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Ghislaine Maxwell asks to serve 20-year sex trafficking sentence at ‘Disneyland’ prison in Connecticut

Maxwell will likely be moved to Connecticut facility that inspired Netflix’s ‘Orange Is The New Black’

The Independent UK

Scots private school teacher jailed over twisted sex affair with female pupil has ‘excessive’ prison term cut

Nicola Park, from Bearsden, admitted engaging in sexual activity with a female student between December 2016 and April 2019, after striking up a relationship with the 15-year-old.

Daily Record

Prisoners clean Bangkok sewers after pandemic delay

Flecked with sewage, a prisoner grapples with an overflowing bucket as he and his fellow inmates clean Bangkok's congested drains for the first time in two years.

Bangkok Post

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Explainer: Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? Why has she been sentenced to 20 years in prison?

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday was sentenced to 20 years in prison for aiding convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abuse young teenage girls.

The Times of India

What the papers say – June 29

The front pages focus on two decades of prison food for a socialite and the death of Dame Deborah James.

The Independent UK

Gangland torturer took cell knife fall after striking up close bond with Scots drug baron in jail

Killer Colin Coats, 51, told prison chiefs that a knife found in cocaine dealer Mark Richardson’s cell belonged to him.

Daily Record

Arguments in Scott Peterson hearing postponed after lawyer gets COVID

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Final arguments in Scott Peterson’s attempt to overturn his murder conviction were postponed Tuesday after one of his lawyers contracted COVID-19 and Peterson was put on “loose quarantine” at San Quentin State prison after his pod was exposed.

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Crime Files: on the run for a decade after maximum security jailbreak

John Ure, born and raised in Adamstown, was a NSW Police detective in the Hunter throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. John was involved in several high-profile cases as well as the day-to-day travails of our community. Here's his latest crime file.

Newcastle Herald

Judge blasts Maxwell’s ‘lack of candour’ over her finances and exaggerations over mistreatment in prison

Alison Nathan was critical of Ghislaine Maxwell’s shifting statements about her wealth and prison experience

The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell Gave A Non-Apology To Victims After Being Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

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Zhenya Tsvetnenko handed eight-year jail term in US for multi-million-dollar text message scam

Perth man Zhenya Tsvetnenko is sentenced to eight years in a federal US prison for defrauding hundreds of thousands of mobile phone consumers by placing unauthorised charges on their mobile phone bills.

ABC News

Three prisoners feared dead after escaping Alcatraz 60 years ago could still be alive

Pictures by a forensic artist of Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin have been released by the US Marshals Service who are still hunting the men, 60 years after they escaped from Alcatraz prison

Daily Mirror

Ghislaine Maxwell branded a ‘dangerous and devious monster’ by victims in sentencing impact statements

The socialite is facing 55 years in prison when she is sentenced on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Fire kills 49 after apparent riot attempt at Colombia prison

Authorities say a fire at a prison in southwestern Colombia has killed at least 49 people and injured a dozen more

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Jailed Egyptian blogger entering danger zone in hunger strike - mother

The mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah says she is worried there could be a rapid deterioration in his health after nearly 90 days on hunger strike, despite some improvements in his prison conditions.

Daily Mirror

Evil Ghislaine Maxwell 'opened the doors to hell' - read victims' statements in full

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is facing up to 65 years in prison for luring young girls to massage rooms to be molested by Jeffrey Epstein

Bangkok Post

Committee set up to probe suicide attempts in prison

The Department of Corrections has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate three apparent suicide attempts by members of the Thalu Gas political protest group.

Daily Mirror

Drug dealer kisses pregnant wife in the dock before starting six-year jail term

Bradley Heath was told he will miss the birth of his child as he was sentenced to six years in prison - his wife, Tara Heath, who appeared alongside her husband, and is 26 weeks pregnant was spared jail

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Senegal court hands down prison sentence to opposition MP over protests

A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a ban on protests in the tense run-up to legislative elections in July. Another lawmaker and 82 other defendants tried in the same case were released.

Reuters

German court sentences ex-SS camp guard, aged 101, to five years in jail

A German court sentenced a former SS guard, now 101 years old, to five years in prison on Tuesday for assisting in the murder of some 3,500 people at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, bringing to an end one of the last Nazi trials in Germany.

The Independent UK

Navalny appeal rejected; another Kremlin critic jailed

A Russian court has rejected an appeal by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who contended that prison authorities illegally prevented his lawyers from bringing necessary equipment including voice recorders and laptop computers to a court session held in a prison

Daily Mirror

11 law changes coming in today - from driving and protests to breastfeeding

Tuesday 28 June will see changes in the law aimed at keeping serious violent criminals - and sex offenders - behind bars longer

Daily Mirror

'Disastrous' Colombia prison riot leaves 49 dead and more than 30 injured

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

The Independent UK

S. Korean prosecutors grant ex-president temporary release

South Korean prosecutors granted former President Lee Myung-bak a temporary release from prison over health concerns Tuesday after he served less than three years of a 17-year sentence handed down for corruption

Reuters

At least 51 dead in prison riot fire in Colombia, prisons agency says

At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country.

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