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The Japanese legislature has increased the penalty for insulting someone online. Those found guilty of violating the law face up to one year in prison or a fine of up to 300,000 yen ($2,200). Previously, those found guilty of insulting someone online faced up to 30 days in prison or…

Reason

Myanmar junta shifts Suu Kyi trial to prison venue

Myanmar's military rulers have without explanation ordered all legal proceedings against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to be moved from a courtroom to a prison, a source familiar with her cases said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Man gets 18-month term for sex assault of Alibaba employee

A Chinese court has sentenced a man to 18 months in prison after an Alibaba employee went public about being sexually assaulted at a business dinner

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Glasgow Barlinnie boss says keeping drugs out of prisons 'impossible' due to inmate demand

Sean McFedries, head of operations at HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow, said that although 'everything was being done' to prevent drugs in the prison it was 'impossible' to stop all of them getting in.

Glasgow Live

Brooklyn Center to pay Daunte Wright's family $3.25 million to settle wrongful death lawsuit

Former police officer Kim Potter is serving a 2-year prison sentence for his killing.

Axios

‘A disturbing picture’: use of excessive force endemic in Victorian remand centres, says ombudsman

Report finds officers failing to use body-worn cameras and incidents often occurred in prison ‘CCTV blind spots’

The Guardian - AU

Barlinnie jail boss says keeping drugs out of prisons is 'impossible' due to massive demand from inmates

Sean McFedries made the comments during a Fatal Accident Inquiry following the death of James McCulloch, who was found unresponsive in his cell in March 2020.

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Moose Wala case accused updates social media from jail, extorts too

BATHINDA: Bathinda police has registered a case against gangster Saraj Sandhu alias Saraj Mintu over charges of updating pictures in social media and indulging in drugs and extortion calls through social media. Saraj Sandhu is lodged in Bathinda jail in singer Sidhu Moose Wala murder case. The gangster is also…

The Times of India

Vic jail guards 'using disturbing' force'

Victoria's Ombudsman has made 12 recommendations to stop guards from using excessive force in the state's prisons, including an inmate being choked and slapped.

AAP

British mum to marry murderer serving time in US jail after meeting on app for crooks

Laura O’Sullivan, 32, has known Terrell Ravon Reese, 31, since October 2021, when she used the JPay app for prisoners to find a pen pal.

Daily Record

Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings

A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say the guerrilla organization was responsible for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians for ransom and also holding politicians as hostages for several years in the hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels

The Independent UK

Louisiana bill criminalizing abortion providers if Roe falls signed into law

Under Louisiana's new "trigger" ban, providers would face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

Axios

Who are Blockade Australia, and why are some members facing charges that carry up to 10 years in prison?

Police say they feared for their lives, protesters say they were startled by armed men in camouflage who refused to identify themselves. What happened in Colo on Sunday, and what has it got to do with NSW's beefed-up protest laws?

ABC News

The Guardian view on criminal record checks: the case for second chances

Editorial: Rules that force people to disclose decades-old convictions, including for non-violent offences, should be changed

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Irish Mirror

Number of former prisoners who re-offend within a year falls

The figures were published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for its most recent estimates of prison re-offending

The Independent UK

Former politician accused of burning ex-police officer husband to death

The 66-year-old allegedly told a dispatcher she believed her husband had died after ‘starting a fire and burning himself’

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin critic shares grim punishments from inside maximum-security prison

Alexei Navalny - Vladimir Putin's strongest political opponent - was jailed by the Kremlin at the start of 2021 upon returning to Russia after being poisoned with the novichok nerve agent while visiting Siberia in 2020

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian prisoner slashed fellow inmate with 'mystery weapon' in lunch queue

Daniel Wallace struck first as Robert McCann waited in the lunch queue at a ground floor café in the Forth Alpha Wing at Addiewell Prison, West Lothian.

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Suburban Chicago man running for Congress was convicted 27 years ago of sexually assaulting a woman

A Lemont, Illinois, man running to be the Republican nominee in the heavily Democratic 1st Congressional District spent nearly six years in prison after being convicted 27 years ago of sexually assaulting a woman following the South Side Irish Parade, records show.

Wales Online

Man bit, kicked, hit and spat at police 'who got between him and his drugs'

Sending 33-year-old Ricky Schultz to prison, a judge said the town of Llanelli was "rife" with drugs

The Independent UK

British mother prepares to wed US pen pal she’s never met— because he’s in jail for brutal murder

Bristol single mum-of-four Laura O’Sullivan, 32, will marry Terrell Ravon Reese, 31, next year in a Michigan jail 3,560 miles away

The Guardian - UK

The Big Hit review – feelgood prison comedy as convicts do Beckett

A curmudgeonly actor helps prisoners put on a production of Waiting for Godot in Emmanuel Courcol’s predictable drama

Chicago Sun-Times

Former state Sen. Thomas Cullerton sentenced to one year in prison in federal embezzlement case

Prosecutors had asked the judge to give Cullerton up to 18 months in prison. The former senator’s defense attorney asked for probation and community service.

Manchester Evening News

Environmental health officials are called to Forest Bank prison as it is 'infested with rats'

One former inmate says fellow lags were given free Dominos pizza to clean the kitchen while other prisoners made 'rodent excluders' from socks and loo roll to keep unwelcome visitors at bay

Daily Mirror

Mum-of-four set to marry man she's never met - because he's in jail in the US for murder

Laura O’Sullivan, 32, from Bristol, has known Terrell Ravon Reese, 31, since October 1 2021, when she used an app for prisoners to find a pen pal - leading to a whirlwind romance.

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