3 h. ago Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case - now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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3 h. ago Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moved to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case - now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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6 h. ago Inside R Kelly's grim prison life as chilling 'overdose manipulation' theory emerges

R Kelly's lawyers claim that he suffered an overdose and was treated in hospital after prison staff provided the disgraced singer with too much medication

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43 h. ago Singer R. Kelly alleges mistreatment after hospitalization and prison 'murder plot'

R. Kelly's attorneys say the R&B singer collapsed in prison and was hospitalized

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48 h. ago R Kelly poison overdose was a 'murder plot' after solitary confinement, lawyers claim

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49 h. ago R Kelly rushed to hospital after overdosing in prison, lawyers say

Convicted sex trafficker had been placed in solitary and given medication by prison staff, court filing allegesLawyers for R Kelly say in new court documents that the convicted sex trafficker and singer was recently rushed to hospital after medically overdosing in prison.The 58-year-old reportedly collapsed Friday at the federal correctional institute in Butner, North Carolina, which specializes in housing sex offenders, and was transported to Duke University hospital. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago R Kelly rushed to hospital after 'prison overdose' in solitary confinement

Rapper R Kelly has suffered an overdose in prison and been rushed to hospital

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51 h. ago Disgraced singer R Kelly rushed to hospital after 'prison overdose', his lawyers claim

Disgraced singer R Kelly, who is serving 30 years for racketeering and sex trafficking, was allegedly hospitalised after prison staff gave him more medication than he needed

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54 h. ago R. Kelly suffered an ‘overdose’ of medications given to him by prison staff, his lawyers say

R. Kelly’s attorneys were seeking his immediate release from prison and for him to be placed into home detention due to an alleged murder plot against the disgraced R&B star

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3 d. ago German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity

Alaa Mousa tortured detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war, under former ruler Bashar al-AssadA German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.The crimes committed by Alaa Mousa, 40, during the Syrian civil war were “part of a brutal reaction by Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime”, said the presiding judge at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Christoph Koller. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago R Kelly’s lawyers seek release from custody over claims prison officials are trying to have him killed

Disgraced R&B singer is currently serving a 20-year and 30-year sentence concurrently

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2 w. ago Jail horror as 'prison officer stabbed' at HMP Long Lartin airlifted to hospital

Emergency services raced to HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire following reports that a prison officer was left with 'serious injuries' after being stabbed this morning

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2 w. ago Prison guard is stabbed at maximum security jail holding notorious inmates in latest act of violence in Britain's prison system

EXCLUSIVE: A source with knowledge of the prison told MailOnline that the attacker used a flick-knife brought in to HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire using a drone.

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