31 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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40 h. ago Behind bars but not silenced: Veteran Turkish columnist perseveres through 'prison journalism'

Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli has been imprisoned, but his reporting continues through a YouTube channel

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53 h. ago 'Barbie Kardashian' released from prison despite 'grave concerns' and 'threat to public'

Police believe Barbie Kardashian poses a 'significant threat' to her mother as well as the wider public after she was released from prison on Wednesday after serving two years and six months

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69 h. ago Family of boy who was sexually abused by his female teacher walk out of sentencing 'in disgust'

Alley Bardfield, 34, was sentenced to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and admitted that she lured the sixth grader to her home for 'play dates'

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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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7 d. ago Elderly couple who nearly died in Taliban prison hell could return to Afghanistan

British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds were released from Taliban prison last week after being detained for almost eight months - however, they're not ruling out returning

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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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2 w. ago Murderer who killed again after being released from prison will die behind bars

Direece Roche stabbed 23-year-old Adam Steele to death on New Year’s Day in 2011. In June 2024, just nine months after being released, he stabbed his great uncle 77 times

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2 w. ago Convicted killer was released from prison for murder, then did it again

Direece Roche was just 16 when he committed his first murder

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2 w. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'screams the girl is dead' in chilling outburst

German paedophile Christian Brueckner has been behind bars serving a seven-year prison sentence in Germany over the rape of an elderly woman at her home in Praia da Luz in 2005.

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2 w. ago British couple held by Taliban are ‘literally dying’ in prison former fellow captive warns

Peter, 80, and Barbie Reynolds, 76, remain in prison after being arrested by the Taliban in February

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3 w. ago Mia O'Brien's Dubai nightmare sparks fears for Brits as ultra

A criminal expert has issued a stark warning to Brits travelling to Dubai, following Mia O'Brien's conviction, and has offered some grim words of advice to the young student as she languishes behind the bars of a notorious prison

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4 w. ago Thug with 'murder kit' who tried to kill wife told 'release me from this marriage

'This was not an attack by a stranger, but by the person I should have been able to trust the most'

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4 w. ago Boris Becker bares all: After eight months in prison, tennis icon, 57, reveals £500 poker debt to Romanian criminals, the job he took, dramatic weight loss and how 35

Boris Becker has opened up on his experience while incarcerated in a UK prison and how it 'boils your mind', as he reveals what really went on during his eight months behind bars.

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last month My virgin daughter was 'sacrificed' in a satanist ritual. Now her killers are walking free... this is my warning to them

Elyse Pahler's mother Lisanne and father David fought for the killers to stay behind bars and urged the parole board not to grant their release until they showed remorse.

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