7 h. ago Inmates are having Mounjaro delivered to their cells using drones, says prison governor

At HMP Edinburgh flying delivery machines are regularly used to smuggle weapons, drugs and mobile phones into jails and now even weight loss jabs and tooth whitening strips

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13 h. ago Prison officer cries as she's jailed over secret affair with inmate

Amie Turner's lawyer said she had been manipulated by a “sophisticated criminal” and feared blackmail.

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17 h. ago Prison officer sobs as 'inappropriate tryst' with inmate she smuggled for is exposed

A senior Manchester prison officer has been sentenced to 15 months in jail after making dozens of secret sexual calls and messages to an inmate on a smuggled phone

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20 h. ago Shamed prison officer cries after her secret messages to inmate are exposed

Amie Turner, 34, was sentenced to 15 months in prison

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25 h. ago Female prison officer, 34, who smuggled phones into jail for her inmate lover is locked up

Amie Turner's secret came to light in April 2016 when intelligence reports first raised concerns about her behaviour, Manchester Crown Court heard.

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35 h. ago Hundreds more Scots prisoners to be released early as jails reach crisis point again

The £1 billion replacement for HMP Barlinnie is still years away from completion as Scotland's prison service struggles to deal with the volume of inmates behind bars.

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3 d. ago Prison officers reveal shame over "barbaric" death of inmate Allan Marshall at Saughton jail

Officers claim Allan's death was result of "barbaric" response to a medical situation. Sources say ongoing denials of blame have damaged SPS.

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4 d. ago Three inmates killed themselves at Pentonville prison where jail staff on 24

Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor placed HMP Pentonville in London under special measures in July due to a series of 'comprehensive failures'.

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4 d. ago Mother of Parc prison inmate found dead in his cell gives evidence on opening day of inquest

Ross Appleby was found in a state of unresponsiveness by members of staff after overdosing on drugs

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4 d. ago Scots jail bosses wash pants sent to cons to fight prison drugs trade

In a bid to stop drug smuggling, it has been revealed that prison staff have been washing all pants sent to inmates.

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5 d. ago Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege

Legal experts speak of ‘cruel’ and harmful deprivations for families held in Texas immigration facilityChildren, including the very young, have been spending weeks or months in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention facility in a remote part of Texas where outside monitors have heard accounts of shortages of clean drinking water, chronic sleep deprivation and kids struggling for hygiene supplies and prompt medical attention, as revealed in a stark new court filing.Legal experts able to witness conditions made a barrage of allegations about deprivations, violations of legally agreed basic detention standards and humanitarian concerns at the only known Ice center currently holding families. At the facility in Dilley, a small town an hour south-west of San Antonio, kids and their parents described a “prison-like environment” where the guards reportedly call them “inmates” despite them not being criminals, and said they live in “cell-like trailers”.prolonged, vaguely exp...

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6 d. ago ‘I refuse to be defined by fascism’: daughter of murder victim speaks after death of neo

After the man who killed her father is found dead in his cell, Maz Saleem reflects on living with loss and choosing not to hateNeo-Nazi murderer and bomber Pavlo Lapshyn did not get to serve out the 40-year term of his sentence. He was found dead in his cell at Wakefield prison on Tuesday, 12 years after being jailed. The circumstances of his death have not yet been publicly confirmed.The Ukrainian national was 37. He was convicted at the Old Bailey in October 2013 of murdering Muslim man Mohammed Saleem, 82, in April of that year. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Prison cashier sobs in dock as she is jailed for affair with inmate who boasted about their fling before fellow convict reported them

Yolanda Briggs (pictured), 52, from Boston, Lincolnshire, pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office and was given an eight-month sentence at Lincoln Crown Court on Friday.

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7 d. ago Deadly clashes between Ecuador prison gangs sees inmates decapitated

Two prison riots have erupted in Ecuador within a matter of days, increasing the death toll in prisons to 500 since 2021. Families rushed to SNAI prison to find out if their loved ones were dead or alive

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7 d. ago Ecuador prison bloodbath as inmates are decapitated in mass slaughter during open warfare between gangs

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days.

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8 d. ago Jury deadlocks again in trial of officer charged with sexually abusing inmates at California prison

A federal jury has deadlocked for the second time in a trial of a former correctional officer charged with sexually abusing four inmates at a now-closed federal women’s prison in California

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8 d. ago Man accused of murdering mother and her three children, aged one, five and nine, in house fire is found dead in his prison cell

A man who was accused of killing a mother and her three small children in a house fire has been found dead in his prison cell.

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8 d. ago P Diddy inmates write glowing reviews of rapper's prison 'life skills' classes

P Diddy has been held in the Metropolitan Detention Centre since September 2024 and recently the rapper has been teaching some of his fellow inmates "entrepreneurship"

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8 d. ago Diddy flaunts his business smarts in prison classroom and leans on rave inmate reviews in bid for release

Diddy has been teaching a prison course praised by inmates as 'lifesaving,' the Daily Mail can reveal. His lawyers cited the six-week class in a filing seeking leniency ahead of sentencing

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8 d. ago Cocaine Quarterback review – true crime shouldn’t be this entertaining

It’s right to be sceptical of college footballer turned drug kingpin Owen Hanson sharing his own story from prison. But huge characters join in to tell a wild, droll tale with the ultimate endingDressed in a khaki jumpsuit, his face red in a way that suggests recent tears, Owen Hanson describes his life behind bars. On his first day in prison, another inmate gave him a weapon – a “bonecrusher” – and told him to keep it on him at all times. “I’m some fucking surfer kid from Redondo Beach and you’re telling me I have to go to war?!” Hanson says, shakily.This is one of many moments in the first episode of Cocaine Quarterback that makes me deeply sceptical. The three-part docuseries – released under the Prime Video Sports umbrella – tells the story of a college footballer from California turned drug kingpin, but part one feels more like The Owen Hanson Story, as presented by Owen Hanson. Central to the tale is his father’s alcoholism, his parents’ divorce, and his first, faltering foray...

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