24 h. ago US reportedly planning to deport migrants to Libya despite ‘clear’ violation of court order

Judge confirms move would breach order as Libya’s rival governments say both would refuse any US deporteesThe Trump administration is reportedly planning to deport a group of immigrants to Libya, despite a judge’s efforts on Wednesday to block any such flights and the state department’s previous condemnation of the “life-threatening” prison conditions in the country.Reuters cited three unnamed US officials as saying the deportations could happen this week. Two of the officials said the immigrants, whose nationalities are not known, could be flown to the north African country as soon as Wednesday, but they added the plans could still change. The New York Times also cited a US official confirming the deportation plans. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Gang member who had flings with prison officer and nurse sparks week

Harri Pullen, 27, was jailed after he injured himself resisting officers who caught him drug-dealing on an e-bike following his release from a four-year sentence

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48 h. ago ‘Loverboy’ lag who 'had romance with two prison workers' caught after going on the run

Gang member Harri Pullen, 27, allegedly had flings with two different female prison staff during the four-year jail sentence he served before going on the run from a hospital

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49 h. ago Inmate had inappropriate relationship with prison nurse then went on the run

Harri Pullen made headlines for alleged romantic flings including phone sex with a prison officer

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50 h. ago Jailhouse Romeo who had behind bars fling with prison nurse and phone sex with guard is locked up after 'escaping from hospital and spending a week on the run'

Harri Pullen, 27, had alleged romances with a prison officer and jail nurse during a four-year period.

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54 h. ago Romeo lag who had flings with TWO prison workers banged up after week on the run

On-the-run Harri Pullen, who had a romantic relationship with prison nurse Elyse Hobbs and phone sex with officer Ruth Shmylo, is back behind bars after a week on the run

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55 h. ago Does Nayib Bukele’s campaign against democracy give a blueprint for Trump?

El Salvador’s populist leader extols a hardline approach to crime and an assault on civil society – drawing envy from many in the Trump administration“I have no doubt the government are watching,” said Ingrid Escobar, an activist lawyer who has proved a thorn in the side of El Salvador’s authorities. “There are cars that follow me – I have them identified.”Since president Nayib Bukele launched a sweeping crackdown on gangs, Escobar has advocated for the tens of thousands locked up without due process. She points to a photo of Geovanni Aguirre, a childhood friend and trade unionist who worked in San Salvador’s mayor’s office. He disappeared into the prison system in 2022. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Everything you need to know about Trump’s bizarre plan to reopen Alcatraz

Trump has directed officials to reopen a ‘substantially enlarged and rebuilt’ prison on Alcatraz Island - but is it really viable?

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3 d. ago Critics blast Trump’s Alcatraz plan over cost: Everything you need to know about reopening the notorious prison

Trump has directed officials to reopen a ‘substantially enlarged and rebuilt’ prison on Alcatraz Island - but is it really viable?

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3 d. ago Trump orders reopening of Alcatraz prison for ‘most ruthless offenders’

Plan to expand and reuse long-shuttered penitentiary off San Francisco described as ‘not serious’ by Nancy PelosiDonald Trump has said he is directing the administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years.California lawmakers called the idea “absurd on its face” and part of the US president’s strategy of political distraction. Other officials pointed to the closure of the prison complex in 1963, known for its brutal conditions, due to operational expense and the high number of (unsuccessful) escape attempts. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago 5 Virginia prison guards are injured by inmates accused of being MS

Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members

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5 d. ago Football matches have better security than jails, says prison officers’ chief

Mark Fairhurst of the Prison Officers’ Association said overcrowding and violence were his members’ key concerns.

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5 d. ago The execution that haunts prison worker 28 years later: Death row officer had therapy for a decade after horrific mishap filled cells with the smell of 'burning flesh'

Ron McAndrew witnessed executions using the electric chair in Florida, but one traumatising death never left him and the botched execution led to the prison ending the use of the electric chair.

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8 d. ago Federal judge says Idaho must let execution witnesses watch as lethal drugs are prepped and pushed

A federal judge says Idaho prison officials must allow media witnesses at executions to watch as the lethal injection drugs are prepared and administered to the condemned person

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9 d. ago Prison officer 'had sexual relations with two inmates and plotted to smuggle drugs into jail'

Isabelle Dale, 23, has appeared in court over her alleged fling with Shahid Sharif, 33, in high security HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, between September 2021 and December 2022

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1 week ago Female prison officer, 23, charged with having sexual relationships with two inmates at same time and smuggling drugs into high

A female prison officer has been charged with having sexual relationships with two convicts. Isabelle Dale, 23, is also accused of conspiring to smuggle drugs into a high security jail.

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1 week ago Tourist faces five years in prison for bribing police officer £29 after being caught smoking in non

The tourist tried to get out of paying the upfront £114 fine for violating the smoke-free zone but he now faces an even bigger fine of £57,178 after the officer reported him for bribery.

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1 week ago Female prison guard 'twerks and flirts with inmate' in shocking leaked video

An unnamed prison officer was filmed on a mobile phone for a TikTok video apparently twerking at the request of an inmate at HMP Forest Bank, in Salford, Greater Manchester

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2 w. ago Horror as dad killed by freak lightening strike in front of bereft young son

Prison officer Santonio Catoe was fishing with his friends and nine-year-old son when a lightning strike threw him from the boat, with the former Marine leaving four children behind

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2 w. ago Moment female prison officer 'twerked' for leering inmate after flirting with him on video filmed on mobile phone through jail cell bars

EXCLUSIVE: Footage circulating online shows the UK prison officer, who has not been named, being told to 'show me that batty' by a prisoner.

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