3 h. ago Prison officer had phone sex with dangerous gangster and sent him steamy letters

While working at HM Prison Wealstun near Wetherby, West Yorkshire, Megann Gibson embarked on an illicit relationship with an inmate - and she became lovestruck

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6 h. ago Prison officer had 'phone sex with gangster inmate' as letters detail 'inappropriate' romps

The 26-year-old prison officer sent flirty letters and had phone sex with the apparently 'dangerous' inmate, and reportedly supplied him contraband while he was on the inside,

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8 h. ago Female prison officer faces jail after 'inappropriate' relationships with inmates and sneaking in mobile phone

Charlotte Winstanley, 27, was working at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster, when she struck up improper relationships and smuggled banned items inside.

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14 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter's alleged hot oil attack on prison officers 'motivated by terrorism', prosecutors will argue

Abedi, 28, was yesterday charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers were attacked at his high security jail in April.

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22 h. ago Israeli airstrikes on Tehran killed inmates in ‘apparent war crime’ – report

Human Rights Watch also finds that Iran abused survivors of June attack, which killed 80 peopleIsraeli airstrikes on Tehran’s Evin prison in June killed scores of detainees, visitors and staff in what Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called an “apparent war crime”. Iranian authorities have since subjected survivors to abuse, enforced disappearances and inhumane detention conditions, the rights group said on Wednesday.HRW’s investigation, based on satellite imagery, videos and witness accounts, found the 23 June Israeli airstrikes destroyed visitation halls, prison wards, the central kitchen, the medical clinic and administrative offices. No evident military targets were identified in the facility, which held more than 1,500 prisoners at the time, many of whom had been jailed for peaceful activism. Continue reading...

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35 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder of prison guards

Hasham Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, has been charged with five offences after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison

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36 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers attacked

Abedi has also been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon

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36 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with three counts of attempted murder

Hashem Abedi charged over incident in which four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison in AprilThe Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.Abedi, 28, is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon after an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers injured

Hashem Abedi, 28, was ordered to serve a record 55-year minimum term for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman murder 22 people, many of them children, at the Manchester Arena in 2017.

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36 h. ago Hashem Abedi charged with attempted murder after prison officers injured

Abedi, 28, is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon after the incident at HMP Frankland

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36 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder

The charges come after four prison officers were injured during an attack at HMP Frankland

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69 h. ago Female prison officer, 23, admits to having fling with inmate

A judge said 'all sentencing options' were open

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3 d. ago Most Palestine Action protesters unlikely to face prison, officials say

More than 500 people arrested in London on Saturday for supporting proscribed terrorist group

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3 d. ago Female prison officer admits illicit fling with inmate behind bars

Prison officer Megan Breen, 23, could face jail time after she admitted to an inappropriate relationship with an inmate between February and May 2022 in Gwent, South Wales

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3 d. ago Prison officer, 23, facing jail herself after admitting affair with an inmate

Megan Breen initially denied the fling with the unnamed prisoner while working at two prisons in 2022, but later changed her plea and admitted the illicit affair behind bars.

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3 d. ago Prison officer admits 'inappropriate' relationship with inmate

Megan Breen initially denied the fling with the unnamed prisoner while working at two prisons in Wales

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6 d. ago No contempt for Trump officials over Venezuelan migrant deportations to El Salvadorian prison, appeals court rules – live

Three-judge panel sided with government by a 2-1 vote, with two Trump-appointed judges and one Obama-appointed judge making the decisionAccording to new reporting by the New York Times, the president has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that the Trump administration considers terrorist organizations.According to the Times’ sources, US military officials have started drawing up options for how the military could go after the group. The Times also notes that this escalation would be the most “aggressive step” in the administration’s “campaign against cartels”. They also noted that this continues the president’s preference for using “military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility to curb the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Indiana announces a ‘Speedway Slammer’ to house migrants and become the Hoosier state’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Indiana is expanding a state prison by 1,000 beds to house migrants in what Trump officials are calling the ‘Speedway Slammer.’

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8 d. ago Journalist sentenced to two years in prison for slapping police officer

The case against Mzia Amaghlobeli has been condemned as an attack on media freedom

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8 d. ago Georgian journalist is convicted of slapping a police office at a protest and gets 2 years in prison

A Georgian journalist has been convicted of slapping a senior police officer at an anti-government protest and sentenced to two years in prison in a case that was condemned by rights groups as an attack on press freedom

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