36 h. ago Killer battered female prison guard after being dropped as goalie for jail football team

Samuel Petto, already serving time for a brutal killing, claimed the ban sparked a meltdown that ended in a vicious assault at HMP Shotts.

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3 d. ago Genoa Marassi prison riot as '200 inmates rebel against officers' unleashing chaos inside

The chaos erupted at Marassi prison in Genoa, northern Italy after an inmate needed medical treatment because he was sexually assaulted by six others, a prison guard union boss said

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3 d. ago Period drama 'just like Downton Abbey' now streaming on Amazon Prime

It is set in the boom years of the 1880s in New York City

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3 d. ago Prison guards ordered to wear body armour in units housing most dangerous cons

Strangeways prison officers will now be required to wear body amour and cameras when in the segregared unit, according to the Ministry of Justice

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4 d. ago Hundreds of prisoners escape after multiple earthquakes cause chaos in jail

The inmates forced themselves into an open courtyard to avoid the building collapsing but then snatched guns from the prison guards and barged their way out following a shoot-off.

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4 d. ago Plans for jail staff to 'carry guns' behind bars blasted by prison guards

A call for armouries in Britain’s overcrowded jails has been slated as “headline-grabbing nonsense” by groups representing guards and staff

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5 d. ago Female prison guard had 'phone sex' with inmate before bombarding lag's mum

Megann Gibson is set to be sentenced in August after it emerged she pursued an illicit relationship with an anonymous inmate and then sent over 900 texts to his mother

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5 d. ago Female prison guard, 26, who had phone sex with inmate and flooded his mother with more than 900 messages faces jail

Megann Gibson, 26, engaged in sexual communications with the prisoner while working at Wealstun prison near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

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7 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 'allowed to buy Maltesers and crisps in prison' despite throwing scorching water over guard in horror attack

Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick has called for Rudakubana’s privileges to be taken away

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8 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana 'allowed to buy treats in prison such as Maltesers and crisps' despite throwing scorching water over a prison guard in horror attack

The 18-year-old triple murderer, who was sentenced to 52 years for the murders of Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancome and Alice da Silva Aguiar reportedly has the treats delivered to his cell.

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8 d. ago Former New York prison guard pleads guilty in connection with inmate's beating death

A former correction officer has pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors call a coverup of the beating death of an upstate New York prison inmate by fellow guards

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8 d. ago Prison guard is stabbed at maximum security jail holding notorious inmates in latest act of violence in Britain's prison system

EXCLUSIVE: A source with knowledge of the prison told MailOnline that the attacker used a flick-knife brought in to HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire using a drone.

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8 d. ago Flog It! expert’s collection ‘most comprehensive set of York silver to be sold’

Michael Baggott’s collection is expected to make more than £200,000 at Woolley and Wallis auctioneers.

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1 week ago Supersonic jet set to release in 2030 will take passengers from New York to London in less than 60 minutes

Supersonic travel is moving closer to reality, after a successful test by a Texas startup that could one day fly passengers from New York to Paris in just 55 minutes.

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1 week ago Trump pardons Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery – US politics live

President claimed that Scott Jenkins, who was convicted of accepting $75,000 in bribes, was a victim of a ‘corrupt and weaponized Biden DOJ’Harvard looks set to lose its remaining federal business worth an estimated $100m, with the New York Times reporting this morning that the Trump administration is set to cancel all contracts with the university.The NYT says a letter severing all business with Harvard is going out to federal agencies on Tuesday. They are also being told to find “alternative vendors”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scot thrown in hell hole Caribbean jail 'for forcing ill wife to go to work'

Michael Breslin is being held on remand in Puerto Rico's notorious Bayamón Correctional Complex, which is plagued by gangs and drugs and has seen crooked prison guards and escapees.

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2 w. ago Rapper Kid Cudi to testify at Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial Thursday

Rapper Kid Cudi is set to testify at the New York sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs after one of the music mogul's ex-aides finishes testifying about abuse he says he witnessed

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2 w. ago Female prison guards are having to strip search the top half of transgender criminals before male colleagues check their lower regions in bizarre new jail ruling

Inmates at HMP Dovegate say they have been left 'humiliated' by the alleged treatment. But women's rights activists have hit out and claimed female officers should not be used to check trans inmates..

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2 w. ago Just Stop Oil activists boast of cushy treatment from prison guards after eight spared jail

Members of Just Stop Oil claim prison officers are more lenient, grant them special privileges and even support their efforts to combat the climate crisis - just days after eight members dodged jail

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2 w. ago Two dead as Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge after 'losing power'

Two people are dead and two others fighting for their lives after a Mexican Navy ship crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge in front of horrified onlookers as it set sail from New York

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