98 m. 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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7 h. 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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7 h. ago Kiefer/Van Gogh review – Anselm puts the nightmare into Vincent’s sunflower visions

Royal Academy, LondonThe Dutch artist looks like a prophet of the Holocaust when viewed through the 80-year-old German painter’s dark lens in this startling show, which makes you see how Van Gogh might have painted modern horrorsVincent van Gogh was born in 1853, in the middle of the comparatively peaceful 19th century. If he hadn’t shot himself in a cornfield at the age of 37, and had made it to his 60s, he could have witnessed all that end in the 1914-18 war. If he’d lived to 80, he would have read in his newspaper, at an Arles cafe table, of the election of Adolf Hitler as German chancellor, and in 1945, at 92, watched newsreel footage of the emaciated survivors of Belsen.Odd thoughts, but they are stoked by the Royal Academy’s strange and startling exhibition. This is an intimate encounter between the great living German history painter, to mark his 80th year, and his hero Van Gogh. It juxtaposes his responses to the latter, from teenage drawings to recent gold-spattered wheatfi...

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9 h. ago Prisoner stabbed killer Roy Whiting saying 'that is for Sarah Payne', court told

Wakefield prison officer Alex Dyson was the first at the scene when Andrew Light attacked Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting, hearing a faint cry for help coming from D wing

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10 h. ago Prison officer who spoke to Lucy Letby on first night in jail says one thing 'hit' him

A prison officer has spoken out about what Lucy Letby was like behind bars after she was first charged with the evil crimes and says her appearance was a surprise to him

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10 h. ago Guard watching Lucy Letby on first night in prison says 'one thing hit me in seconds'

Lucy Letby, 35, was convicted across two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more, and a prison officer has provided a rare insight into what she was like behind bars

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11 h. ago Prison officer who met Lucy Letby on first night in jail shares 'very strange' encounter

Lucy Letby was convicted across two trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven more and a former prison officer has now given a rare insight into the killer

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12 h. ago 'I guarded Lucy Letby on first night in prison and one thing hit me within seconds'

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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32 h. ago Prison officer jailed for filming cell sex with lag reveals cryptic tattoo in the sun

Linda de Sousa Abreu was discovered engaging in sexual activities with a prisoner while she was married and working as a prison officer at HMP Wandsworth last year

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3 d. ago Man gets 16 years in prison for crash that killed a Connecticut officer

A 20-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for causing a car crash that killed a Hartford police officer and seriously wounded the officer’s partner

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4 d. ago R. Kelly claims prison officials plotted to kill him. Judge denies his release

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly’s request for furlough from prison after the convicted sex offender accused federal prison officials of plotting to murder him

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8 d. ago 'Hannibal the Cannibal' killer Robert Maudsley wants to return to 'Monster Mansion'

Robert Maudsley, 71, has made an official complaint about his transfer to Whitemoor prison, Cambs., and may yet return to his 'glass cage' cell in Wakefield jail

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9 d. ago Former prison officer caught on camera having sex with inmate freed from jail

Linda de Sousa Abreu was caught inside HMP Wandsworth

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1 week ago ICE preparing $45bn expansion of immigration detention facilities to meet arrest quota

Trump officials are looking to tent companies, private prison operators and disaster-relief providers for a “massive expansion” of immigration detention facilities, according to a new report

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1 week ago R Kelly files request for release from prison citing murder plot against him

Singer’s lawyer said Aryan Brotherhood and prison officials were plotting to kill him, and asked for home confinement Attorneys for R&B singer R Kelly have filed an urgent request for his release from federal prison, citing a serious threat to his life. The motion asks that the 58-year-old be placed under home detention due to what they describe as an orchestrated plan to have him killed behind bars.In a filing submitted on Tuesday, Kelly’s legal team claims that his safety is at risk. The motion alleges that three officials from the Bureau of Prisons attempted to recruit another inmate to murder the singer. Continue reading...

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1 week ago R Kelly’s lawyers seek release from custody over claims prison officials are trying to have him killed

Disgraced R&B singer is currently serving a 20-year and 30-year sentence concurrently

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1 week ago Violent inmate threw faeces and urine at prison officers while laughing

Adam Smith, 33, carried out the disgusting acts on staff members at HMP Parc in Bridgend

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1 week ago Prison officers assaulted by inmates 'almost every day' in Scotland's jails

Scottish Prison Service data shows 350 officers were attacked during 2024-25 –the highest number in five years.

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1 week ago Scotland's jails at 'breaking point' as prison officers demand urgent action on overcrowding

A damning new report from the prison warder’s union has laid bare staff fears after jail numbers reached record levels.

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2 w. ago Baltimore jail staff failed to protect a deaf man killed by cellmate, lawsuit alleges

A new lawsuit alleges that a deaf man who was killed in Baltimore's jail was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate

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