3 h. ago Prison nurse, 27, is suspended over claim she had fling with drug

Glamorous prison nurse Stephanie Adair, 27, has been suspended over allegations she had an inappropriate relationship with an inmate at England's worst jail HMP Wandsworth.

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37 h. ago Staff at British jail where 17 inmates died in just one year 'laughed at beating prisoners and joked about self

The messages allegedly show staff members at HMP Parc in Bridgend, south Wales, mocking one inmate who had self harmed as 'daft' and boasting of 'punching the f*** into' another.

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3 d. ago Prosecutor makes offers to 10 New York prison guards charged in inmate's death

A special prosecutor says he made offers to resolve criminal cases against 10 New York prison guards indicted in the beating death of a handcuffed man

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4 d. ago Evil child killer Mick Philpott 'battered' behind bars as other lags 'laughed'

Evil dad Mick Philpott, who killed six of his children in a horror house blaze, has been "battered" in a brutal prison beating according to report with the child killer was 'laughed at'

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8 d. ago Police investigate alleged assault understood to involve multiple Parc prison officers and inmate

An inmate at the troubled jail is understood to allegedly have been assaulted by multiple officers at HMP Parc. Police investigations are said to be continuing

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8 d. ago Andy Farrell reveals British and Irish Lions coaching staff for tour of Australia

Scotland forwards coach John Dalziel is a surprise inclusion

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1 week ago Wigglesworth set to be part of Farrell’s British & Irish Lions coaching team

Coach benefited from England’s strong Six Nations finishWigglesworth poised to join Irish-heavy backroom teamRichard Wigglesworth is set to be a surprise inclusion on Andy Farrell’s coaching staff for the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia, benefiting from England’s strong finish to the Six Nations, the Guardian understands.On Wednesday Farrell will unveil his coaching ticket for the tour this ­summer and, while he is expected to lean heavily on his Ireland assistants, the England senior coach ­Wigglesworth is poised to be seconded. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Lions assistant coaches leaked 48 hours before big announcement

Andy Farrell will officially name his coaching staff for this summer's British & Irish Lions tour this week

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1 week ago Benidorm KFC carnage as furious British woman hurls napkin holder at staff and shouts vile insults over the state of her chicken

Wearing a multi-coloured top and floral skirt, the purple-haired woman was spotted by another shocked customer as she launched tissues over the counter.

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1 week ago What is the meaning of life? 15 possible answers – from a palliative care doctor, a Holocaust survivor, a jail inmate and more

I asked some well-known names for their thoughts on the ultimate existential question. Their answers were fascinating, funny – and could help us frame our days on EarthIn September 2015, I was unemployed, heartbroken and living alone in my dead grandad’s caravan, wondering what the meaning of life was. Where was I going to find happiness, or purpose, or meaning? What was the point to all of this?Like any millennial, I turned to Google for the answers. I trawled through essays, newspaper articles, countless YouTube videos, various dictionary definitions and numerous references to the number 42, before I discovered an intriguing project carried out by the philosopher Will Durant during the 1930s. Durant had written to Ivy League presidents, Nobel prize winners, psychologists, novelists, professors, poets, scientists, artists and athletes to ask for their take on the meaning of life. His findings were collated in the book On the Meaning of Life, published in 1932. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Female prison officer suspended from London jail after 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate

Police are investigating claims that HMP Feltham prison officer Katerina Tatus was part of an affair

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2 w. ago I had to drink my own urine when I was chained up in Thai prison cell for 10 days and beaten by guards after being spiked with psychoactive drug

Lewis Green, 22, was arrested on January 24 - the day before he was due to fly home from a eight-week solo trip - and suffered fractured ribs, a broken wrist and foot lacerations.

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2 w. ago Nigerian TikTokers boast about how easy it is to become prison officers and get UK visa as figures show jail bosses hired 2,300 staff from overseas in three years

EXCLUSIVE: Prisons are recruiting foreign nationals in a desperate attempt to plug staff shortages in British jails, with 2,340 hired as wardens over the last three years.

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2 w. ago Nigerian TikTokers boast about how easy it is to become prison officers and get UK visa as figures show jail bosses hired 2,300 staff from overseas in three year

EXCLUSIVE: Prisons are recruiting foreign nationals in a desperate attempt to plug staff shortages in British jails, with 2,340 hired as wardens over the last three years.

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2 w. ago Farrell looks likely to overlook England coaches for his British Lions staff

Borthwick said backroom team not been approachedCoaches set to miss out for second straight Lions tourAndy Farrell looks likely to overlook England’s assistants when selecting his British & Irish Lions coaching staff, with Steve Borthwick revealing he has not been approached about members of the backroom team.After England rounded off their Six Nations campaign with a record win against Wales to secure second place, Borthwick said he wanted as many of his players selected for the Lions tour as possible when Farrell names his squad on 8 May. Borthwick also endorsed Maro Itoje for the captaincy. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago British death row drugs gran Lindsay Sandiford 'gives away her clothes' inside Bali hell

Cocaine trafficker Lindsay Sandiford, 67, is off-loading her gear to other inmates inside Bali's hell-hole Kerobokan jail after spending more than a decade on death row

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3 w. ago More than 50 inmates flee from overcrowded facility in Indonesia in mass prison break

Footage of jailbreak shows inmates running over the roof of jail and entering bustling streets

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3 w. ago Female prison guard 'sexually assaulted notorious suitcase killer and 3 more inmates'

Former correctional officer Brittany Hall, assigned to a female unit at a secure US jail, has been accused of sexually assaulting four inmates while on duty in late 2023

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