7 h. ago Tragedy of Strangeways prisoner locked in cell 23 hours a day and not let out to eat

The 35-year-old revealed what life in the Manchester prison was really like before marking 'my last day' on his calendar

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55 h. ago Fury over SNP’s early release prison scheme with cons ‘back in cells within 24 hours’

A CHARITY boss helping cons given early release warns they’ll be back “within 24 hours”. Another 800 prisoners are about to be set free. But Natalie Logan, chief executive of prison rehabilitation group Sisco, said the plan to ease pressure on Scottish jails failed to give prisoners enough support once released. And it is increasing...

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4 d. ago 'My life was utter hell for two years': BBC antiques dealer Adrian Higham opens up about nightmare neighbour dispute that saw him arrested and handed restraining order for stalking

Adrian Higham, 58, has spoken out about the ordeal which saw him get arrested, spend seven hours in a police cell and be handed an interim restraining order.

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5 d. ago Chinese battery breakthrough could extend lithium cell lifespan by 9,000 hours, study says

Findings present promising way to scale up lithium batteries for real-world applications, scientists say

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2 w. ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week

Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to go to jail in Paris next week after a court last month sentenced him to five months in prison for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, was summoned to meet state prosecutors on Monday. They told him he must present himself at the entrance of La Santé prison in the south of Paris on 21 October to begin his sentence. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Woman who got pregnant in jail with no contact now on trial for 'murder'

Daisy Link likened her pregnancy to the Virgin Mary's, telling journalists that she and a fellow prison inmate had cooked up an elabaroate scheme to concieve a child

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2 w. ago Feds investigating Epstein death in jail failed multiple basic procedures, expert says: ‘Some really shoddy work here’

Photographs taken of Epstein’s cell hours after he was found have some inconsistencies

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