3 d. ago Thug sobs in street with mum as he avoids jail for killing two of his girlfriend's cats

James Higginson, 20, collapsed against a bollard outside court after he admitted to killing the cats but avoided jail time - and was ordered to pay £500 in costs

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3 d. ago June warning that gardeners who cut hedges could 'face jail time and unlimited fine'

If gardeners are cutting hedges and a bird's nest is damaged or destroyed - intentionally or otherwise - then they're breaking the law and could face a fine or jail time

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7 d. ago Woman who earned over £1m as a fake doctor ordered to pay money back to NHS or risk more jail time

She pretended to be a qualified doctor for more than 20 years

Economics

1 week ago On the right track: the record label reaching out to Cameroon’s street talent

Born in Douala prison and hailed for helping young people stay out of trouble, the success of Jail Time Records has persuaded Burkina Faso to let the label branch out thereIt does not take long for a crowd to gather when the Jail Time Records van pulls up to the kerb and starts blasting music in Cameroon’s port city, Douala. Set up not just to play music but as a mobile recording studio, too, the van passes through the city’s poorer neighbourhoods, offering the microphone to Douala’s aspiring but unguided young musicians.The goal is to scout for new talent while also helping out young people in areas plagued by drugs and crime. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Romesh Ranganathan reveals personal turmoil after dad's jail time for fraud

Comedian and TV presenter Romesh Ranganathan has spoken of how his family's life was turned upside down when his father, Ranga, was sent to prison for fraud

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2 w. ago Glam drug mule mum's warning to Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee held in hellhole jails

Levi-April Whalley, who recently avoided jail time for attempting to smuggle cannabis into the UK, believes Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee are 'victims' adding they should 'tell the truth and be honest'

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2 w. ago Glam drug mule's warning to fellow Brits Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee held in hell jails

Levi-April Whalley, who recently avoid jail time for attempting to smuggle cannabis into the UK, believes Bella Culley and Charlotte Lee are 'victims' adding they should 'tell the truth and be honest’

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2 w. ago Fewer criminals serving jail time will ‘generate a lot of work for police’

Sir Mark Rowley said a proportion of offenders who would have been in jail will commit further offences because ‘probation can’t do a perfect job’.

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2 w. ago New Orleans prison escape shock twist as grandma now faces jail time

Connie Weeden, 59, was arrested after she was alleged to have assisted her grandson Jermaine Donald in escaping from the Orleans Justice Center, in Louisiana, earlier this month

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2 w. ago Labour could refuse to keep killers, burglars and rapists behind bars. They'll be free to violate your home

The first duty of any government is to protect its people. But how can that be when the criminals that deserve jail-time, instead remain free among the very people whose security they threaten?

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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

Economics

3 w. 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.

Economics

3 w. 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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3 w. 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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