All news on the topic: Prisons

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Serial rapist handed 13 life sentences back in jail just 6 weeks after release
Andrew Barlow was given 11 life sentences in 1988 for raping 11 women and two more in 2010 and 2017 when he was linked to two more through advances in DNA technology
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Family of mum-of-five murdered by partner beg him to reveal where her body is
Susan Waring was murdered by 'violent and controlling bully' Alan Edwards. He has been convicted but her body has never been found and her family want to know where she is
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Gang who tortured and killed tragic teen all set to be released from prison
Suzanne, just 16 at the time, was tortured and beaten to death in a sickening crime that shocked the nation - with a 22-day trial in 1993 reducing a jury to tears before four people were convicted of. murder
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Man wrongly convicted of raping girl who said he didn't do it freed 29 years on
Patrick Brown, 49, spent 29 years in the maximum security Louisiana State Penitentiary after being wrongfully convicted of raping his stepdaughter 6, who wasn't able to testify that it was, in fact, another family member who raped her
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Dad who dealt drugs to finance daughter's eye surgery in tears as he faces judge
Callum Edwards-Pritchard returned to crime to fund private treatment for his daughter's eye surgery, but admitted in an emotional letter that he had made a massive mistake
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Incest monster Josef Fritzl 'dreams' of prison release as he writes about King
Josef Fritzl, now aged 88, wrote letters about King Charles from prison, where he was sentenced to life imprisonment for incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment, enslavement and negligent killing
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Dad of murdered Brit boy, 16, screams 'look at me' at sex offender who confessed
Steven Graham, whose son Woramet Ben Taota was found dead last week, shouted: "Scum, look at me, look at me in the eye, look at me in the eye you b*****d," at his suspected killer
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Pilot who tried to pin murder of wife on burglars 'never meant to hurt her'
Caroline Crouch, 20, was murdered by her Greek husband Babis Anagnostopoulos who staged a robbery in which he hanged their pet dog to hide the crime, as he fights a life sentence
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Levi Bellfield quizzed in jail over 'murder' of student whose body wasn't found
Monster Levi Bellfield, 54, has been quizzed in prison over the alleged murder of student whose body was never found following claims he admitted killing Elizabeth Chau, 19, in April 1999
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UK's 'horror film' island strewn with coffins and dead bodies as visitors banned
Located off the north Kent coast and just 40 miles from London, the uninhabited Deadman's Island is littered with human remains and acts a grim reminder of the past
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Gangland assassin 'The Iceman' who shot dead businessman 'stabbed in prison'
Mark Fellows, 42, dubbed The Iceman, was allegedly stabbed in the head and the neck at the maximum security HMP Wakefield on Saturday.
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Family of homeless man choked to death say former marine should be in prison
The family of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless Michael Jackson impersonator, has described the statement of the man accused of killing him as a "character assassination" and claims "he needs to be in prison."
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One punch killer's 'sickening' short jail sentence slammed by victim's family
Rachel Mason, the sister of Paul Mason, 52, who was killed in an attack in London by Steven Allen, has again criticised the length of sentence he face serving behind bars
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Elderly shooter handed life sentence aged 71 after killing 3 at church potluck
Robert Findlay Smith had been sitting alone at the Alabama dinner when a churchgoer approached him and offered him to join them - he declined and then pulled out a handgun, shooting and killing three people
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Death row killer begs for 'compassion and kindness' before execution
Darryl B. Barwick, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, the office of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said
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Four inmates escaped prison through hole in ceiling before going on the run
Four inmates who escaped Raymond Detention Center in Mississippi are thought to have escaped through the ceiling to the roof where Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said police believe "they possibly camped out on the roof"
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Prison officer makes touching vow before taking part in King's Coronation parade
Tony Oakley is one of 22 prison officers who will line the route during the King's Coronation on Saturday - he says it will be a 'once in a lifetime' opportunity
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Ex-LaLiga star accepts six-year prison sentence after leading drug traffic ring
Koke, full name Sergio Contreras, played for boyhood club Malaga, Marseille and Sporting Lisbon across a globetrotting career which spanned nine countries and three continents
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Killers for Netflix's new Monster series named after Dahmer controversy
Netflix's new Monster series - which told the story of Jeffrey Dahmer last year - will focus on two brothers convicted of brutally killing their parents in 1989
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Mum's lip 'hanging like a flap' when 'evil' ex bashed her face after night out
Mum Stacey Hall, 31, needed 10 stitches and surgery following a series of blows by violent now-ex Phillip McGlinchey, 31, after she came back from dinner with her friends
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Mum's secret 5-word whisper to taxi driver that saved her from abusive husband
Rosie Frankish, 26, from Warrington, feared for her life after she was subjected to a six hour attack when Daniel Little forced his way into her home
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Accused killer nurse defends Facebook searches of dead babies' relatives
Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered five boys and two girls, and attempted to murder another five boys and five girls, between June 2015 and June 2016 at the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital
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Worker 'suspended' from UK's most secure jail after 'romance' with killer
The staff member at HMP Belmarsh - Britain's most secure prison - is reportedly being investigated over allegations of a romantic relationship with murderer Jordan McSweeney
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Family of Brit dad locked up in Indian jail saves dinner place for him every day
Jagtar Singh Johal from Dumbarton, Scotland, was locked up amid accusations he was involved in a political murder plot in Punjab, northern India, which he and his family have always strongly denied
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Family of man locked up in secret Taliban prison for four months beg for help
Kevin Cornwell, 53, has been held by the Taliban's intelligence agency since January 11. His family are worried for his health as he suffers from chronic kidney issues and requires hospital treatment