3 h. ago Inmate manages to escape from a Louisiana jail for the second time in a year

Authorities say a Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again

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6 h. ago Louisiana jail sees a murder suspect scale the fence and escape

Tra’Von Johnson, 19, was arrested for a 2022 home invasion that left a father dead and his child injured

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24 h. ago Georgetown scholar recalls terror and 'mockery of due process' in immigration jail

A Georgetown University scholar who was targeted for deportation by the Trump administration said he was terrified during his time in immigration jail

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39 h. ago Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders after prison review

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘over-reliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

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41 h. ago Plans to free sex offenders after half of sentence to tackle prison crisis

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘over-reliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

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42 h. ago Biggest reset of prisons in 30 years as plans call for MAJOR jail time change

Keir Starmer has been warned he must 'act with bravery' after years of political demands to be 'tough on crime' have resulted in a huge overcrowding crisis in prisons

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42 h. ago Fewer criminals to serve jail time under proposals to end prison overcrowding

Five key proposals put forward by the independent sentencing review are expected to cut the prison population by around 9,800.

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49 h. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 5 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three people have been arrested in connection with New Orleans jailbreak

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54 h. ago Encrochat dealers 'BUTTERMOON' and 'WAVETROOPER' who led drug gang ordered to pay £1.5m

The pair have been given three months to hand back the cash or face six years jail time

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3 d. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 6 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three employees have been suspended as sheriff claims that breakout may be tied up in politics around an upcoming sheriff’s election

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4 d. ago Busted doors, cut bars, and a hole behind the toilet: Everything we know with 7 inmates still on the run after Louisiana jail escape

Three employees have been suspended as sheriff claims breakout may be tied up in politics around an upcoming sheriff’s election

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4 d. ago Mark Cavendish watch raiders must pay back cash or face extra jail time

Balaclava-wearing intruders broke into the athlete’s home in Ongar, Essex, as he was asleep upstairs with his wife, an earlier trial was told.

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4 d. ago Man who ‘foolishly’ agreed to help steal £4.75m gold toilet avoids jail time

“I am a good person” said the 36-year-old after his sentencing

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4 d. ago Pregnant teen drug mule caught trying to smuggle £225k worth of cannabis into UK

Daniella KanKam-Adu, accused of smuggling £225k-worth of cannabis from Canada to the UK, has narrowly avoided jail time after prosecutors accepted her plea basis

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4 d. ago New Orleans prison escape: Reward doubled as massive manhunt for seven inmates enters third day

The manhunt for seven of the 10 escapees entered a third day on May 18 in Louisiana. Authorities are offering a huge rewards for information leading to the arrests of each escapee

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5 d. ago James Argent returns to social media for the first time since receiving a suspended jail sentence for pushing ex Nicoline Arthursson down steps

The TOWIE star, 37, was arrested earlier this month following the row with the Swedish beauty queen, with a two-year restraining order meaning he's banned from contacting her.

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5 d. ago REVEALED: How Southport killer's prison security was relaxed before his attack on a guard

Locked in a cell behind a see-through, reinforced Perspex door, Axel Rudakubana 's every move was watched around the clock.

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6 d. ago Bella May Culley faces jail time with sledgehammer murderer who choked own son to death

Bella May Culley, 18, is being held at Women's Prison No.5 which holds murderer Magda Papidze who struck her husband with a sledgehammer while he slept and strangled her five-year-old son

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6 d. ago ‘To Easy LOL’: Seven inmates on the run after Shawshank Redemption

The audacious escape saw ten men flee Orleans Justice Centre in Louisiana through a hole behind a toilet

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6 d. ago James Argent seen for the first time since suspended jail sentence for pushing ex Nicoline Arthursson down steps in Spain as he performs at charity event in London

James Argent has been seen for the first time since his suspended jail sentence for pushing ex Nicoline Arthursson down steps in Spain .

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