down social media accounts linked to David Norris

The Independent UK

Investigation launched after Stephen Lawrence killer ‘takes selfies from cell’

It is understood the Prison Service is conducting cell searches, while working to have any social media accounts linked with David Norris shut down.

The Independent UK

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Jan 6 rioter sentenced to seven years in prison for providing taser used to attack police officer Michael Fanone

Kyle Young, 38, also brought his 16-year-old son to Washington DC from Redfield, Iowa, for the insurrection

The Independent UK

Time to get tough with Ponzi schemes

The Forex-3D fraud with its many victims is just one of a plethora of financial scams in the country. Now that an investigation is underway, a number of socialites, including some well-known entertainers who are allegedly linked to the high-profile scam, have been charged with collusion or even imprisoned.

Bangkok Post

‘Sex, Lies and The College Cult’: The shocking true story behind the new Sarah Lawrence case documentary

Larry Ray was convicted on charges including racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, forced labor, and extortion,

The Independent UK

Paedophile began distributing indecent images after he was released from prison

Dad collected hundreds of sick pictures and videos of young children being raped

Liverpool Echo

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Shakira ordered to trial in Spain on tax fraud charges

Pop star faces an eight-year prison sentence and a hefty fine if convicted.

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Abscam Congressman ‘Ozzie’ Myers is headed back to federal prison — this time for election fraud

The last time former U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers stood before a federal judge to face sentencing in a bribery case, Ronald Reagan was president and Abscam — the 1970s scandal that sent Myers and a host of other elected officials to prison — dominated newspaper headlines.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Muslim Male Inmate Entitled to Religious Exemption from Strip Searches by Female-to-Male Transgender Guard

"[A] prisoner's right to be free from highly invasive intrusions on bodily privacy by prison employees of the opposite sex—whether on religious or privacy grounds—does not change based on a guard's transgender status."

Reason

'Coming over any second now rkid' - gang threw dozens of packages over prison walls containing drugs and phones

James Rourke and Mitchell Murden, both from Salford, have been locked up

Manchester Evening News

Nikolas Cruz sentencing trial: What we’ve learned so far

Jurors are weighing whether to sentence Cruz to life in prison or to death for carrying out one of the worst school shootings in American history

The Independent UK

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

Jurors are learning more about the early life of Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz from his apparent exposure to alcohol in the womb, the deaths of his adoptive parents and his behavioural and emotional problems. But will it make any difference in their decision to sentence him to life in prison…

The Independent UK

Ex-prison officer helped convicted murderer escape after starting relationship with him

Former prison officer Jane Archer, from Maltby, near Rotherham, claims she felt "felt manipulated and emotionally blackmailed" to help a convicted murderer Stephen Archer - who was jailed for life - flee his confinement after starting a relationship with him

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Labour issues prison threat for bosses under plans to clean up water industry

The shadow environment secretary, Jim McMahon, addressed the party conference in Liverpool.

Tribune News Service

Prison staff shortages take toll on guards, incarcerated people

HOUSTON — The pay is rising — but so are average temperatures, and because many of the workplaces are not air-conditioned, toiling for this employer often means broiling in the Texas heat. The job is stable and recession-proof but also potentially dangerous, with an ever-present threat of violence.

The Guardian - UK

Ukrainians involved in ‘referendums’ face prison terms, says Kyiv

Official outlines punishments for those found guilty of helping Russia but says those forced to vote will not be punished

The Independent UK

Britain’s youngest female murderer who stabbed stranger and bragged about it ‘makes bid for release’

Sharon Carr was just 12 years old when she stabbed Katie Rackliff, 18, to death as she walked home from a nightclub in Surrey

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Shakira to Face Trial for Tax Fraud in Spain

A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence and…

Reason

Why Are Half of All U.S. Exonerations of Black Prisoners?

A new report looks at decades of troubling trends of bad convictions in murder, rape, and drug cases.

The Guardian - US

‘Slavery by any name is wrong’: the push to end forced labor in prisons

A nationwide movement hopes to close the ‘slavery loophole’ that enables the exploitation of 800,000 prisoners in the US

Axios

Report: Black Americans more likely to be wrongfully convicted

Racial disparities in convictions and exonerations continue despite the recent fanfare surrounding Adnan Syed's release from prison.

Chronicle Live

Houghton-le-Spring thief breached FOUR suspended sentences after 'trolley dash' supermarket offence

Charlotte Brown, 40, was given a prison sentence at Durham Crown Court

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Steps Up Activist, Journalist Arrests in Protest Crackdown

Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests rage nationwide, activists say. Twenty journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country's notorious morality…

AAP

Toddler watches grandmother die in crash

Truck driver Ellyas Bouras is facing a prison sentence after he ran a red light, striking and killing a Victorian grandmother and injuring her young grandchild.

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