3 d. ago Housing migrants at Guantanamo Bay costs $100,000 per day per inmate, senator says

The astonishing figure may mean that President Donald Trump’s use of the naval base in Cuba costs almost 1,000 times more than housing people in U.S. immigration facilities

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3 d. ago Proposals to expand troubled Parc Prison with hundreds more inmates as system is 'days from collapse'

The plans to expand the Welsh prison comes as the Ministry of Justice warns prisons in Wales and England are 'days from collapse'

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4 d. ago New Orleans prison escape: Reward doubled as massive manhunt for seven inmates enters third day

The manhunt for seven of the 10 escapees entered a third day on May 18 in Louisiana. Authorities are offering a huge rewards for information leading to the arrests of each escapee

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8 d. ago Bungling Treasury minister wrongly claims domestic abusers and sexual offenders will be excluded from prison early release scheme

UK Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is introducing a standard 28-day 'recall' period for released inmates who are locked up again for breaking the rules.

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9 d. ago Jail time for recalled offenders to be limited to free up prison places

UK justice secretary also announces plans for three new jails amid overcrowding crisis in England and WalesShabana Mahmood will limit how long hundreds of repeat offenders can be returned to prison for amid Whitehall predictions that jails will be full again in November.The justice secretary also announced a £4.7bn plan to build three new prisons starting this year, part of a “record expansion” as the government attempts to get to grips with the criminal justice system. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tory Lanez: Prison issues major update on rapper's condition after stabbing in jail

Tory Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, was stabbed 14 times by a fellow prison inmate at the California Correctional Institution, about 75 miles (120km) north of Los Angeles

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2 w. ago UK's most infamous lag Charles Bronson denied public parole hearing as judge issues warning

A former judge has blocked the notorious inmate who is locked up for 23 hours a day from having his parole hearing aired in public, claiming his "notoriety would no doubt be increased"

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2 w. ago Prisoner had letter delivered to his cell under an hour before being found dead

Lewis Petryszyn, 25, was found dead at the troubled HMP Parc in Bridgend after a series of failings by staff, a report has found

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