10 h. ago Package thrown from car on M6 brought down prison drugs plot

Two men have been jailed after drones were flown over prisons

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4 d. ago Marco Rubio betrayed drug gang informants to seal El Salvador prison deal, report says

Trump administration allegedly agreed to abandon confidential informants protected by US government in an effort to ink CECOT deal

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6 d. ago Prison officer who fell in love with drug dealer inmate demands law change

Morgan Farr Varney was jailed for 10 months after admitting to a relationship with Jordan Rhodes at HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire when CCTV caught the pair hiding in a cupboard

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7 d. ago Moment drone drops package into Wandsworth prison as criminals get deliveries of drugs, takeaways, phones and weapons straight to their cells

A group of drones flew over what appeared to be impenetrable walls at HMP Wandsworth in the middle of the night, despite warning signs surrounding the prison.

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1 week ago US sports star faces DEATH PENALTY in foreign country after 'stupid mistake'

Basketball star Jarred Shaw has wound up in an Indonesian prison after being caught in a drug sting operation

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2 w. ago Family claim 'corrupt officers and organised crime groups have flooded' prison where man died

They were speaking via lawyers after the inquest into their relative's death concluded on Thursday. The family claim measures that were in place to prevent drugs being smuggled into the prison weren’t effective

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2 w. ago French appeal court increases sentence of Gisèle Pelicot rapist

Husamettin Dogan loses appeal after jury at retrial finds him guilty of raping Pelicot while she was sedatedA man has been found guilty on appeal of raping Gisèle Pelicot after she was drugged unconscious by her husband – and has had his prison sentence increased to 10 years.Husamettin Dogan, 44, an unemployed builder, who had contested his first conviction last year, faced a retrial this week at Nîmes court of appeal. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds of drug dealers 'walking free' across Scotland over claims of court delays

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar accused John Swinney of being unable to "run a court system that sends drug dealers to prison".

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2 w. ago Bella Culley's distraught family are given three weeks to raise £215,000 to free the pregnant 'drug mule' from prison in Georgia

The Teesside teenager is expected to give birth by Christmas and had hoped to walk free today but authorities said the vast sum has still not been handed over to local authorities.

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2 w. ago 'Stephen Lawrence killer David Norris almost unrecognisable at parole hearing'

Norris wanted to assure the panel that he was no longer a racist but prison reports noted that he took spice and other drugs and was suspected of "radicalising" a vulnerable young prisoner

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2 w. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs' lawyers want him sent to a New Jersey federal prison that offers drug treatment

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ lawyers want the hip-hop mogul sent to a low-security federal prison in New Jersey to serve his four-year, two-month prison sentence

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2 w. ago Gisèle Pelicot’s rape case returns to court as man appeals conviction

Husamettin Dogan was sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a drugging and rape trial

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2 w. ago French appeals court revisits shocking Gisèle Pelicot rape case

An appeals court in France is hearing the case of a man sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a drugging and rape trial

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3 w. ago Man caught out after suspiciously wearing two pairs of trousers to work

The prison contractor attempted to smuggle thousands of pounds of drugs into HMP Liverpool to fund his gambling addiction but he was caught out by a sniffer dog

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3 w. 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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3 w. ago Murderer's mum tried to smuggle drugs into prison in her pants

Kelly Wright was caught trying to take cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamine and cannabis to her son at HMP Lowdham Grange.

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4 w. ago Japanese court rejects an appeal by Australian who says she was tricked into smuggling drugs

A Japanese court on Thursday dismissed an appeal by an Australian woman in a drug smuggling case, upholding a six-year prison sentence by a lower court

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4 w. 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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