11 h. ago Trump’s prison officials visited Alcatraz this week to assess reopening it, superintendent confirms

How feasible the president’s plan to revive the historic maximum security penitentiary might be is a matter of some debate among experts

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13 h. ago Female prison officer had fling 2 inmates – robber and crim who has 147mph police chase

A female police officer will face a plea hearing soon before facing trial later this year for allegedly having sexual relations with two inmates during her time working in a prison

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50 h. ago Australian woman, 25, urges travellers to avoid the United States after she was detained, stripped and forced to spend the night in a federal prison for a ridiculous reason

Former NSW police officer Nikki Saroukos spent a sleepless night in a US prison cell after being denied entry to visit her husband, a US citizen and army officer.

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51 h. ago Prison officer, 46, who was caught with extreme donkey porn and child abuse images walks free from court

Peter Sugden, 46, from Falkirk, delivered 'intensive' rehab courses to sex offenders but has now been placed on the register himself following the grim discovery.

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51 h. ago Prison officer who ran sex offender rehab caught with sick images of children and animals

Peter Sugden's home was raided by police after he was caught in a 'sting' set up London-based group of paedophile hunter

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64 h. ago Prison officer who sent indecent messages to fake profile of girl, 13, spared jail

Peter Sugden, 46, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over 16 days

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64 h. ago Prison officer who ran sex offender rehab caught with child abuse images and donkey porn

Peter Sugden's home was raided by police in June last year where they found extreme porn including a woman having sex with a donkey.

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65 h. ago Prison officer who messaged fake profile of girl, 13, while at work spared jail

Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

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3 d. ago Prison officers at youth jails 'warned to NOT take TVs away from disruptive teenagers'

Officers in youth jails have been left stunned by the instruction - which sees sets returned to lags, including rapists and murderers.

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3 d. ago Moment cat caught smuggling Class A drugs into Costa Rican prison

Police officers have caught a cat carrying hard drugs into a prison in Costa Rica.

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3 d. ago Prison officers 'failed to check in' on inmate who took own life at Polmont YOI

Jack McKenzie was pronounced dead in his cell at Polmont YOI on the morning of September 1, 2021, 90 minutes after guards were meant to conduct a 'hatch check'.

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4 d. ago Plans for prison wing in Devil’s Island to hold drug traffickers and Islamic militants sparks outcry

Maximum-security facility in French Guiana to form part of a $450m prison complex and hold 500 inmatesFrench plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana have sparked an outcry among residents and local officials.The wing would form part of a $450m (£337m) prison announced in 2017 that is expected to be completed by 2028 and hold 500 inmates. The prison would be built in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, a town bordering Suriname that once received prisoners shipped by Napoleon III in the 1800s, some of whom were sent to the notorious Devil’s Island off the coast of French Guiana. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago France sparks outcry with plan for prison wing near former penal colony

Site in French Guiana once received prisoners who were sent to notorious Devil’s Island off the coastFrench plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana have sparked an outcry among residents and local officials.The wing would form part of a $450m (£337m) prison announced in 2017 that is expected to be completed by 2028 and hold 500 inmates. The prison would be built in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, a town bordering Suriname that once received prisoners shipped by Napoleon III in the 1800s, some of whom were sent to the notorious Devil’s Island off the coast of French Guiana. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago I was left in a coma for three weeks after being battered bloody by a group of CHILDREN

Former prison officer Ryan Goodenough, who was just 21 at the time and left with life-changing injuries, appeared on the ITV show on Monday alongside former inmate and journalist Raphael Rowe.

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5 d. ago Prison officer who had fling with rapist 'knew he was a sex offender'

Prison officer Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington sought a relationship with Bradley Trengrove while working at HMP The Verne in Dorset while knowing he was a convicted sex offender

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5 d. ago Female prison officer flings exposed from smuggled knickers to jail baby

Infatuated guard Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington, 29, was given a suspended sentence last week for the bizarre plot to have a baby with an 'extremely dangerous' inmate.

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5 d. ago 'I knew he was a sex offender... but I wanted a stable life': Prison officer reveals shame of sordid affair with convicted rapist after she was spared jail for behind bars fling

Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington, 29, told MailOnline of her 'relief' that she was this week spared jail after admitting a six-month illicit affair with sex attacker Bradley Trengrove.

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5 d. ago Craziest female prison officer and lag flings from jail baby to sperm syringe

MoJ figures show 19 members of prison staff were charged with misconduct in public office between 2023 and 2024 - the highest number of lock-up liaisons in the past 10 years

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5 d. ago Just Stop Oil activists boast of cushy treatment from prison guards after eight spared jail

Members of Just Stop Oil claim prison officers are more lenient, grant them special privileges and even support their efforts to combat the climate crisis - just days after eight members dodged jail

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5 d. ago Wildest female prison officer flings from sperm syringe to jail baby and smuggled knickers

As guard Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington was given a suspended sentence after 'artificially inseminating' herself with her prison lover's sperm, the Mirror takes a look at other shocking staff-prisoner flings

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