36 h. ago Female prisoners who gave birth behind bars were handcuffed and guards watched breastfeeding

Between 2022 and 2023, just under 200 women were pregnant in UK jails, and these expectant mums are at a higher risk of serious complications and perinatal mental health issues.

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41 h. ago 'I gave birth as a prisoner, I was handcuffed and guards watched me breastfeed'

Two women have opened up about their experience of giving birth during a prison sentence - from being 'left in a cell during labour' and handcuffed at the hospital, to having guards closely watch them while breastfeeding

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3 d. ago Female prison officer at centre of lag lover scandal after guard shot dead at gym

Earlier this week gangland 'executioner' Elias Morgan was jailed for a minimum of 45 years for the murder of former prison guard Lenny Scott, after the latter had discovered Morgan's illicit affair

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5 d. ago Gunman who assassinated prison officer after he exposed his relationship with female guard is jailed for 45 years

Elias Morgan, 35, (pictured) gunned down father-of-three Lenny Scott in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8, 2024 as revenge for exposing his relationship with a female officer.

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5 d. ago Gunman who assassinated prison officer who exposed his relationship with female guard is jailed for 45 years

A criminal who shot dead the prison officer who found an illicit phone in his jail cell has been jailed for life with a minimum 45 years before parole.

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9 d. ago Man shot officer dead at gym after he seized inmate's phone that exposed affair

Lenny Scott was shot six times as he left the gym in response to finding a phone in jail which revealed that a prisoner was having inappropriate relations with a female officer

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9 d. ago Moment gunman assassinated prison officer who exposed his relationship with female guard 

Lenny Scott, 33, of Prescot, Merseyside, was shot after leaving the gym in February last year in Skelmersdale, Lancashire - and former prisoner Elias Morgan, 35, was found guilty of his murder.

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1 week ago Prison officer becomes third female guard to be convicted of 'inappropriate' relationships with inmates in a year

A prison officer at HMP Five Wells, was jailed for 12 months after admitting to inappropriate relationships with inmates, the third female guard convicted at the same jail in a year

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1 week ago Prison officer is third female guard convicted of 'inappropriate' jail affair in a year

A prison officer at HMP Five Wells, was jailed for 12 months after admitting to inappropriate relationships with inmates, the third female guard convicted at the same jail in a year

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1 week ago Female guard at UK 'super prison' had 'inappropriate relationships' with two lags

Aimee Duke, 26, admitted two offences after she was caught sending messages to a prisoner while serving at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

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2 w. ago Female political prisoners in Belarus face abuse, humiliation and threats of losing parental rights

Human rights activists say female political prisoners in Belarus are often singled out for abuse and humiliation, threatened with losing their children, and having medical problems ignored

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2 w. ago Female prison officer who hatched plot with inmate to smuggle drugs and phones into cells is jailed

Tori Muddyman, 31, was caught after police were tipped off in 2019 she had been sneaking contraband into HMP Onley in Northamptonshire.

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3 w. ago Two of UK's worst female prisoners become 'best pals' dubbed 'glam lags'

Two of Britain's most infamously evil female prisoners, Roksana Lecka and Sabrina Kouider are said to have become besties in prison at HMP Bronzefield and act like they 'own the place'

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3 w. ago Afghan women feel forgotten by world after four years of ‘war’ waged by Taliban on their rights

While the rest of the world pays little attention, the Taliban’s edicts eroding women’s basic rights have only grown in number. Former female inmates of the group’s prisons tell Arpan Rai they are being brutally enforced

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3 w. ago Female prison officer faces jail after 'inappropriate' relationships with inmates and sneaking in mobile phone

Charlotte Winstanley, 27, was working at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, when she struck up improper relationships and smuggled banned items inside.

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3 w. ago Female prison guard who triggered 100 corruption alerts is facing jail over alleged illicit relationship with gangster behind bars

Megann Gibson, 26, exchanged 'very explicit' letters hinting the pair had sex while she was on duty at Wealstun prison, near Wetherby, a court heard today.

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3 w. ago Female prison officer, 23, admits to having fling with inmate

A judge said 'all sentencing options' were open

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3 w. ago Female prison officer admits illicit fling with inmate behind bars

Prison officer Megan Breen, 23, could face jail time after she admitted to an inappropriate relationship with an inmate between February and May 2022 in Gwent, South Wales

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4 w. ago Lily Phillips: Crying review – laughing through the toxic positivity around childbirth

Monkey Barrel, EdinburghAmusing vignettes about arrogant consultants and undignified poos keep things light as Phillips documents a harrowing hospital experienceExpectations and reality don’t always align when it comes to childbirth. Lily Phillips (not that one, she assures us, getting good mileage from her porn star namesake) thought she was well informed. She’d gone through a long process of IVF to get there, attended NCT classes, and, when labour started, she was ready for the if not serene then empowering birthing experience and magical moment of immediate love that would follow.Instead, she discovered that “birth is barbaric and early motherhood is brutal”. Yet even her NCT WhatsApp group, where she turned after a harrowing hospital experience, requested “no negative birth stories, please”. Crying does a lot to redress the balance and cuts through the “toxic positivity” surrounding childbirth that left Phillips feeling alone. Continue reading...

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