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A rural California town sued to keep a prison open. Judge rules Newsom can close it

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may immediately resume shutting down a prison in Northern California, a judge ruled this week, dismissing a lawsuit by a rural town that sought to stop the closure.

Los Angeles Times

‘We are tired of living like prisoners’: LGBT+ asylum seekers stranded in Niger

After being stranded in Niger for almost two years, a group of LGBT+ asylum seekers in Niamey is growing ever more desperate in their hopes for resettlement. While navigating a country marked by intolerance towards LGBT people, they feel propelled to take more active action and demand the United Nations…

France 24

Jailed Kremlin critic: Government has ‘failed to shut me up’

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin may be in jail, but he refuses to be silenced

The Independent UK

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Oscar Pistorius could be released from prison next year after glowing behaviour reports

The former Paralympic sprint champion is serving a sentence of more than 13 years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steekamp

The Independent UK

French dentists jailed for mass mutilation and fraud

A French court has sent a father-and-son dentist team to prison for years for needlessly removing teeth from hundreds of patients and fitting expensive dental bridges that left many disfigured and in pain.

Radio France Internationale

Pronoun row teacher Enoch Burke detained in isolation in Mountjoy Prison

Devout Christian Enoch Burke is locked up in a cell on his own and is not allowed to mix with other inmates at Mountjoy

Irish Mirror

San Quentin inmates find community through tennis

Every corner of the yard at San Quentin State Prison is filled with activity and energy

The Independent UK

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Stalker who called himself ‘Freddy Krueger’ sentenced to prison for harassing CSI: Miami star and her daughter

Prosecutors described his crimes as a ‘12-year campaign of harassment’

The Independent UK

After Memphis killings, officials push harsh sentencing laws

A string of high-profile killings rattling Memphis this week has touched off new calls for tougher sentencing laws

The Independent UK

How a Texas conspiracy theorist’s lies and unpaid tickets landed him in federal prison

DALLAS — Had he paid his traffic tickets, Jonathan Reynolds likely would have gone about his business without further trouble.

Tribune News Service

Kenton killer facing prison for killing Fise Ames in South Shields but he and two others cleared of murder

Shaun Riches, of Kenton, was found guilty of manslaughter but he, Scott Mitchell and Michael Raine were cleared of murdering Fise Ames Abdou in South Shields

Chronicle Live

Police arrest teen gunman accused of livestreaming shooting spree that killed four across Memphis

Police arrest suspect, 19, following four shooting deaths

The Independent UK

Navalny says he's lost attorney-client privilege in prison

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Thursday that prison authorities were stripping him of his attorney-client privilege, with all correspondence with his legal team now subject to three-day checks by prison staff.

Reuters

Police arrest Memphis man in livestreamed shootings; 4 dead

Police in Memphis, Tennessee have arrested a man they say drove around the city for hours shooting at people

The Independent UK

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Swedish student given life for killing 2 teachers with ax

A Swedish court has sentenced an 18-year-old man to life in prison for killing two teachers with an ax at a southern Swedish high school in March

Manchester Evening News

Strangeways prisoner died after being found unconscious in cell by inmate, inquest hears

Paul Johnstone, 37, was lying on the top bunkbed when a 'code blue' alarm was raised

Glasgow Live

Woman blackmailed by rapist who threatened to 'destroy her life'

Steven McKee had previously been released from jail early for trying to murder the mother of his children when he embarked on a terrifying campaign of abuse against another woman.

AAP

Jailed fraudster tells jury of kickbacks

A former NAB chief-of-staff imprisoned for receiving corrupt benefits has testified at the fraud trial of a businesswoman accused of paying her the kickbacks.

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Newcastle Herald

Lake Macquarie shooting, home invasion strike force makes third arrest

A 47-year-old man has been charged at a Nowra prison in relation to the incidents earlier this year.

The Independent UK

Man who killed Wisconsin doctor, her husband gets life

The man convicted in the fatal shooting of a University of Wisconsin physician and her husband in the school’s arboretum has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole

Chicago Sun-Times

Program aids women in earning degrees while incarcerated, another City Council departure and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Daily Mirror

School shooting victim who was left paralysed for life visits gunman in prison

Missy Jenkins Smith was 15 when classmate Michael Carneal opened fire at their school in West Paducah, Kentucky, USA, on a morning prayer circle of students

AAP

Prisoners 'bouncing off' rehab services

A new Australian study has highlighted a revolving door for prisoners who seek help for mental health or substance use issues after being released.

Evening Standard

Defendants set free from prison as barrister Legal Aid strike continues

Thousands of trials and sentencing hearings have had to be abandoned

The Independent UK

Teacher in trans pupil pronoun row to stay in prison over refusal to stay away from school

Evangelical Christian Enoch Burke was jailed for breaching order to stay away from his workplace not for his views on gender, court told

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