8 h. ago Inmate manages to escape from a Louisiana jail for the second time in a year

Authorities say a Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again

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28 h. ago Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail

A Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said he was terrified during his time in immigration jail

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44 h. ago Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders after prison review

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘over-reliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

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46 h. ago Plans to free sex offenders after half of sentence to tackle prison crisis

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘over-reliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

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46 h. ago Biggest reset of prisons in 30 years as plans call for MAJOR jail time change

Keir Starmer has been warned he must 'act with bravery' after years of political demands to be 'tough on crime' have resulted in a huge overcrowding crisis in prisons

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46 h. ago Fewer criminals to serve jail time under proposals to end prison overcrowding

Five key proposals put forward by the independent sentencing review are expected to cut the prison population by around 9,800.

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59 h. ago Encrochat dealers 'BUTTERMOON' and 'WAVETROOPER' who led drug gang ordered to pay £1.5m

The pair have been given three months to hand back the cash or face six years jail time

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3 d. ago Proposals to expand troubled Parc Prison with hundreds more inmates as system is 'days from collapse'

The plans to expand the Welsh prison comes as the Ministry of Justice warns prisons in Wales and England are 'days from collapse'

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4 d. ago Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told.

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4 d. ago Man who ‘foolishly’ agreed to help steal £4.75m gold toilet avoids jail time

“I am a good person” said the 36-year-old after his sentencing

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4 d. ago Pregnant teen drug mule caught trying to smuggle £225k worth of cannabis into UK

Daniella KanKam-Adu, accused of smuggling £225k-worth of cannabis from Canada to the UK, has narrowly avoided jail time after prosecutors accepted her plea basis

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5 d. ago James Argent returns to social media for the first time since receiving a suspended jail sentence for pushing ex Nicoline Arthursson down steps

The TOWIE star, 37, was arrested earlier this month following the row with the Swedish beauty queen, with a two-year restraining order meaning he's banned from contacting her.

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5 d. ago What the last Trump presidency can teach us about fighting back | Kenneth Roth

History shows that if western governments mount a defense, the human rights movement will survive this rough patchAs Donald Trump abandons any pretense of promoting human rights abroad, he has sparked concern about the future of the human rights movement. The US government has never been a consistent promoter of human rights, but when it applied itself, it was certainly the most powerful. Yet this is not the first time that the human rights movement has faced a hostile administration in Washington. A collective defense by other governments has been the key to survival in the past. That remains true today.Trump no doubt poses a serious threat. He is enamored of autocrats who rule without the checks and balances on executive power that he would shirk. He has stopped participating in the UN human rights council and censored the US state department’s annual human rights report. He has summarily sent immigrants to El Salvador’s nightmarish mega-prison, proposed the mass ethnic cleansing ...

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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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6 d. ago Bella May Culley faces jail time with sledgehammer murderer who choked own son to death

Bella May Culley, 18, is being held at Women's Prison No.5 which holds murderer Magda Papidze who struck her husband with a sledgehammer while he slept and strangled her five-year-old son

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6 d. ago James Argent seen for the first time since suspended jail sentence for pushing ex Nicoline Arthursson down steps in Spain as he performs at charity event in London

James Argent has been seen for the first time since his suspended jail sentence for pushing ex Nicoline Arthursson down steps in Spain .

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7 d. ago Binman caught with illegal shotgun gets extra time in jail for trying to avoid prison by inventing 28

Paul Berryman, 62, faced an automatic five years behind bars for the offence. His lie at Norwich Crown Court led to him receiving a total of six years in jail.

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8 d. ago Bella May Culley 'shaken' at severity of alleged crime as she faces harsh jail time

The 18-year-old's lawyer has said it appears she did not realise what she was doing, or that it could have such serious consequences.

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9 d. ago Government facing backlash over prison recall changes to free up jail space

Some criminals serving sentences between one and four years will be returned to custody only for a fixed 28-day period.

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9 d. ago Jail time for recalled offenders to be limited to free up prison places

UK justice secretary also announces plans for three new jails amid overcrowding crisis in England and WalesShabana Mahmood will limit how long hundreds of repeat offenders can be returned to prison for amid Whitehall predictions that jails will be full again in November.The justice secretary also announced a £4.7bn plan to build three new prisons starting this year, part of a “record expansion” as the government attempts to get to grips with the criminal justice system. Continue reading...

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