7 h. ago Prison officer who called herself 'the Queen' faces jail after admitting 'intimate' relationship with inmate

Prison officer Katie Evans, 26, boasted about performing a sex act on an inmate and was told by a judge at Sheffield Crown Court that she will go to jail.

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13 h. ago Prison officer bragged about intimate act with lag and sent messages from 'your queen'

A judge told prison officer Katie Evans, 26, she will have to go to jail after she admitted 'intimate' relationship with an inmate at a prison and boasted about what she did to him

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43 h. ago Triathlete blames bonking for doping ban as statement issued on 'intimate relationship'

Swiss triathlete Imogen Simmonds has blamed failing a doping test on bonking after she tested positive for Ligandrol, a banned substance in December

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60 h. ago ‘It was uncomfortably intimate’: Ruby Franke’s husband reveals new details about relationship with Jodi Hildebrandt

‘It was much more than a friendship,’ Kevin said about Hildebrandt and Ruby

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5 d. ago Psychiatrist reveals six reasons why female prison officers have sex with inmates

Forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das, from London, has revealed six psychological reasons reasons female officers may have have sex with inmates in a video on YouTube.

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6 d. ago The late Gwen McCrae brought emotion to dance music like no one else

Spanning deep soul, disco and beyond, McCrae – who has died aged 81 – didn’t get the recognition she deserved for a discography charged with pain and wonderRockin’ Chair, 90% of Me Is You, All This Love That I’m Givin’, Keep the Fire Burning, Funky Sensation – Gwen McCrae, who has died after a long illness aged 81, sang all these soul-funk anthems and more. Songs that refreshed radio, songs that lit up discos and clubs, songs that saw her called “The Queen of Rare Groove”, songs that were covered and sampled and sound as fresh today as when she originally recorded them in Miami in the 1970s and early 80s.Gwen Mosley was born in Pensacola, Florida, and grew up singing in church before marrying a sailor she met the week before when he was on shore leave. Her new husband, once free from the navy, insisted they form the duo George & Gwen McCrae in 1963, with Gwen out front. Betty Wright, then a 14-year-old vocal prodigy, brought the couple to soul singer and label owner Steve Alaimo...

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8 d. ago Real reason female prison guards are getting overly friendly with banged up crooks

After prison officer Toni Cole, 29, was jailed for getting frisky with a male convict, the question remains – why are so are there so many inappropriate relationships between guards and lags?

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8 d. ago Female prison officer who kissed inmate and sent thousands of flirty messages jailed

Toni Cole, 29, shared 4,431 texts and calls with a 28-year prisoner over a five-month period which were 'sexualised or flirtatious' in nature, including a photograph of underwear

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8 d. ago Female prison officer who kissed inmate and sent ‘flirtatious’ messages jailed

Toni Cole has been sentenced to a year in prison after she admitted her inappropriate relationship with a prisoner.

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9 d. ago My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’

I saw first hand how prisons are having to use segregation units for acutely mentally ill inmates who should not be in prison at allAs a former prison officer, I have opened thousands of cell doors. For almost a decade, I unlocked cells in residential blocks, healthcare units, first night centres, close supervision centres and segregation units. The twist and click of a key in the lock came to feel like background noise to me. But there are some occasions I remember more vividly than others. Sometimes the person inside wasn’t so keen on coming out.One of those challenging incidents took place a few years ago, while I was on shift in a segregation unit in a busy London jail. Prisoners are sent to the seg for a variety of reasons – fights, assaults on staff, possession of contraband – but normally for no longer than a week or two. The seg was made up of 18 single cells spread over two storeys. I was in a team of six, all of us in full riot gear. We were moving a mentally ill prisoner ...

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9 d. ago Pensioner, 74, becomes the first person to be charged in Scotland under new abortion buffer zone law

The 74-year-old woman was handcuffed and taken away after police were called to a street across from the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (QEUH) in Glasgow, just after 2pm yesterday.

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9 d. ago Brian May reveals he 'couldn’t get a fork from the table to my mouth' after 'scary' stroke

The legendary Queen guitarist has given an update after experiencing what he called a ‘health hiccup’

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1 week ago Inside forbidden prison relationships and real reason officers fall for inmates

As prison officer Toni Cole is handed a 12 month prison sentence for engaging in a series of intimate trysts with a convict, questions have been raised about why prisoner and guard relationships are so prevelant. A criminologist has shared some answers with the mirror

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1 week ago Female prison officer jailed after sending lag more than 4,000 sexual messages

Prison officer Toni Cole, 29, sent thousands of messages to the lag and took part in 18 videos calls while engaging in 'contact which was sexualised or flirtatious', a court heard

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1 week ago Female prison officer jailed after sending 4,000 racy messages to lag behind bars

Toni Cole, 29, was sentenced to 12 months in jail, after she was found to have engaged in a series of intimate trysts with a prisoner at HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire

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1 week ago Female guard jailed after sending 4,000 flirty messages to inmate at new 'super

A female prison officer has been sentenced to one year behind bars for having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at Northamptonshire's new 'super-prison'.

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1 week ago Female prison officer had sexual trysts with inmate and sent him 4,000 racy messages

Toni Cole was caught while working at the new 'super-prison' HMP Five Wells in Northamptonshire.

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