2 h. ago Prison officer jailed after she's caught putting items in her bra for prisoners

Barbara Peters was jailed for 10 months

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2 h. ago Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary

Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisisAnalysis: Whitehall’s ambition to cut costs using AI is fraught with riskTracking devices inserted under offenders’ skin, robots assigned to contain prisoners and driverless vehicles used to transport them were among the measures proposed by technology companies to ministers who are gathering ideas to tackle the crisis in the UK justice system.The proposals were made at a meeting of more than two dozen tech companies in London last month, chaired by the justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, minutes seen by the Guardian show. Amid an acute shortage of prison places and probation officers under severe strain, ministers told the companies they wanted ideas for using wearable technologies, behaviour monitoring and geolocation to create a “prison outside of prison”. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Prison officer jailed over items hidden in her bra after inmates made 'threats'

Barbara Peters, 57, was paid thousands of pounds by 'serious criminals' in order to sneak illicit items into HMP Altcourse on more than a dozen occasions before she was caught

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12 h. ago Prison officer nan jailed over what was found hidden down her bra

A female prison officer was paid thousands of pounds from 'serious criminals' as she snuck illegal items into a jail by stuffing them into her bra - Barbara Peters was jailed today

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3 d. ago Prison officer shot dead told partner 'I've made it worse, he runs the wing'

The family of prison officer Lenny Scott, 33, have revealed how he was 'scared' before his death - the dad of three was shot dead outside a gym near Wigan

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3 d. ago Prison officer shot dead had told partner 'I've made it worse, he runs the wing'

Lenny Scott was shot six times outside a gym after exposing inmate Elias Morgan's relationship with a female officer.

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4 d. ago Prison officer told partner 'I've made it worse...he runs the wing' before he was shot dead

Elias Morgan is accused of shooting Lenny Scott in an "act of retaliation" - he denies the charge

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4 d. ago "I'm in fear for my family's life": Murder trial hears call to police

The prison officer and dad-of-three had been "murdered as an act of retaliation", the court has been told

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4 d. ago Prison officer shot dead at gym seized inmate phone that exposed female screw affair

Preston Crown Court heard about Lenny Scott was threatened for sharing information about an inmates sexual relationship with disgraced prison officer Sarah Williams

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5 d. ago Moment 'corrupt' prison officer tells inmate how to get away with using drugs behind bars

David Navarro, who has spent a decade in and out of custody, uncovers allegations of prison officer corruption in a new Channel 4 documentary - with a heavy focus on drug use behind bars

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5 d. ago Prison officer called restrained inmate who died a ‘bucking bronco’ – inquest

Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, was an inmate at HMP Elmley when he died following being restrained by prison officers.

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5 d. ago Prison officer who guarded Lucy Letby on her first night in jail says she was nothing like she seems

A former prison officer whose job it was to watch Lucy Letby during her first night in the cells has given a a rare insight into what the baby killer was like in person

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5 d. ago Murder accused 'told prison officer he would bide his time and get him'

Elias Morgan and co-defendant Anthony Cleary both deny the murder of former Altcourse prison officer Lenny Scott

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5 d. ago Moment 'corrupt' prison officer tells inmate how to get away with using drugs behind bars as dire state of Britain's out

The video, taken on a phone a lag had smuggled into his cell, shows an officer confronting a prisoner as he stands outside their door - confronted with the stench of marijuana.

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6 d. ago Murder accused 'told prison officer he would bide his time, but get him' after phone find

Two men deny the murder of father-of-three Lenny Scott

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6 d. ago Prison guard shot dead in 'revenge' for exposing officer's illicit relationship, court hears

Two men, Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary, are on trial at Preston Crown Court accused of the murder of Lenny Scott, 33, who was shot dead outside a gym last year

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6 d. ago Prison guard shot dead in 'act of revenge after exposing illicit relationship'

Elias Morgan and Anthony Cleary have gone on trial accused of the murder of 33-year-old former prison officer Lenny Scott, who was shot dead outside a gym in Skelmersdale, West Lancashire

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6 d. ago Man charged in bombing of Palm Springs fertility clinic dies in prison

Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to the bomber, Guy Edward Barktus, who died in May explosionA man charged with aiding the bomber of a fertility clinic in California has died in federal custody just weeks after his arrest, prison officials said on Tuesday.Daniel Park, 32, was accused of supplying chemicals to the bomber, Guy Edward Bartkus of California, who died in the 17 May explosion. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Former prison officer 'gunned down in revenge plot after exposing behind bars fling between inmate and colleague', court hears

The two men on trial deny the murder of Lenny Scott who was shot six times

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6 d. ago Southport councillor's wife Lucy Connolly who was jailed for racist tweet is being 'mistreated' in prison, Reform's Richard Tice claims

Reform UK's deputy leader made the claims after visiting Ms Connolly today at HMP Peterborough, where she is serving a 31-month sentence for posting a racist tweet.

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