29 h. ago Prisoners who refuse to join radical Islamist gangs in jail 'are being put in segregation units for their own safety'

Officers are keeping vulnerable prisoners in segregation units at HMP Frankland in Co Durham to separate them from Islamic extremists to keep them safe from attacks.

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7 d. ago Gangster released hostages after his mum in dressing gown hit him over head with her bag

Criminal, Amos Atkinson took 30 people hostage at an Italian restaurant demanding the jail release of notorious ganger, Mark 'Chopper' Read - until his mum - in her dressing gown - gave him what for

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1 week ago Prison nurse caught smuggling drugs and SIM cards into jail in hollowed out shoes as part of 'sophisticated' gang plot is locked up for 20 months

Kiera Burton, 33, was rumbled after being found with drugs and SIM cards during a stop and search on her way to work at HMP Preston.

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2 w. ago My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’ – podcast

I saw first hand how prisons are having to use segregation units for acutely mentally ill inmates who should not be in prison at allWritten and read by Alex South Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Teen gunman Nicholas Prosper who murdered family and aspired to be Britain's deadliest school shooter refuses to leave cell as he faces life in prison

Warped Nicholas Prosper today faces the prospect of being caged behind bars for life for murdering his mother his mother and two siblings last year.

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2 w. ago Speeding driver in M74 police chase 'wanted on prison recall and found with knife'

"The 32-year-old male driving the car was found to be wanted on a recall to prison, disqualified from driving, in possession of drugs, a knife and refused to provide roadside samples."

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2 w. ago What will happen to Venezuelan 'gangsters' deported by Trump to the 'world's worst' jail: Inside brutal El Salvador mega

The Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo prison has become a symbol of El Salvador's harsh crackdown on gang violence since it opened

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2 w. ago US deports Venezuelans after judge blocks Trump’s use of wartime law

Marco Rubio says El Salvador agreed to jail 250 alleged members of Tren de Aragua gang

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3 w. ago Justice Secretary tries to stop Essex Boys killer Michael Steele being released from jail nearly three decades after bloody triple gangland murder

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has intervened to try to prevent the release of a convicted triple killer who was jailed for carrying out the country's most notorious gangland executions.

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3 w. ago Kyle Clifford sentencing LIVE: Crossbow killer refuses to attend court as he faces life in prison for Bushey triple murder

Clifford’s murders were fuelled by the “violent misogyny promoted” by Andrew Tate , a court previously heard

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3 w. ago New York State fires 2,000 prison guards who refuse to return to work after wildcat strike

New York’s corrections commissioner has declared an end to a wildcat strike by correctional officers and says more than 2,000 officers who have not returned to work have been fired

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3 w. ago 'Trapped' Brit couple savagely beaten by gang in their own Thailand garden face jail

Former chemical engineer Des Byrne, 77, and his wife Mary, 69, retired to Thailand and built a villa in the 'Thai Riviera' – but now face being jailed despite being the victims of a brutal assault

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3 w. ago Serial killer on hunger strike: Murderer nicknamed 'Hannibal the Cannibal' refuses to eat after 'prison guards confiscated his PlayStation and TV'

Maudsley, 71, who has spent 46 years in solitary confinement, is refusing to eat until his belongings - including books, a music system, and his beloved gaming console - are returned to him.

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