2 h. ago New York to release some prison inmates early over shortage of guard staff

New York state prisons will release some inmates early because the system does not have enough corrections officers, weeks after the state fired more than 2,000 guards who went on strike over poor working conditions

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4 d. ago Tom Hanks' son Chet recreates Forrest Gump as movie star makes appearance

Chet Hanks was joined by his famous father on the set of his latest music video which is a love letter to the iconic 1994 film, Forrest Gump - the film which won Tom Hanks an Oscar

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4 d. ago 'Flirty' prison officer and inmate exposed as burned love letters found by cops

Niamh Lloyd began working at the category B jail when she was just 19, but her supervisors noticed she was 'displaying flirtatious behaviour', particularly towards career criminal Lee Makin

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4 d. ago ‘Dangerous’ inmate locked up indefinitely for attempting to kill prison officers

Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly made attempts to wound or kill prison officers, the Old Bailey has heard.

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4 d. ago Yukimi: For You review – sweet solo debut for Little Dragon singer

(Ninja Tune)Yukimi Nagano’s first record without the Swedish synth-pop band is a light but pleasurable affairIt seems barely credible, but next year is Little Dragon’s 30th birthday. Although Yukimi Nagano has fronted the Swedish electronic dance act since she was at school, For You is her first solo album. Strength-through-suffering gem Break Me Down is an excellent lead single – a filigree of a pop song freewheeling on Yukimi’s enticing, airy vocal. Its summery drift is shared with neighbours Make Me Whole and Runaway, riffing confidently on 70s soul and 90s nu-jazz, love letters to hope in uncertain times.Winter Is Not Dead’s Björkish marriage of minimal electronics and layered harmonies is delicious, as is No Prince’s vocal crescendo and Peace Reign’s pendulous bassline, curling its fingers around the guts of the song. Walk-on parts for Nagano’s sons and father feel mildly indulgent. Still, she says that “when songwriting is personal, it also becomes very accessible, because we’...

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4 d. ago Female prison officer, 22, told inmate lover she was with him for 'the thrill'

Niamh Lloyd, 22, met the career criminal, Lee Makin, while working as a prison officer at Forest Bank jail in Salford, Greater Manchester.

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4 d. ago Dad's body found in woods with wife’s legs in river after they're hacked up with scissors

Chandler Halderson snapped when his college and work lies were exposed leading him to chop up his loving parents and burn their heads in the family fireplace

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5 d. ago Prison officer's affair with lag unravelled after police scour burned love letters

Supervisors of prison officer Niamh Lloyd raised concerns about her behaviour whilst she was working in the prison, uncovering a letter which wrote of her sordid affair with an inmate.

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6 d. ago Police investigate alleged assault understood to involve multiple Parc prison officers and inmate

An inmate at the troubled jail is understood to allegedly have been assaulted by multiple officers at HMP Parc. Police investigations are said to be continuing

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6 d. ago 'The thrill': Cocky prison officer's loved up emails to inmate 'Big Lee' before illicit affair exposed

Niamh Lloyd 'became much too close' to Lee Makin

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7 d. ago Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan

Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murderA Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official has said.The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the 46 years that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention, most of it on death row when each day could have been his last. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Antiques Roadshow’s Fiona Bruce ‘can’t get through’ moving love letter with heartbreaking ending

An Antiques Roadshow guest wiped a tear away as she shared the emotional story of her grandmother’s first love.

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1 week ago Female prison officer suspended from London jail after 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate

Police are investigating claims that HMP Feltham prison officer Katerina Tatus was part of an affair

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1 week ago Manhunt as inmate escapes prison van after 'overpowering' officers on motorway

Jamie Cooper was being transported to Lancashire Magistrates' Court after being charged with assaulting an officer and criminal damage when he managed to escape from the prison van and is now on the run

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3 w. ago The shameful roll call of female prison officers sacked for flings with inmates

Forty have lost their jobs in just four years

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3 w. ago UK's female prison officer scandal as 40 fired for inmate flings over last four years

Security fears have skyrocketed due to the number of female prison officers having 'inappropriate' intimate relationships with inmates – as a number of high profile cases surfaced

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3 w. ago Prison officer jailed for inmate romp 'engaged to new partner' who vows to stand by her

Katie Evans, 26, was jailed after performing a sex act on an inmate at HMP Doncaster - and is now reportedly engaged to a new lover who vowed to 'stand by her' after the conviction

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3 w. ago One female prison officer sacked nearly every MONTH over flings with male inmates

Figures show that 40 women warders have been fired in past four years after it was found that they were having behind-bar flings with imprisoned criminals.

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3 w. ago Urgent security fears over rise in female prison officers having flings with male inmates

New figures come just days after “immature” female prison officer Katie Evans, 26, was jailed for 21 months after starting an intimate relationship with an inmate at Doncaster Prison

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4 w. ago Prison officer who boasted about sex acts with inmates is jailed

The judge outlined the issues prisons are having with accommodating inmates serving short sentences

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