4 h. ago Prison guards charged after 'watching inmate burn to death inside cell'

Two prison guards in Texas have been arrested and charged with homicide after they allegedly did nothing to remove an inmate from a burning cell, leading to his death

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29 h. ago 3 former New York prison guards charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate go on trial

A prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of Black handcuffed inmate were part of a “gang” that took part in an act of of “sheer, unimaginable brutality.”

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1 week ago Death of man who was left to die in Scots jail cell to be probed by sheriff

Darren Brownlie was fatally injured at HMP Low Moss in Bishopbriggs during a disturbance in his cell on January 6, 2020.

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2 w. ago Unpublished Raymond Chandler short story to appear in literary magazine

Nightmare will appear in the Strand magazine and portray an ‘incredibly sentimental’ side of the 20th century writerAn unpublished short story from one of the 20th century’s greatest authors is appearing for the first time in the Strand magazine this week, offering the suggestion that Raymond Chandler suffered from previously unknown insecurities over his writing talents.Nightmare is an intriguing vignette that portrays Chandler, creator of the gritty fictional private detective Philip Marlowe, on the wrong side of the law, in a cell on death row awaiting execution for murder. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Mystery surrounds death of paedophile, 24, in his prison cell

Jacob Bean subjected a 10-year-old girl to 'the world's greatest evil'

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3 w. ago Imran Khan’s son says father kept in ‘death cell’ as he files UN appeal alleging torture: ‘No one is safe’

Kasim Khan, political leader’s 26-year-old son, claims his father has not been allowed to see his doctor and his access to lawyers is restricted

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