2 h. ago Scots jail chiefs 'turn a blind eye to drugs', new report claims

One remand prisoner told researchers: "There's a tacit approval of drug taking and drug dealing in SPS jails."

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2 h. ago Scots smuggler 'boasts of cushy prison life on TikTok using smuggled mobile'

Lee Robb was caged after using goose hunting as a cover for trafficking heroin.

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2 h. ago Prisons should be places of rehabilitation, not rife with drug

"It is entirely unacceptable that any drug-taking may have happened in the full knowledge of prison bosses but ignored for an easy life."

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3 h. ago You can't deport us to Belgium because their prisons aren't comfy enough, moan Albanian people smugglers trying to stay in the UK

Sabah Zeka, a 41-year-old Albanian who was granted UK citizenship after claiming asylum, is facing a 12-year prison sentence in Belgium after being convicted for his role in a people-smuggling ring.

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5 h. ago Justin Bieber breaks silence to explain truth behind his disheveled look amid fan fears of hard drug use

Justin Bieber shut down speculation that he is using drugs after recently sparking concern about his health while stepping out in public looking gaunt and hollow-eyed.

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7 h. ago Actress Lucy Boynton says society has become ‘desensitised’ to domestic violence

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will air on ITV1 at 9pm on March 5.

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12 h. ago The Guardian view on Haiti’s deepening crisis: abandoning people when they most need support | Editorial

As security and humanitarian conditions deteriorate even further, the community needs helpA year ago, it seemed that Haiti had hit rock bottom. Violence had exploded and conditions had deteriorated following President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination in 2021. Then, last February, gangs banded together to free thousands of prisoners, besiege airports and police stations, and demand that Haiti’s unpopular replacement leader departed.Ariel Henry was ousted, but the nation has only spiralled further into crisis. Violence intensified again towards the end of last year. Armed criminals control 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Already desperate circumstances have become much more so: more than a million people – around one in 10 of the population – have now been displaced, triple the level a year ago. Half are experiencing acute food insecurity. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Criminals caught with ‘signal jammers’ used in car thefts to face five years in prison

Gadgets used in four in ten car thefts are being outlawed

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14 h. ago Labour to order schools, hospitals and prisons to buy more British food in bid to appease farmers who are furious at Rachel Reeves' tax raid

Steve Reed, the Environment Secretary, will use a speech this week to outline a shake-up in the awarding of public contracts in order to prioritise domestic produce.

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15 h. ago Migrant powder keg: Turmoil in Ireland amid 300% rise in asylum seekers with violence as machete attacks and drug

Shocking new videos show Dublin descending into chaos - with fighting thugs throwing themselves into busses, knife fights on their streets and mass brawls sparking in residential roads.

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17 h. ago Australia should repatriate and investigate alleged crimes of Islamic state member found in Syria, experts say

Exclusive: Home Affairs tells the Guardian consular assistance is ‘severely limited’ in Syria, where Mustafa Hajj-Obeid remains in custodyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian government should repatriate, monitor and investigate any crimes committed by a member of Islamic State who was wounded in the extremist group’s final battle, according to multiple security and international law experts.Last week, the Guardian revealed an Australian man whose fate was not publicly known was alive and in custody in a prison in north-eastern Syria, run by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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17 h. ago West Bank residents cannot return to cleared camps, says Israeli defence minister

IDF troops will remain in territory’s north all year as military operation expands and PM delays release of Palestinian prisoners

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17 h. ago French prisoner The Fly arrested nine months after van escape

The prison van containing Mohamed Amra was ambushed by gunmen in a bloody attack last May that left two guards dead

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21 h. ago Criminals with devices used in 40% of car thefts face up to five years in prison

A new law will be introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.

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22 h. ago Innocent man freed after 30 years in prison: ‘Everybody is looking at their phones now’

One of the first places Gordon Cordeiro visited when a judge ordered his release was his mother’s grave

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25 h. ago Israel delays release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners over ‘humiliating’ handover of hostages

Hamas accuses Netanyahu of ‘stalling’ release of Palestinian prisoners

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29 h. ago Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother's grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones

A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different

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33 h. ago Cartels thriving despite Donald Trump labelling them all 'terror organisations'

Mexican drug cartels are either in denial about Trump's administration or are underestimating what is truly going to happen, according to experts as Trump toughens up on the gangs

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34 h. ago Hamas blasts Israel for delaying the release of Palestinian prisoners following latest twisted hostage release parade

Six Israelis, some of them dual nationals, were released earlier on Saturday - the last group of living hostages under the truce's first phase.

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34 h. ago Notorious 'drug kingpin' dubbed 'The Fly' is arrested in Romania months after he was sprung from prison van in ambush that left two guards dead

Notorious 'drug kingpin', Mohamed Amra, known as 'The Fly' has been arrested in Romania after staging a deadly escape killing two guards and leaving others seriously injured nine months ago. 

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