69 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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2 d. ago Pablo Escobar's drug lord pal who you've watched on Netflix back on the streets

The former MedellínCartel boss and one of Colombia’s most notorious drug kingpins was released from prison as his arrest in Colombia on Friday was deemed unlawful

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3 d. ago Chemical castration for paedophiles is proposed under new bill in Cyprus

According to the proposed regulations, child sex offenders can apply to be released early from prison if they agree to be sterilised.

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3 d. 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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5 d. ago ‘He insisted we take him to the graves’: the Palestinian hostages coming home to catastrophe

Alaa Abu Zeid only discovered his wife and children had been killed after his release from an Israeli prison. His is a story repeated across Gaza• ‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killedMore than a year after his abduction by Israeli soldiers, the first thing Alaa Abu Zeid wanted to do on his return to Gaza was hold his wife and children. He didn’t know that Ali, his brother, would be the only person waiting when he arrived in Khan Younis earlier this month: Alaa’s wife, Hala, and all five of the couple’s children had been killed in an Israeli airstrike last summer.Abu Zeid, 48, the headteacher of a primary school funded by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Bureij in central Gaza, was arrested along with dozens of other men when Israeli troops raided the school turned shelter in December 2023. He would never see his family again. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Man, 26, killed father with a chisel on the day he walked out of prison under the Government's early release scheme 

Liam Matthews, who had been released from HMP Holme House the same morning, slashed at Bell with a chisel after spotting two other men fighting with him in the street, reports said

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7 d. ago Serial thug Liam Matthews killed victim on day he was released from prison

The 26-year-old was let out as part of a drive to reduce overcrowding in prisons.

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8 d. ago Hugo boss flip flops and toothbrush carrying drugs boss's DNA were found at home of female prison governor he was having fling with after she signed off his release, court hears

Anthony Saunderson, who used the name Jesse Pinkman, a meth dealer in the TV show Breaking Bad , is accused of having a relationship with 'petite, blonde and bubbly' Kerri Pegg, 42.

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8 d. ago Welsh Olympic boxer dies just days after being released from prison

Rennie Edwards, from Pembrokeshire, boxed in the Olympics and professionally

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8 d. ago Young Scots sailor jailed in Bahrain is freed after mum's emotional letter to King

Owen Haggerty, 22, will be released from prison after he was banged up in the Middle East last month.

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8 d. ago Joey Barton's wife was dubbed 'the bravest WAG in Britain' when she moved in with the notorious footballer

EXCLUSIVE: Georgia McNeill was dubbed 'the bravest WAG in Britain' when she moved in with notorious footballer Joey Barton just weeks after he had been released from prison for a street attack.

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9 d. ago 'Rising star' female prison governor, 42, had relationship with drug dealer who bought her a Mercedes after she released him on licence, court told

Rising star Kerri Pegg, 42,'didn't play by the rules' and while governor at HMP Kirkham in Lancashire began a relationship with an inmate Anthony Saunderson, it is alleged.

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9 d. ago Teacher who 'asked boys to have sex with her wearing Scream mask' gets prison makeover

Brittany Fortinberry, who is facing dozens of child sex charges against pupils at a school where she taught, appears dishevelled in a new mugshot released from prison where she is being held

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9 d. ago Paedophile migrant who attacked a teenage girl is allowed to stay in the UK 'because he's an alcoholic'

The man, originally from Pakistan , had been convicted of multiple sex crimes, and after being released from prison, he attacked the teenager.

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1 week ago China frees staff of US consulting firm after two years in prison

The release of Mintz Group staff comes amid Beijing’s efforts to revive foreign investment

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1 week ago Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case could be freed from prison soon

Christian Brueckner has filed a motion for early release from prison for an unrelated rape in Portugal

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1 week ago Iranian activist is sentenced to 178 lashes and 18 months in prison after she was arrested for not wearing a hijab

Hamideh Zarei, a former political prisoner, was released earlier this month from Rasht Central Prison after spending nearly a month behind bars - only to now face a brutal new sentence.

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1 week ago Major Madeleine McCann update as prime suspect Christian Brueckner may walk free in just days

Christian Brueckner, 48, has been accused by prosecutors of murdering the three-year-old in Portugal in 2007, but is now seeking early release from a 2019 prison term

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1 week ago Major Madeleine McCann update as prime suspect Christian Brueckner seeks early release from prison

Investigators fear that Christian Brueckner could be freed soon unless they can arrest him urgently over Maddie’s disappearance in 2007

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1 week ago Cops consider new Stephen Lawrence probe after killer's confession

David Morris admitted to being part of the gang who killed Stephen in an effort to be released from prison.

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