9 h. ago Major recruitment drive launched for next generation of probation and prison officers across Greater Manchester

“This work is fulfilling, it’s impactful, and it’s a powerful way to help reduce crime and protect our communities."

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23 h. ago Teenage prison officer 'gave inmate her phone number then had sexual relationship'

Alicia Novas, 19, is alleged to have "wilfully misconducted herself in a way which amounted to an abuse of the public’s trust" when she gave out her phone number to inmate Declan Winkless, 30

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28 h. ago Prison officer, 19, accused of having sexual relationship with inmate

The charge states that Alicia Novas “wilfully misconducted herself"

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28 h. ago Prison officer and inmate appear in court over alleged sexual relationship

Alicia Novas, 19, is charged with committing misconduct while working at HMP Five Wells with the encouragement of 30-year-old Declan Winkless.

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30 h. ago LIVE Six men face trial accused of historic sexual offences in Rochdale

Allegations made by one girl are said to have happened in the late 1980s and early 1990a

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53 h. ago Police looking into whether Prince Andrew enlisted officer to dig up dirt on accuser Giuffre

London police are investigating whether Prince Andrew asked a police officer to find damaging information on Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexual assault

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54 h. ago Prince Andrew's attempt to 'dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre' claim branded 'deeply concerning'

A Cabinet minister has said reports that Prince Andrew tried to get the Metropolitan Police to dig up dirt on his sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre are 'deeply concerning'

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55 h. ago Prince Andrew ‘asked Met Police bodyguard to dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre’

Leaked emails show that Andrew sent highly confidential details of his sexual abuse accuser to Queen Elizabeth's deputy press secretary

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3 d. ago Aziz Ansari's tentative comeback with the 'nicest guy in Hollywood': Controversy plagued star casts Keanu Reeves as an angel in his new film

Unlike his leading man, Ansari is viewed rather differently after clawing his way back from a series of career threatening allegations, among them unsavoury accusations of sexual assault.

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4 d. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter cried 'Allahu akbar' as he tried to kill prison officers with hot cooking oil and DIY weapons, court hears

Abedi, 28, who appeared in court flanked by four security guards in full riot gear, denied the attempted murder of three prison officers with 'five makeshift knives' and oil at HMP Frankland in April.

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4 d. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' attack on prison officers

Hashem Abedi appeared at the Old Bailey by video link

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4 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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4 d. ago Prison officer had ‘illicit calls' with inmate who 'severed man’s leg with machete'

Heather Pinchbeck was allegedly found to be making secret calls to the deadly prisoner whilst she was working at HMP Dovegate, with officers seemingly going weeks without noticing

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4 d. ago Man accused of sexual assault at central London Tube station

Man accused of sexual assault at central London Tube station  East London Advertiser

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5 d. ago Prison officer 'made illicit phone calls to prisoner' jailed for machete attack

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, appeared in court earlier this month charged with making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she allegedly met while on duty

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5 d. ago Glamorous prison officer, 28, charged with making illicit phone calls to prisoner locked up for severing a man's leg with a machete

Heather Pinchbeck has been charged over the provocative chats and could now end up in prison herself if convicted.

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6 d. ago Six problems destroying Strictly, revealed by JENNIFER RUBY. Viewers are outraged

Accusations of bullying and sexual harassment, on-set affairs and brutal rehearsals - Strictly Come Dancing has been teetering on the brink.

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6 d. ago Six problems destroying Strictly, revealed by JENNIFER RUBY. Viewers are outraged and TV bosses are worried

Accusations of bullying and sexual harassment, on-set affairs and brutal rehearsals - Strictly Come Dancing has been teetering on the brink.

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6 d. ago Besotted prison officer who was jailed after being caught sneaking into cupboard with convicted drug dealer says minimum age for guards should be raised

Morgan Farr Varney was sentenced to ten months after 'falling in love' with a convicted drug dealer serving more than five years at HMP Lindholme in South Yorkshire.

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9 d. ago ‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system

In the year’s most shocking documentary The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for helpWhen film-makers Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman visited Alabama’s Easterling prison in 2019, they found a deceptively pleasant scene. Like Alabama’s 13 other prisons, Easterling largely prohibits media access, but allowed the documentarians to film its annual volunteer-run barbecue, a sunny day in which incarcerated men, most of them Black, ate fresh roasts to live music and sermons. On camera, men danced and smiled. But off camera, many more told a different story – horrific beatings, unreported stabbings, unimaginable violence swept under the rug and appalling conditions that “ain’t fit for human society”. Cries for help emerged from inside the sweltering, filthy dorms. When Jarecki approached the voices, a prison official shut down filming, claiming that it was unsafe for him to speak to the men without a police chaperone.“It was very clear that there were are...

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