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Mackenzie Shirilla Sparks Prison Scandal As Inmate Claims She Became ‘Mean Girl’ Who Took Numerous Lovers

“She definitely carried herself like she was the Regina George of prison,’” a former inmate said.

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Democrats Condemn Texas Candidate Who Said She Wanted To Turn Detention Center Into Prison For 'Zionists'

A Texas Democrat's antisemitic comments have drawn the ire of party leadership and several public figures.

International Business Times

Carrie Johnson fears UK black cab rapist John Worboys had up to 1,000 victims

Carrie Johnson believes John Worboys, the convicted black cab rapist, may have victimized over 1,000 women, a figure far exceeding official records. Recounting her own harrowing experience from when she was 19, Johnson urged other potential victims to come forward. She also criticized police handling of such cases and expressed…

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Venezuela Frees Three Political Prisoners After 23 Years, But Hundreds Remain Behind Bars

Venezuela released three former Caracas Metropolitan Police officers after 23 years in prison, ending one of the longest political detention cases in Latin America while reopening a painful national question: how many more Venezuelans remain trapped in a justice system built for punishment, silence and fear.

Latin Times

Arizona set to execute a prisoner for the killing of a man set on fire in 2002 attack

Arizona is set Wednesday to execute a prisoner convicted of fatally setting a man on fire over 20 years ago

The Independent UK

Texas Democratic Candidate Says ICE Facility Should Become 'Prison for American Zionists'

Galindo also wrote that the facility "will also be a castration processing center for pedophiles, which will probably be most of the Zionists"

Latin Times

UK grooming case: 20 jailed for 277 years over rape and abuse of girls between 1995 and 2003

20 people have been sentenced to a combined 277 years in prison in one of West Yorkshire Police’s biggest child sexual abuse investigations, involving the grooming and rape of three vulnerable girls in Kirklees between 1995 and 2003.

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Gaza flotilla crews 'being taken to Israeli prison'

All the boats on an aid mission to Gaza have intercepted and hundreds of activists are being "taken ‌into Israel against their will", a rights group says.

AAP

Murderer who set couple ablaze set to die by lethal injection in Arizona

McGill is set to receive a lethal injection of pentobarbital at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence

The Independent UK

SA:Notorious pedophile to be released from jail - for now

A pedophile ex-magistrate will be released on home detention but could still go back to prison if a court rules in favour of a bid to indefinitely detain him.

AAP

Notorious pedophile to be released from jail - for now

A pedophile ex-magistrate will be released on home detention but could still go back to prison if a court rules in favour of a bid to indefinitely detain him.

AAP

Ministers urged to end ‘catastrophic cycle’ of open-ended IPP recalls

Exclusive: More £64million is spent each year locking up IPP prisoners recalled to prison indefinitely despite committing no further crime, campaigners estimate

The Independent UK

Appeal Court sentences opposition MP Piyarat to 3 years

The Court of Appeal has overturned a lower court ruling in a lèse-majesté case against Piyarat "Toto" Chongthep, a People's Party MP, sentencing him to three years in prison without suspension. He is currently free on bail while he pursues a further appeal.

Bangkok Post

Coup in Plain Sight: Bolivia Is the Front Line of Latin America's Ideological War

The Paz government, backed by an increasingly alarmed international community, is sounding the alarm: what looks like a spontaneous uprising is, at least in part, an orchestrated attempt by former president Evo Morales to topple a democratically elected government and claw his way back to power. And according to Bolivia's…

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Dems slam Maureen Galindo’s comments as antisemitic in TX-35 runoff

Some party leaders are also also alleging GOP interference on behalf of Galindo, who said she would “turn Karnes ICE Detention Center into a prison for American Zionists” if elected.

France 24

DR Congo's latest Ebola outbreak tough to tackle

In tonight's edition: The World Health Organization is warning that it's unlikely the Ebola outbreak will be over in the next two months. Also, a Kenyan transport strike triggered by rising fuel prices due to the Middle East war is paused after causing four deaths and major economic disruption. Plus…

AAP

Jury acquits 2 business executives of bribing Navy admiral for government contract

A federal jury has acquitted two business executives of charges that they conspired to bribe a retired four-star U.S. Navy admiral, who is now serving a six-year prison sentence for his conviction on corruption charges

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Woman moves into apartment in Austin with a ‘balcony’ – in reality, it’s a ‘minimum security prison yard’

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The Independent UK

Wrongly jailed Andrew Malkinson slams ‘penny-pinching’ state a forced to cover own legal fees

Andrew Malkinson spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit

The Independent UK

Libyan detention facility head known as 'Angel of Death' faces International Criminal Court

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have told judges that the head of a Libyan detention facility murdered and raped prisoners, sometimes in front of their children

Euronews

Iranian director Jafar Panahi faces new trial in Iran for 'propaganda against the state'

Iranian director Jafar Panahi is set to face trial in Iran once more, on charges of “propaganda against the regime.” He was sentenced by Iran’s Revolutionary Court to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban in absentia last year.

France 24

Libyan former prison boss known as 'Angel of Death' faces International Criminal Court

Former prison boss Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri was "one of the worst instigators" of torture, rape and murder in Libya's notorious Mitiga prison, prosecutors told the International Criminal Court Tuesday. Judges will have 60 days to determine whether the charges against El Hishri – including 17 counts of war…

The Guardian - UK

Calls for release of Sierra Leonean singer jailed in ‘crackdown on free speech’

Opposition figure Zainab Sheriff unjustly sentenced to four years in prison for incitement and threatening language, say activists

AAP

NSW:'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

A man who doctored intimate images with AI before threatening to publish them will serve time in the community after successfully appealing a prison sentence.

AAP

'Abhorrent' AI sextortionist wins bid to leave prison

A man who doctored intimate images with AI before threatening to publish them will serve time in the community after successfully appealing a prison sentence.

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