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Gangland boss's case delayed after alleged discovery

A crime boss's case against prison authorities has been delayed after allegations emerged of contraband being found in his cell and an earlier plot to escape.

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You are terrorists’: Greta Thunberg claims jail guards threatened to ‘gas’ her as she was targeted in ‘Minority Report’-style humiliation

Things are hard for those who get put into prison.

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Charges filed in New York ‘Hot Skates’ cold case, after 3 wrongly convicted men spent almost 40 years in prison for murder

The suspect lived near the roller rink when it happened.

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Guatemala's president accepts resignations of top security officials after gang escape

Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo has accepted the resignations of three top security officials

The Independent UK

Luigi Mangione received $40,000 from crazed fans to spend in prison, report says

Luigi Mangione previously asked supporters to stop sending him books and photos due to prison regulations on gifts

The Independent UK

Pennsylvania man wrongfully imprisoned for more than 40 years faces deportation after Ice arrest

Subramanyam Vedam, 64, was recently exonerated for murder after being sentenced to life in prison in 1983

The Guardian - US

Case dropped against Met police officer who shot unarmed man

Officer, known as W80, shot Jermaine Baker during a foiled prison break in 2015

The Guardian - UK

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Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti assaulted by Israeli prison guards, son says

Family fears for 66-year-old’s life after assault while he was being transferred between prisons

The Guardian - UK

Marksman who fatally shot man faced ‘decade of legal madness’ – Sir Mark Rowley

The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in 2015.

Evening Standard

Did Ian Watkins Predict His Own Murder? Chilling Words From Lostprophets Singer Resurface After Gruesome Prison Killing

Serving time in the notorious HMP Wakefield, Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins had often spoken of the extreme danger he faced, fearing a sudden, fatal attack.

International Business Times UK

Man who murdered his partner in a hot tub sentenced to 25 years in prison

Claire Leveque travelled from Canada to live with her killer and his mother in October 2023, months before she was murdered.

Evening Standard

Misconduct hearing of firearms officer who shot man dead in north London collapses

Marksman known as W80 was accused of using excessive force in shooting dead Jermaine Baker during prison van break

Evening Standard

Misconduct hearing thrown out for police marksman who fatally shot man

The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker, as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in 2015.

Evening Standard

Misconduct case dismissed for police marksman in Jermaine Baker shooting

Jermaine Baker was shot at close range by a counter-terrorism specialist firearms officer near Wood Green Crown Court in 2015

The Independent UK

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A notorious nude and pages from the Guardian? Claire Fontaine’s dazzling show has got the lot!

The duo behind Claire Fontaine discuss their new exhibition, which explores everything from prison atrocities to neon profanities – and even pairs this newspaper with a Courbet masterpiece

Latin Times

Julio César Chávez Backs Son Amid Drug Trafficking Probe: 'If He Was a Narco, I'd Put Him in Jail Myself'

"Everyone who knows my son Julio knows perfectly well that he is not connected to a drug cartel or weapons or anything like that. Has he had addiction problems? Yes, indeed, just like me. But he is fighting it," Chávez Sr. said.

The Independent UK

Roofman: The true story behind Channing Tatum’s wild crime drama

New comedy follows real-life robberies story of an escaped prisoner who hid in a toy shop

The Guardian - UK

Lifers review – an inside look at the ageing prison population

A young officer becomes the de facto carer of a vulnerable inmate in Evan Placey’s well-observed play about a stretched Prison Service

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The Independent UK

Iran gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens for ‘spying’ for France and Israel

Their sentencing comes just days after Tehran suggested the pair could be released in a prisoner swap

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DoJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from Cambodian fraudster who ran 'pig butchering' scam using forced labor — accused could face 40 years in prison following department's biggest ever crypto confiscation

The DoJ has seized $15 billion in Bitcoin, thought to be proceeds from a 'pig butchering' scam run from forced-labor compounds in Cambodia.

AAP

Trans jail ban sparks outrage amid inmate safety debate

Trans women inmates in male prisons will suffer yet more physical and sexual assaults now a territory has barred them from female jails, rights groups say.

International Business Times

Raila Odinga: Kenya's Perennial Opposition Leader

Raila Amolo Odinga, whose death at 80 was announced on Wednesday, spent most of his adult life in politics, including eight years in prison as a pro-democracy campaigner -- but never achieved his goal of becoming Kenya's president, despite five attempts.

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Man kills, SAs, and eats a Dutch student in Paris but walks free, never serving prison time. He spends decades as a Japanese celebrity with no remorse

Somehow the cannibalistic murderer never saw a jail cell.

The Independent UK

Gaza doctor who became face of medical struggle remains in Israeli detention

Over 100 medical professionals are still held

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The mysterious fate of a serial killer who spent decades hunting down criminals before becoming a YouTube star

Brazil's most prolific serial killer served just 34 years.

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