18 h. 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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69 h. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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4 d. ago Foreign Office updates travel advice for 48 countries as UK teen faces prison

People have been warned to expect harsh penalties if they don't follow the advice

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5 d. ago Prison riot sees three guards held hostage as police swarm in to stop jail break

Around 100 police officers descended upon a correction facility to prevent a potential prison break after a riot sparked chaos in the jail. Three prison guards were taken hostage by inmates

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7 d. ago Southport killer Axel Rudakubana's life in prison after alleged attack on officer

He is said to be receiving ''minimum legal entitlements'

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7 d. ago The angelic toddler who became a Muslim terrorist: Full story of how teen became a 'stone

Nathan Ruth went from tousle-haired toddler to teen terrorist. While few will recognise his name, among those tasked with guarding him in jail the 18-year-old already has a fearsome reputation.

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7 d. ago The angelic toddler who became a Muslim terrorist: Full story of 'stone

Nathan Ruth went from tousle-haired toddler to teen terrorist. While few will recognise his name, among those tasked with guarding him in jail the 18-year-old already has a fearsome reputation.

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1 week ago Genoa Marassi prison riot as '200 inmates rebel against officers' unleashing chaos inside

The chaos erupted at Marassi prison in Genoa, northern Italy after an inmate needed medical treatment because he was sexually assaulted by six others, a prison guard union boss said

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1 week ago Prison guards ordered to wear body armour in units housing most dangerous cons

Strangeways prison officers will now be required to wear body amour and cameras when in the segregared unit, according to the Ministry of Justice

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1 week ago Prisons can’t ‘blindly submit’ to Trump’s ‘whims’ by denying gender

Reagan-appointed judge blocks prison officials from enforcing Trump’s executive order targeting trans people.

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1 week ago ‘People think prison is for rehabilitation. It is all lies’: could community service work better than jail?

Colombia has seen a surge in the number of female inmates – many poor, from rural areas and convicted of drug offences. Now a radical scheme could release thousands to support their familiesThe baby calls out, reaching towards a metal detector security gate. “Mama, mama,” she says. A prison officer waves her through. It’s visiting time at El Buen Pastor prison, Colombia’s largest detention centre for women. Behind the black door, half a dozen women wait anxiously. Dressed in her best clothes, the mother folds herself around the child.Inside, the prison is crumbling. Black mould creeps up the walls; broken windows have been replaced with plastic sheets. Inmates say five to six people share cells built for two. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Give prison officers the lethal weapons ‘they need’, Jenrick says

Officers currently have access to batons and synthetic pepper spray.

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1 week ago Tories call for prison officers to be armed with guns to combat Islamist extremist threat

The prominent conservative described extremism in prisons as ‘out of control’ amid a series of attacks by inmates

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1 week ago Tories in call to arm specialist prison officers to counter Islamist gangs

Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi targeted prison staff with boiling oil and homemade weapons.

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2 w. ago UK prison officer stabbed after 'knife flown in by drone' as air ambulance lands

It is claimed a prison officer was stabbed in the stomach in an 'unprovoked attack' at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire, with the suspected attacker allegedly using a flick-knife brought in by a drone

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2 w. ago Jail horror as 'prison officer stabbed' at HMP Long Lartin airlifted to hospital

Emergency services raced to HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire following reports that a prison officer was left with 'serious injuries' after being stabbed this morning

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