15 h. ago Football matches have better security than jails, says prison officers’ chief

Mark Fairhurst of the Prison Officers’ Association said overcrowding and violence were his members’ key concerns.

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28 h. ago Prison chief says football matches and concerts 'have better security than Britain's jails'

He explained that jails were failing to crack down on inmates obtaining illicit items through drone deliveries at night because UK's prison bosses were 'not up for the fight.'

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59 h. ago Duncan Ferguson wasn't toughest man in dressing room as he opens up on hard

He once beat a burglar so badly, his wife thought he had killed him. He has four assault convictions, the last of which landed him in one of Britain’s toughest jails

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3 d. ago Asylum seeker who came to Britain on small boat is jailed for raping woman after she left nightclub

Eritrean Dan Tesfalul, 27, targeted the woman who was so drunk she couldn't remember the attack in Norwich. He bought her drinks, then followed her outside the club.

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8 d. ago How an iPad buried in the banks of the River Thames led to the jailing of a gang who tried to murder one of Britain's most notorious robbers

Buried for five years under an inch of sand on the shores of River Thames, this iPad would lead to the downfall of a gang who carried out a £2.8m heist before becoming hitmen.

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2 w. ago Prison bosses under pressure over fate of Britain's only transgender jail wing after Supreme Court ruling

EXCLUSIVE: Women's rights campaigners are calling for E Wing at Downview women's jail in Sutton, Surrey, to be closed down.

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