5 h. ago We live next to Britain's newest prison: Rowdy inmates are making our lives hell by blasting loud music and swearing

'Woke' prison HMP Fosse Way cost a staggering £286 million to build and officially opened in June 2023 - but locals say they're worried about noise, safety and privacy.

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52 h. ago Britain's jails are being overrun by drugs: Prison watchdog warns of 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' behind bars as inmates spend 22 hours a day in cells 'high and watching daytime TV'

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said inmates were able to order from a 'menu' of illicit substances while sitting in their cells for 22 hours a day.

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4 d. ago Voices: Eradicating drugs from prisons may be unrealistic, but it should be the goal

Editorial: The removal of drugs from Britain’s prisons needs to be pursued with a lot more urgency and application than governments have shown thus far

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4 d. ago Eradicating drugs from prisons may be unrealistic, but it should be the goal

Editorial: The removal of drugs from Britain’s prisons needs to be pursued with a lot more urgency and application than governments have shown thus far

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9 d. ago Tony Hudgell's mother is released from prison: Britain's worst parent who abused baby so badly he had to have his legs amputated is FREED from jail early

Jody Simpson, 31, was jailed in 2018 for 10 years alongside Tony's birth father Anthony Smith after they were both convicted of child cruelty offences.

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9 d. ago Tony Hudgell's mother is released from prison: Britain's worst parent who abused baby so badly he had to have his legs amputated is FREED from jail after serving just seven years

Jody Simpson, 31, was jailed in 2018 for 10 years alongside Tony's birth father Anthony Smith after they were both convicted of child cruelty offences.

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1 week ago Palestine Action say their jailed members are spreading 'intifada' in Britain's prisons after plot to target more RAF bases was revealed

A former prisoner and Palestine Action activist said the British state had made a 'miscalculation' in locking him up - and he had persuaded others to join the 'intifada' or 'uprising'.

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2 w. ago Robert Maudsley's nephew makes startling realisation after visiting serial killer in prison

Serial killer Robert Maudsley turns 72 today and Britain's longest serving prisoner is known by a secret nickname to his loved ones which is less infamous than 'Hannibal the Cannibal'

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer must end the injustice of indefinite sentences today

Editorial: There are thousands of people in prison in Britain with no release date, serving sentences that were abolished in 2012

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2 w. ago Nephew of UK's 'Hannibal the Cannibal' notices startling change in serial killer

Gavin, the nephew of notorious serial killer Robert Maudsley, has revealed Britain's longest serving prisoner is 'not in a great place' after being moved from HMP Wakefield

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3 w. ago Rogue landlord who 'abused' tenant avoids jail as Britain's prisons are 'full'

Qamil Cama, from Brent, was convicted of failing to comply with a council enforcement notice and two separate landlord offences after he unlawfully evicted his tenant

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3 w. ago Rose West's astonishing prison letter reveals the truth about her lesbian fling with Myra Hindley

The Cromwell Street killer and the Moors Murderer were the two most notorious female prisoners in Britain when they met in Durham Prison in the mid 1990s.

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