22 h. ago How to help people with addictions on the streets? These Oregon programs have solutions

The state has one of the highest US rates of substance use disorders and ranks last for access to treatment. These initiatives are changing what rehab looks likeOregon has for years struggled with a drug crisis, reporting one of the highest rates of substance use disorders in the US and ranking last in the nation for access to treatment.The problem is systemic, rooted in decades of failure to invest in the level of behavioral health services needed for people with mental illnesses and addiction. The Pacific north-west state’s significant affordable housing shortage has compounded the challenges, as people languish on the streets without care. Many drug users spiral downward until they overdose, wind up in jail or prison or are forced into Oregon’s overcrowded psychiatric system. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Half of Scots opposed to 'reckless' scheme to allow prisoners out of jail early

MSPs passed a law meaning those sentenced to under four years in prison will now be released after serving 40 per cent of their time behind bars.

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37 h. ago SNP Government accused of 'recklessly' freeing prisoners as poll reveals public verdict

The Scottish Government has come under fire for “recklessly” freeing prisoners, as a poll found half of Scots are opposed to the policy of early release.

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5 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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6 d. ago Kyle Clifford given grim prison warning as paralysed sex predator rots in jail

As documentary The Crossbow Murders: The Killings That Shocked Britain examines the heinous actions of Kyle Clifford, the Mirror takes a look at his future behind bars

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7 d. ago Minister admits indefinite IPP jail terms are ‘terrible stain’ on justice system – but will not resentence prisoners

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has admitted indefinite jail terms are a “terrible stain” on our justice system.

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8 d. ago ‘Making art made me feel free’: the prison paintings of Myanmar’s Htein Lin

The artist, who has an exhibition at Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery, created a unique body of work from jail uniforms, soap and lids while detained by Myanmar’s regimeThe Burmese painter Htein Lin’s art bears the imprint of his years in a Myanmar jail, where he created hundreds of paintings using prison uniforms as his canvases and makeshift tools including syringes, soap blocks and cigarette lighters.“I had no canvas, no brushes, no paint. But I had to make art,” says Htein Lin from his home in Myanmar’s Shan state. “I befriended the prison guards to smuggle in paint, scavenging for materials wherever I could. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Prison nurse caught smuggling drugs and SIM cards into jail in hollowed out shoes as part of 'sophisticated' gang plot is locked up for 20 months

Kiera Burton, 33, was rumbled after being found with drugs and SIM cards during a stop and search on her way to work at HMP Preston.

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1 week ago Trans killer's jail rammy leaves female prison officer injured in women's wing

Paris Green, who is serving life for murder, was initially charged with assaulting the victim by forcibly pushing a door in August 2023.

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1 week ago Jack Fincham 'can't wait' as he reveals his dog is being returned to him after attacks

Love Island's Jack Fincham, who swerved jail time as the appeal against his six week prison sentence was granted, has revealed his cane corso dog is being returned to him

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1 week ago Jack Fincham gives thumbs up as he avoids jail after appeal against prison sentence for dog attack

Love Island's Jack Fincham gave a thumbs up as he swerved jail time after appealing his six-week prison sentence over being in charge of a dangerously out-of-control dog

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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 Tommy Robinson is a marked man in jail where prisoners are plotting to attack him as court hears he 'would be killed by a lifer' and is moved to closed wing for his own safety

Robinson was moved to HMP Woodhill on November 1, but the prison received intelligence over threats to Robinson, with 'two other prisoners supposedly 'plotting to assault' him.

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1 week ago Nigerian TikTokers boast about how easy it is to become prison officers and get UK visa as figures show jail bosses hired 2,300 staff from overseas in three years

EXCLUSIVE: Prisons are recruiting foreign nationals in a desperate attempt to plug staff shortages in British jails, with 2,340 hired as wardens over the last three years.

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1 week ago Nigerian TikTokers boast about how easy it is to become prison officers and get UK visa as figures show jail bosses hired 2,300 staff from overseas in three year

EXCLUSIVE: Prisons are recruiting foreign nationals in a desperate attempt to plug staff shortages in British jails, with 2,340 hired as wardens over the last three years.

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2 w. ago ‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

George Simonson says you learn about society by seeing how it treats its prisoners – and jail has strengthened his belief that change is crucialGeorge Simonson, 24, from London, had recently graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Edinburgh when he was given a 24-month custodial sentence for climbing a gantry over the M25 in 2022. He was also found guilty of criminal damage and sentenced to a further six-week custodial sentence for spraying paint on a wall of Exeter University in 2023. He sent this letter from prison before he was released in January.I remember the day I was sentenced like it was yesterday. I was filled with anxiety the entire time. It’s a strange situation to be in, not knowing whether or not you’d have your liberty at the end of the day, or for how long it might be taken away. My mind was racing and I had no idea how to operate. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The criminals who smuggled drugs and phones into notorious Welsh prison

People inside and outside the jail have been involved in conspiracies to convey contraband into the prison

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2 w. ago Dramatic moment more than FIFTY prisoners break down jail door and cause chaos as they flee

A manhunt is underway for over dozens of inmates who stages a prison break after 50 of them cracked through security doors and climbed to the roof of the jail before escaping. 

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3 w. ago Cop killer James Hurley set for prison release after jail break and going on run for 13 years

Police leader's 'outrage' as PC's killer is cleared for release from prison, after murdering brave PC Frank Mason before breaking out of jail and going on the run for 13 years

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3 w. ago Lawyers for Bataclan terrorist Salah Abdeslam deny claims he is to become a father

The only surviving perpetrator of the 2015 Paris attacks was tried in Belgium in 2016 and is serving jail time in the Vendin-le-Vieil prison in Pas-de-Calais.

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