4 h. ago ‘Scandal hidden in plain sight’: Death toll of abolished jail term climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self

Exclusive: The total number of total number of self-inflicted deaths of those trapped under abolished IPP jail terms to 94, according to campaigners, as the government resists calls to resentence inmates

Events

10 h. ago Delivery driver who turned to boss called 'High Don' for work is jailed for years

Over a million pounds worth of cannabis was recovered

Economics

27 h. ago Father, 29, left his baby son brain damaged after shaking him in 'fit of rage' before callously refusing to go to hospital as he died is jailed for his murder

A father who left his baby son with brain damage after violently shaking him in a 'fit of rage' and refusing to bring him to hospital has been jailed for his murder.

Events

52 h. ago ‘Baby jails’ and first steps behind bars: Trump’s immigration agenda embraces family detention again

As the US ramps up enforcement, scenes of family separation and despair from Trump’s first term are repeatedThe United States has resumed placing immigrant families in detention, re-embracing harrowing operations where scenes unfold such as toddlers learning to walk under the supervision of private prison corporations and children marking their birthdays at government facilities they can’t leave.If the Obama and first Trump administrations are anything to go by, parents will have to watch their little ones go hungry without familiar foods, the kinds families cook if their children aren’t stuck in so-called “baby jails”. Continue reading...

Politics

56 h. ago Family of controversial Irish teacher who was jailed for 'refusing to call a boy a girl' spotted on a flight to the US ahead of White House's St Patrick's Day celebration

The evangelical Christians, from Castlebar in Co Mayo, were spotted on a flight to Washington DC ahead of Taoiseach Micheal Martin's meeting with President Trump.

Society

6 d. ago ‘Desperate’ son of jailed activist Jimmy Lai seeks meeting with Keir Starmer

Hong Kong journalist is 77, and worries about his health are mounting as his trial nears its endThe son of the jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has called for an urgent meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, saying he was “desperate” as his father’s defence drew to a close in a high-profile trial.Sebastien Lai said a fresh diplomatic push was now needed to free the 77-year-old pro-democracy activist, who holds British citizenship and has been kept behind bars in Hong Kong since December 2020. Continue reading...

Events

6 d. ago ‘Desperate’ son of Hong Kong’s jailed Jimmy Lai seeks meeting with Keir Starmer

Worries mount for health of media mogul and pro-democracy activist, 77, as his trial nears endThe son of the jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai has called for an urgent meeting with the UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, saying he was “desperate” as his father’s defence drew to a close in a high-profile trial.Sebastien Lai said a fresh diplomatic push was now needed to free the 77-year-old pro-democracy activist, who holds British citizenship and has been kept behind bars in Hong Kong since December 2020. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Man jailed for having sex with sister 21 times after confessing crimes to police

A man has been jailed for having sex with his sister after calling police and admitting to his crimes – the judge mentioned witnesses reported 'the siblings acted like a couple'

Events

8 d. ago German man, 20, jailed for having sex with his sister 21 times after alerting police to his crimes by calling and saying it was consensual... when his sibling had never pressed rape charges

Lucas K., 20, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on Wednesday for sleeping with his 33-year-old half-sister, who was given the pseudonym Marie S.

Events

9 d. ago Rotherham rapists who groomed and attacked vulnerable teenage girls they called 'fresh meat' are jailed for total of nearly 40 years

Romulad Stefan Houphouet and Absolom Sigiyo have been jailed at Sheffield Crown Court for 20 years and 18-and-a-half years respectively.

Events

1 week ago Prison officer who gave inmate oral sex and called herself 'his Queen' jailed

Katie Evans was 21 when she started working at HMP Doncaster and soon became involved in an intimate relationship with prisoner Daniel Brownley, boasting about performing oral sex on the lag

Events

1 week ago Prison officer who called herself 'your queen' jailed after getting intimate with lag

Katie Evans, 26, wept in the dock as a judge described how she was 'corrupted' by an 'experienced criminal' not long after she started working at Doncaster Prison at the age of 21

Events

1 week ago Kurdish PKK declare ceasefire following 40 years of bloodshed in Turkey after jailed leader called on militants to disarm

The conflict between Turkey and the PKK has led to tens of thousands of deaths since it began in 1984.

Events

1 week ago PKK declares ceasefire with Turkey after more than 40 years of conflict

Kurdish militant group responds to call from its jailed leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down armsOutlawed Kurdish militants have declared a ceasefire with Turkey after a landmark call by the jailed PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, asking the group to disband.It was the first reaction from the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) after Öcalan this week called for the dissolution of the group and asked it to lay down arms after fighting the Turkish state for more than four decades. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Prison officer who called herself 'the Queen' faces jail after admitting 'intimate' relationship with inmate

Prison officer Katie Evans, 26, boasted about performing a sex act on an inmate and was told by a judge at Sheffield Crown Court that she will go to jail.

Events

2 w. ago Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to disarm – in shift that could shake up region

Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself, signalling the start of a fragile peace with Turkey after four decades of guerrilla warfare, attacks and reprisals.Abdullah Öcalan, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), a group long regarded as a terrorist organisation in Turkey as well as in Britain and the US, issued the message in a letter read out by allies in Istanbul. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Jailed Kurdish leader calls for group to disarm, in major shift that could shake up Turkey and Middle East

Abdullah Öcalan’s message, which follows four decades of guerrilla warfare, will have far-reaching implications The ageing leader of a Kurdish militant group imprisoned on a remote Turkish island has called on the group to disarm and dissolve itself, signalling the start of a fragile peace with Turkey after four decades of guerrilla warfare, attacks and reprisals.Abdullah Öcalan, a founding member of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), a group long regarded as a terrorist organisation in Turkey as well as in Britain and the US, issued the message in a letter read out by allies in Istanbul. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago Son of Chinese journalist jailed for espionage calls for his father's release

The son of a Chinese journalist accused of espionage is calling for his father to be released from his seven-year prison sentence

Events

2 w. ago Disgraced MP Mike Amesbury, jailed for punching a man, facing calls to quit

His prison sentence leaves him liable to the recall process, which would trigger a by-election if 10 per cent of registered voters in his seat sign a petition calling for it

Events

3 w. ago Parents who let teenage ballerina shrink to 4st claim she 'wanted to be vegan'

The parents of a teenage ballerina who allowed her weight to plummet have been jailed for neglect - but the girl called for their sentences to be overturned.

Politics