39 h. ago Scot thrown in hell hole Caribbean jail 'for forcing ill wife to go to work'

Michael Breslin is being held on remand in Puerto Rico's notorious Bayamón Correctional Complex, which is plagued by gangs and drugs and has seen crooked prison guards and escapees.

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4 d. ago Female prison guards are having to strip search the top half of transgender criminals before male colleagues check their lower regions in bizarre new jail ruling

Inmates at HMP Dovegate say they have been left 'humiliated' by the alleged treatment. But women's rights activists have hit out and claimed female officers should not be used to check trans inmates..

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6 d. ago Just Stop Oil activists boast of cushy treatment from prison guards after eight spared jail

Members of Just Stop Oil claim prison officers are more lenient, grant them special privileges and even support their efforts to combat the climate crisis - just days after eight members dodged jail

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6 d. ago REVEALED: How Southport killer's prison security was relaxed before his attack on a guard

Locked in a cell behind a see-through, reinforced Perspex door, Axel Rudakubana 's every move was watched around the clock.

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7 d. ago I wrote a book about Everton legend Duncan Ferguson 11 years ago

Our chief football writer ends years of waiting by interviewing the once elusive Big Dunc

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8 d. ago Chilling moment Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner SMIRKS as he is asked: 'Did you kill Maddie?'

Christian Brueckner was confronted as he left the court Germany after being convicted of insulting guards at the prison where he is serving a seven-year sentence for rape.

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8 d. ago Thai construction magnate and others surrender to police on charges over building collapse in quake

A construction magnate and more than a dozen other people have surrendered to police on criminal negligence charges for the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise during a March 28 earthquake

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9 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner convicted of insulting jail staff after ranting at guards

Christian Brueckner has been convicted of insulting prison guards - the 48-year-old paedophile was hauled before judges in Germany after branding jail staff “a laughing stock”.

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1 week ago Horror as prison guard has throat slashed by lag in terrifying attack behind bars

It is understood that a staff member required stitches after their neck and ear were cut in the attack.

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1 week ago New York prison guard says he cleaned up blood of fatally beaten inmate in plea

A New York corrections officer admitted in court that he cleaned up blood from the fatal beating of an inmate in an attempt to conceal evidence

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1 week ago Prison guard has throat slashed by lag in latest terrifying attack behind bars

Two prison officers have been attacked at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes in separate incidents and in one of the assaults a guard had their throat slashed requiring stitches

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1 week ago Prison guard has 'throat slashed by inmate wielding improvised weapon' in one of three attacks in wave of violence sweeping high

The staff member was attacked at HMP Woodhill, a high-security prison in Milton Keynes, according to the Prison Officers' Association (POA).

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1 week ago ‘I’m not a hard man’: Duncan Ferguson on Everton, pigeons and his biggest regrets

Former striker answers your questions on Scottish nightlife, his toughest opponent, proudest moment and when football made him cryI served you many times in The Tally Ho pub in Dundee in the early 1990s. You were always a gent. How did your reputation as a hard man sit with you when, for me, you clearly differ from that in real life? Fionan LynchI’m not a hard man. I’ve always tried to be nice to people but sometimes I’ve been backed into a corner and got myself into a wee bit of trouble. I played the game aggressively but I don’t think I was even the toughest in any of the dressing rooms I’ve been in. I don’t see myself as a tough guy. But it’s followed me everywhere. A night to gain a reputation and a lifetime to get rid of it. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hate preacher Anjem Choudary who was jailed for running terror group has 28

The fanatic was implicated last month when the brother of Manchester Arena bomber attacked three prison guards with boiling oil and makeshift knives in prison.

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1 week ago 'It's just a matter of time before a prison guard is killed': Ex

Professor Ian Acheson took aim at the culture of 'appeasement' of dangerous criminals after Southport triple killer Axel Rudakubana allegedly threw boiling water at a guard.

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1 week ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's prison monitoring 'downgraded before alleged attack' on prison guard

Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, 18, allegedly used a kettle in his cell to heat water up before pouring it over a prison officer at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday

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2 w. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana in 'boiling water attack on prison guard'

The alleged incident took place on Thursday.

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2 w. ago Police investigate alleged attack on prison officer by Southport killer

Axel Rudakubana murdered Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class last year

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2 w. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 'hurled scalding water over prison guard' in pre

The triple murderer, 18, left a member of staff at HMP Belmarsh with severe injuries

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2 w. ago Southport knife attacker Axel Rudakubana, 18, hospitalised prison guard at HMP Belmarsh by hurling scalding water over them in 'pre

The triple murderer, who was sentenced to 52 years for the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancome, and Alice da Silva Aguiar, poured boiling water over the officer at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday.

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