52 h. ago Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker who went on the run after being caught with drugs is spared prison

Kenson Noel, 30, was sent to live on the migrant barge in Portland, Dorset, in May last year but when he arrived he was found to have 6.5g of cannabis on him.

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4 d. 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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5 d. ago Drugs crisis in jails ‘worse than ever’ as seizures by prison officers near record

Exclusive: Blue-light emergency responses now ‘a normal part of life’ in prison, experts warn

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6 d. ago Emmerdale star 'engaged to meth factory drug lord' after visits to prison

Emmerdale actress Lucy Pargeter is reportedly engaged to criminal Elliott Walker, who is currently in prison for helping to start up one of the biggest meth factories in the UK

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6 d. ago Emmerdale's Lucy Pargeter 'engaged to convicted drug lord she secretly visits in prison'

Emmerdale actress, Lucy Pargeter, who has played Chas Dingle on the soap for years, is reportedly engaged to Elliott Walker, who is behind bars after pleading guilty to conspiracy to produce class B drugs

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8 d. ago Man jailed for theft and drug offences died days later in prison

Steven Dean Sargeant, who played for Swansea City’s development sides as a youngster, had a history of alcohol and substance misuse

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9 d. ago Bella May Culley could be separated from her baby behind bars in 'traumatic' update

Bella May Culley, the pregnant British teenager accused of being a drug mule, awaits her fate behind the bars of a notorious prison far from home - and now experts have raised the alarm

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1 week ago 'Drug mule' Bella May Culley 'was forced to watch man be beheaded', says lawyer

Bella May Culley, 18, from Billingham in County Durham, was caught by the authorities with £200,00 worth of drugs at a Georgian airport and is facing a lengthy prison sentence in a former Soviet jail

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2 w. ago The truth behind Shaughna Phillips' second pregnancy REVEALED after Love Island star continues romance with drug dealer boyfriend despite prison sentence

Shaughna Phillips shocked fans over the weekend after she revealed she is pregnant with her second child. 

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2 w. ago Air stewardess Brit smiles and chats to guards as she leaves court following latest appearance before judges over drug smuggling in Sri Lanka where she faces 25 years in prison

Despite the gravity of the charges, Charlotte Lee, from Couldson, south London , seemed to be in high spirits as she walked down the stairs of the court.

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2 w. ago Moment 'corrupt' prison officer tells inmate how to get away with using drugs behind bars

David Navarro, who has spent a decade in and out of custody, uncovers allegations of prison officer corruption in a new Channel 4 documentary - with a heavy focus on drug use behind bars

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2 w. ago Three Albanians and a Moldovan woman are arrested in dawn raids targeting people smuggling ring 'who advertised illegal crossings on social media'

Four people have been arrested as part of a National Crime Agency investigation into an alleged people smuggling gang that is said to have advertised Channel crossings on social media.

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2 w. ago Moment 'corrupt' prison officer tells inmate how to get away with using drugs behind bars as dire state of Britain's out

The video, taken on a phone a lag had smuggled into his cell, shows an officer confronting a prisoner as he stands outside their door - confronted with the stench of marijuana.

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2 w. ago Essex farm at heart of car smuggling ring linked to London crime epidemic

Baldwins Farm, in Essex, has been associated with organised crime where stolen cars have ended up with arrests taking place where criminals have ended up in prison for drug and firearm charges.

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2 w. ago Damning workings of troubled Greater Manchester prison released

A damning new report has been published on HMP Hindley

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2 w. ago Inside Glastonbury's prison: Festival has 'jail' to detain drug dealers and fence jumpers

Revellers hoping for to see Glastonbury's headliners without paying this weekend will face a 'ring of steel' at Worthy Farm, reports The Times.

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3 w. ago Close ally of drug kingpin 'El Mencho' gets 30 years in prison as US ramps up pressure on cartels

Two close associates of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” have been brought to justice in a U.S. courtroom as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on the cartel it recently designated a foreign terrorist organization

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3 w. ago Chinese PhD student jailed for life after being exposed as serial rapist who filmed attacks as trophies

Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, faces years in prison for drugging and raping women

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3 w. ago 'Haunted' victims of serial rapist London PhD student speak out as he faces possible life sentence

Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, faces years in prison for drugging and raping women

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3 w. ago Top racing trainer released from prison facing possible deportation from US

The one-time leading trainer secured early release from a five-year sentence having been a pivotal figure in a huge doping scandal in racing

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