2 d. ago Inside the grim walls of La Santé prison where former President Nicolas Sarkozy faces years in isolation

The 70-year-old has been ordered to serve his time at La Santé prison in Paris, a far cry from the Élysée Palace. He now finds himself confined to a ten-square-metre cell.

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3 d. ago The rise and fall of Nicolas Sarkozy: Former French president jailed in historic first

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy begun serving a prison sentence in Paris on Tuesday (21 October) – the first time a leader of the French Fifth Republic has been jailed.

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4 d. ago What we know about the prison where former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will serve time

It remains unclear whether Sarkozy will be placed in isolation or within the “VIP quarters”

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5 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Disgraced George Santos ‘decompressing’ from ‘traumatic’ prison time after being released early by Trump

The 37-year-old former Republican congressman served just 84 days of his more than seven-year sentence for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

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8 d. ago Syirin Said, dead paedo Ian Watkins' bandmate's wife admits: 'friends vanished'

Syirin Said, the wife of Lee Gaze, has spoken out about the impact of Ian Watkins' horrific crimes for the first time since the disgraced rocker was murdered in prison

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9 d. ago Prison guard faces same jail he worked at for running chicken wing pipeline to inmates

Amos Nyanway might be facing prison time in the very same correctional facility he stood guard at after it was alleged he ran an illegal fried chicken wing pipeline

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9 d. ago Gavin Newsom again denies parole for Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel

California governor blocks 77-year-old’s parole for second time, saying she ‘poses an unreasonable danger to society’Gavin Newsom this week again denied parole for Patricia Krenwinkel, who has spent more than half a century in prison for her role in the 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings orchestrated by Charles Manson and perpetrated by his followers.Nearly five months after California’s parole board found the 77-year-old suitable for release, the governor on Monday reversed the decisionand said Krenwinkel “currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time’”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Breaking 'little known' toilet law at home could trigger unlimited fine

Doing this could result in expensive damage, unlimited fines or prison time

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1 week ago Ian Watkins' appearance had 'totally changed' before death, insider says

Ian Watkins was brutally murdered in his prison cell over the weekend - but details about his time behind bars have been shared before now

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1 week ago Mystery visitors plunged Ghislaine Maxwell’s Texas prison camp into lockdown as inmates complain of preferential treatment, report says

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

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1 week ago Mystery visitors plunged Maxwell’s Texas prison camp into lockdown as inmates complain of preferential treatment, report says

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

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1 week ago Warden at Maxwell’s cushy Texas prison camp warned other inmates not to bully her

Maxwell had a mysterious meeting in the prison’s chapel that prevented other inmates from getting their outdoor time, per the report

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2 w. ago What was Stephen Fry was in prison for? Celebrity Traitors star recalls teen jail stint

Stephen Fry spoke about his time in prison as a teenager whilst opening up on the Celebrity Traitors this evening, admitting he was a 'troubled child'

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2 w. ago Celebrity Traitors LIVE: Stephen Fry looks back on his time in prison as a child

Celebrity Traitors has officially begun on BBC One this evening - with host Claudia Winkleman putting 19 stars to the test within minutes of arriving

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2 w. ago It starts with Palestine protests. But where will the crackdown on Britain’s democratic freedoms end? | Owen Jones

In making dissent a privilege, not a right, Labour is crafting a repressive toolkit. Imagine it in the hands of a Farage governmentIn Britain, protest is no longer a right. Instead, it is a privilege that is granted – or withheld – at the whim of those in power. This is the implication of new rules that the Labour government is proposing, which would dictate the time and place that protests are permitted to occur, and carry the risk of prison time for those who defy orders. Successive governments had already chipped away at this right: the last Conservative administration granted the police sweeping new powers, which the United Nations’ human rights chief condemned as “serious and undue restrictions” on democratic freedoms. Taken together, these incremental assaults on freedom have effectively abolished the hard-won right to freedom of protest.The latest assault is justified by last week’s heinous antisemitic attack on a mosque in Manchester. There should be universal agreement that...

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3 w. ago P Diddy sentenced to over four years in prison after begging judge for 'mercy'

Following an incredibly high profile eight-week trial, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, 55, has been sentenced to 50 months in prison with the judge telling him he will suffer through 'hard' prison time

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3 w. ago Distraught Diddy is double of Edvard Munch's iconic 'The Scream' painting as disgraced rapper finally realizes he's facing lengthy prison sentence

The disgraced rap mogul, 55, held his head in his hands and contorted his face in a double of the famous Edvard Munch painting, as it appeared to dawn on him that he may be facing prison time.

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3 w. ago Diddy sentencing live updates: Court gasps as it’s revealed Combs has Miami plans next week despite facing prison time

The disgraced music titan, 55, is likely facing 5 to 7 years in prison after a jury convicted him in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution

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3 w. ago Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh

Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Egypt to call on Keir Starmer to push Narendra Modi to free a British Sikh activist when he meets the Indian prime minister next week.Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in an Indian jail for nearly eight years without facing full trial in what his supporters say is an arbitrary and egregious denial of justice by a British ally. Continue reading...

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