13 h. ago ‘Defending the indefensible’: Government ‘will have blood on their hands’ over indefinite jail terms

More prisoners will take their own lives without action to help those trapped on IPP jail terms, a former top judge has warned, after The Independent called for sentences to be reviewed

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57 h. ago I served time with twisted Southport killer – and know exactly why the next 52 years of his life will be a living hell

AXEL Rudakubana’s appalling crimes not only shocked the nation, they cemented his position as Britain’s most hated inmate. The knife-obsessed teen is now facing his first Christmas in jail since being handed a minimum term of 52 years for the murders of three schoolgirls at a dance class in Southport in July last year, and...

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6 d. ago Indian state makes polygamy a criminal offence – but activists say it is a tool for discrimination

New law excludes predominantly non-Muslim tribal communities

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6 d. ago ‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27

Brazil shows little sign of feared rightwing rebellion, with only a few die-hards protesting outside prisonA few hours before Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to start his 27-year coup sentence in a parking space-sized room, Arley Xavier stood outside the former president’s new home putting a brave face on his leader’s bind.“It’s not over. There’s still so much Jair Messias Bolsonaro needs to do here in Brazil No, it’s not over,” insisted the 21-year-old activist, urging conservatives to rise up against Bolsonaro’s imprisonment by flocking to the capital, Brasília, to protest. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hellraiser biker who dodged three police stingers then performed celebratory wheelie

Performing a celebratory 'wheelie' and with only one hand on the handlebars, hellraising biker Anthony Mitchell, 33, sped off having evaded police or so he thought. He is now beginning a jail term.

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2 w. ago Boris Becker: ‘Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying – it’s a real punishment’

Former Wimbledon champion on how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the sport“I heard the screaming and I didn’t know what it was,” Boris Becker says as he remembers staring into the dark in Wandsworth prison, just over two miles from Wimbledon’s Centre Court where he won the first of his three men’s singles titles at the age of 17 in 1985. “Were people trying to kill themselves or harm themselves? Or couldn’t they deal with their loneliness? Or are they just making crazy noises because they have lost their minds already?”Becker had been sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year jail term. Amid his insolvency, he was found guilty of not declaring all his assets so that additional funds could be distributed to his creditors. The judge confirmed that his money was used, instead, to meet his “commitments to his children and other dependents, medical and professional fees, and other expenses”....

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2 w. ago Marco Pierre White Jr jailed for second time in weeks after £60k crime spree

Marco Pierre White Jr received his second jail term in a matter of weeks after pleading guilty to assault after he was already jailed for a crime and shoplifting spree

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2 w. ago Female prison officer, 31, pleads guilty to having illicit relationship with male inmate

Sarah Barnett, 31, from Rugeley in Staffordshire and who worked at HMP Dovegate in nearby Uttoxeter, faces a possible jail term when sentenced on January 7.

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3 w. ago Drugs kingpin carried on running his business in Nottingham while on the run from the police and living a life of luxury in Thailand

Vejay Samuels, 30, from Nottingham, flew to the other side of the world in a bid to escape police and avoid prison - but was arrested when he returned to the UK and received a 14-year jail term.

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3 w. ago Millionaire with two wives who threatened to gang rape and set alight Virgin stewardess has his jail term TRIPLED to four years after public outcry

Salman Iftikhar, 38, was initially handed a 15-month jail term earlier this year for abusing air crew. But that has since been increased by three years.

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3 w. ago Millionaire who threatened to gang rape and set alight Virgin stewardess has his jail term TRIPLED to four years after public outcry

Salman Iftikhar, 38, was initially handed a 15-month jail term earlier this year for abusing air crew. But that has since been increased by three years.

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4 w. ago Police preparing for 6% crime surge in first year if sentencing reforms go ahead

Plans proposed under the Sentencing Bill to ease the prisons overcrowding crisis include limiting the use of short prison sentences and releasing convicted criminals earlier in their jail terms

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last month American rapist who faked his own death to avoid charges attacks victims in sick courtroom outburst

The American man who faked his own death and fled to Scotland under a false identity to avoid jail has officially been sentenced to two prison terms for rape.

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