6 h. ago Inmates locked up in UK prison given dancing lessons and invited to 'film nights'

Female inmates at HMP New Hall in West Yorkshire have been offered line dancing lessons and can attend film nights featuring popcorn and fizzy pop as part of the prison's incentive scheme

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49 h. ago Six New York prison workers indicted for murder in beating death of inmate

Assault on Robert Brooks in December caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justiceSix New York prison workers have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of an incarcerated man who had been handcuffed, while four others were charged with lesser crimes.The beating of Robert Brooks by multiple officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in December was caught on body cameras, triggering widespread outrage and calls for justice. Continue reading...

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59 h. ago Female prison officer who kissed inmate and sent thousands of flirty messages jailed

Toni Cole, 29, shared 4,431 texts and calls with a 28-year prisoner over a five-month period which were 'sexualised or flirtatious' in nature, including a photograph of underwear

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59 h. ago Female prison officer who kissed inmate and sent ‘flirtatious’ messages jailed

Toni Cole has been sentenced to a year in prison after she admitted her inappropriate relationship with a prisoner.

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66 h. ago My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’

I saw first hand how prisons are having to use segregation units for acutely mentally ill inmates who should not be in prison at allAs a former prison officer, I have opened thousands of cell doors. For almost a decade, I unlocked cells in residential blocks, healthcare units, first night centres, close supervision centres and segregation units. The twist and click of a key in the lock came to feel like background noise to me. But there are some occasions I remember more vividly than others. Sometimes the person inside wasn’t so keen on coming out.One of those challenging incidents took place a few years ago, while I was on shift in a segregation unit in a busy London jail. Prisoners are sent to the seg for a variety of reasons – fights, assaults on staff, possession of contraband – but normally for no longer than a week or two. The seg was made up of 18 single cells spread over two storeys. I was in a team of six, all of us in full riot gear. We were moving a mentally ill prisoner ...

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3 d. ago Police investigate alleged sexual assault of Parc prison inmate

The incident is alleged to have taken place in the last few days

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3 d. ago Dominican officials cram thousands of inmates facing no charges into overcrowded prisons

They’re known as “frog men,” inmates who are forced to sleep on prison floors across the Dominican Republic, often next to overflowing toilets or holes in the ground that serve as one

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4 d. ago Inside forbidden prison relationships and real reason officers fall for inmates

As prison officer Toni Cole is handed a 12 month prison sentence for engaging in a series of intimate trysts with a convict, questions have been raised about why prisoner and guard relationships are so prevelant. A criminologist has shared some answers with the mirror

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4 d. ago Female guard jailed after sending 4,000 flirty messages to inmate at new 'super

A female prison officer has been sentenced to one year behind bars for having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at Northamptonshire's new 'super-prison'.

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4 d. ago Female prison officer had sexual trysts with inmate and sent him 4,000 racy messages

Toni Cole was caught while working at the new 'super-prison' HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire.

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