33 h. ago Russian teenager gets 13 more days in prison for singing anti

Diana Loginova, who sings in a group called Stoptime, was arrested in her native St Petersburg.

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55 h. ago Louisiana prison guards cut a Rastafari inmate's dreadlocks. Supreme Court will decide if he can sue

The Supreme Court is wrestling with whether a former Louisiana inmate can sue prison officials who shaved his dreadlocks in violation of his Rastafari religious beliefs

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60 h. ago Prison officer accused of threatening to 'smother' inmate after stroke

The company that runs the prison confirmed an investigation is underway

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4 d. ago ‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her

Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?I remember so clearly the moment it dawned on me that the mental health ward where my teenage daughter was being treated felt like little more than a prison. Ruth had been so trusting. So had we. That all changed the day she was moved from our local hospital to Thames Ward at Huntercombe hospital in Berkshire. When we left, she walked so easily down to the hospital transport with me and the play therapist – who hugged her tight and waved goodbye. When the van door opened at the other end, the stark building loomed over us. We were met and escorted up a flight of stairs and through the double, air-locked, doors, one slamming closed behind us, the person with the keys waiting for the first lock to click before ...

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5 d. ago Met officer who shared messages about sexually abusing children avoids jail— but does get the sack

Messages of a ‘extreme, violent and sexual nature’ were found on former PC Duncan Bouette’s phone

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7 d. ago Female prison officer appears in court charged with performing sex act on an inmate

Rebecca Pinckard, 46, did not enter a plea during a ten-minute hearing today and left court with a jacket pulled over head to try and hide her face.

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9 d. ago Rapist lured teen girl to his flat after her phone died and assaulted her in toilet

A teenage girl was left stranded on a bus when her phone battery died when sick sexual predator Chiemka Okoronta offered to share a cab with her, but took her back to his flat and attacked her

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9 d. ago Prosecutor reveals why pregnant British teenager was freed from Georgia prison early

Bella May Culley, 19, who is eight months pregnant, was arrested at Tbilisi Airport in May

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9 d. ago Pregnant UK teenager Bella May Culley freed from Georgian jail

Culley, 19, who was arrested on drug-smuggling charges in May, is released after plea dealThe pregnant British teenager Bella Culley has been released from a Georgian prison, where she had been held for six months on drug-smuggling charges after a plea deal.Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12kg (26.5lbs) of marijuana and 2kg (4.4lbs) of hashish into the country. She was found guilty by a Georgian court on Monday and sentenced to five months and 25 days in prison, the total time she had already spent in custody. Her family also paid a 500,000 lari (about £137,000) fine as part of a plea deal. Culley and her mother, Lyanne Kennedy, both cried as the verdict was read out. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley to be freed from Georgia prison

The 19-year-old had been accused of smuggling marijuana and hashish in her hold luggage

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9 d. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley freed from Georgia prison

The 19-year-old had been accused of smuggling marijuana and hashish in her hold luggage

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9 d. ago Pregnant British teenager Bella Culley freed from Georgia prison after ‘drugs mule’ ordeal

The 19-year-old had been accused of smuggling marijuana and hashish in her hold luggage

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1 week ago Pregnant teenager accused of drug smuggling in Georgia moved to special prison unit

The 19-year-old, who is reportedly due to give birth in December, will be formally sentenced next week

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1 week ago Former Australian lawmaker sentenced to prison for rape and sexual abuse of two men

Gareth Ward sentenced to almost six years in prison for raping a young man and sexually assaulting a teenager

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1 week ago Female prison officer, 23, told inmate lover she 'would take a bullet' for him in handwritten letter found in his cell, court hears

Isabelle Dale, 23, allegedly slept with convicted robber Shahid Sharif in a prayer room at HMP Coldingley in Surrey while two inmates acted as lookouts.

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2 w. ago Teenage murderer dies in prison 10 months after being jailed for horror crime

Jordan Tams was one of three teenagers found guilty of the murder of Gary Belfield at Newcastle Crown Court in December, and died aged just 18

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2 w. ago Prison officer 'engaged in sex act with lag while inmates acted as lookouts'

Isabelle Dale, 23, is accused of engaging in relationships with two serving prisoners while working as a prison officer and conspiring to smuggle drugs into prison

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2 w. ago Female prison officer charged accused of having illicit relationship with male inmate is set to appear in court

Sarah Barnett, 31, who has since left the Prison Service to start working as a beauty therapist is expected to deny the charges when she faces a plea hearing next month.

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3 w. ago Prison officer pleads guilty over illicit calls to brutal machete attacker inmate

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, was working at HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire when she made the illicit calls to 31-year-old Joseph Hardy, who is serving a 14-year stretch for GBH

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3 w. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to making illicit phone calls to 'violent inmate who severed man's leg with a machete'

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, was charged with one count of making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she met while on duty.

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