2 d. 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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4 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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5 d. ago Thug stole Uber Eats rider's chips but was quickly sorry he tried it

Christopher Fisher was struck in the head with an improvised weapon as his victim fought back when the takeaway was swiped from his delivery bag

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6 d. ago Jailed thug with Satanic 666 tattoo used razor to slice fellow inmate's neck

John Lizanec escaped with a superficial cut to his cheek and neck and was treated with a number of paper stitches after Alan Brown created the improvised weapon.

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6 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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7 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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8 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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9 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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9 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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9 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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1 week ago Naruto fans targeted by hackers as 250,000 cyber attacks are disguised as anime

A new report has claimed Gen Z anime fans are being targeted in the latest wave of cyber attacks with fraudsters disguising dangerous malware as top anime shows

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1 week ago Naked woman, 20, issued horrifying scream before she was found dead with throat slashed

Kristin O'Connell, 20, travelled to Ovid, New York, to visit James Vermeersch, whom she had been exchanging letters with, before she was horrifically murdered in August 1985

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1 week ago Horrifying death of woman found naked with throat slit after 'blood chilling' scream

Kristin O'Connell, 20, was found naked in a cornfield with her throat slashed after she went to visit a man she'd met on Spring Break and was horrified to learn he had a girlfriend

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2 w. ago International opinion has rounded on Israel, but it's not enough to force Netanyahu's hand | Sanam Vakil

Condemnation alone won’t change Israel’s trajectory. For that, concrete action on sanctions and Palestinian statehood is requiredSanam Vakil is director of Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa programmeNineteen months on from the 7 October Hamas attacks and the war in Gaza, Israel is under a new wave of international pressure and increasingly isolated from its partners and allies. Benjamin Netanyahu’s government recently announced its intention to reoccupy Gaza yet again, and called up Israeli reservists. In tandem, the illegal expansion of settlements and violence in the West Bank continues unabated. And as part of a tactic to bring pressure to bear on Hamas to release the remaining hostages held in Gaza, Israel halted the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza for two months, leading to widespread starvation and brutal conditions.In reaction, the UK, France and Canada issued a joint statement expressing a strong rebuke of Israel’s war effort. The UK’s foreign secretary, Da...

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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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3 w. ago REVEALED: How Southport killer's prison security was relaxed before his attack on a guard

Locked in a cell behind a see-through, reinforced Perspex door, Axel Rudakubana 's every move was watched around the clock.

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3 w. ago Horror as prison guard has throat slashed by lag in terrifying attack behind bars

It is understood that a staff member required stitches after their neck and ear were cut in the attack.

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3 w. ago New York prison guard says he cleaned up blood of fatally beaten inmate in plea

A New York corrections officer admitted in court that he cleaned up blood from the fatal beating of an inmate in an attempt to conceal evidence

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3 w. ago Prison guard has throat slashed by lag in latest terrifying attack behind bars

Two prison officers have been attacked at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes in separate incidents and in one of the assaults a guard had their throat slashed requiring stitches

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3 w. ago Prison guard has 'throat slashed by inmate wielding improvised weapon' in one of three attacks in wave of violence sweeping high

The staff member was attacked at HMP Woodhill, a high-security prison in Milton Keynes, according to the Prison Officers' Association (POA).

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