All news on the topic: Prisons

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Ghislaine says Epstein 'devastated her life' but won't call herself 'a victim'
Alongside refusing to apologise to victims, Ghislaine Maxwell claimed Jeffrey Epstein 'devastated' her life during an interview with Jeremy Kyle on Monday night
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Ghislaine Maxwell gushes as she recalls meeting the 'exceptional' late Queen
Ghislaine Maxwell spoke about her admiration for Her Majesty in an interview with Jeremy Kyle on Monday night, in which the convicted sex trafficker also discussed her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
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Gangsters 'getting rich' by selling 'designer' bulldogs online for thousands
Dogs including the American bully, which have exaggerated features such as excessive skin folds and large, muscular frames, sell for more than £10,000 on social media sites
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Andrew Tate complains about "cockroaches, lice and bed bugs" in dark prison cell
Tate, along with brother Tristan, has been in a Romanian prison since December 30 and recently spoke out about the dire conditions of his cell
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Dad and son left passenger with 'horrendous injuries' in attack over plane seat
Robert Powell, 58, and his son James, 22, attacked the passenger at Heathrow Airport and left him with horrific cuts and bruises after arguing over a seat, a court heard
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5 inmates who escaped jail by removing sink and climbing through wall are caught
Five prisoners escaped St. Francois County Jail in Farmington, Missouri, US, on Tuesday evening after getting into a cell that was supposed to be closed off due to plumbing repairs
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Dad held in jail for almost three years despite being cleared of GBH charges
Ishuba Salmon's fight for freedom has sparked a campaign and petition, and has reignited the debate surrounding imprisonment for public protection sentences
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Gary Glitter's 'love child' forced to leave school to work in poultry factory
Gary Glitter's daughter Truc Ly has been a child labourer since she was 14, enduring 12-hour shifts, seven days a week at an industrial complex near the Cambodian border
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Britain's 'Jihadi Jack', 28, to be repatriated to Canada from Syrian prison camp
The Oxfordshire man said he was an "enemy of Britain" after travelling in 2014 to Syria to allegedly fight with ISIS as a teenager
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Ghislaine Maxwell claims Prince Andrew photo is 'fake' as she speaks from prison
The convicted sex offender claims that the infamous photo of Prince Andrew with his arm around Virginia Roberts - in which Maxwell can be seen grinning in the background - is not real
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Racist who murdered Asian cellmate with table leg could be freed after 23 years
Robert Stewart was 20 when he was sentenced to life for bludgeoning Zahid Mubarek. Despite two earlier bids for a switch to an open prison being blocked, a third parole hearing in summer may free him
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Man who raped carer 'wants make-up and move to woman's jail after changing name'
Sources at HMP Edinburgh claim that rapist Albert Caballero — who is now eligible to apply for parole — is seeking to be moved to a woman's prison after changing his name
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Prison bosses hope therapy ducks can help ex-gang members go straight
Bosses at category B Dovegate jail are hoping that looking after the waterfowl while doing bird can help cons go straight. Inmates at the rural prison include many serving time for gang-related offences
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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes tried to flee to Mexico, US prosecutors claim
Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos who has been sentenced to 11 years in jail after being convicted of defrauding investors but is yet to go into prison, tried to flee to Mexico, US prosecutors claim
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Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell takes exam for 99p/hour prison call centre job
Sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell will be paid 99p per hour to flog cut-price internet, TV and phone bundles deals but she needs to pass a prison literacy test at FCI Tallahassee Florida first
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Britain's most dangerous serial killer set to 'die in underground glass box'
Serial killer Robert Maudsley, now 69, has been locked away in a glass prison cell since 1979 after he was sent down for murder
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Brit cannibal breaks record after spending 16,400 days in solitary confinement
Robert Mawdsley has been in solitary confinement since 1979 and is Britain's longest serving prisoner, having been caged for 47 years for the murder of four men in the 1970s
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Son stabbed his parents 282 times then sat on doorstep to wait for police
David Taylor, 37, used three knives to stab his parents John and Beverley, both 66, to death at the family home before calling 999 and waiting on the doorstep for the police
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Drone footage captures dramatic police foot chase through residential street
West Midlands Police released the drone footage of officers chasing a man wanted on recall to prison through gardens, an alleyway and a residential street in Walsall
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Man who decapitated wife and paraded head down street is jailed for just 8 years
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Sajjad Heydari killed his 17-year-old wife and paraded down the street with her head in his hands in Iran. He was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for murder and a further eight months for intentional assault
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'Foolish' prison nurse texted man jailed for sexually assaulting screaming woman
Mental health nurse Racheal Donegan became close with prison inmate Lloyd Senior back in 2016 when she was involved in providing his medication, but has avoided being struck off
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James Bulger's mum says justice 'in touching distance' for one of son's killers
Denise Fergus, mother of tragic James Bulger, said on This Morning that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has told her his Reform Bill would keep reoffender Jon Venables behind bars for life
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Vladimir Putin orders 21 mobile crematoriums amid 'colossal' Russian war losses
The Kremlin is acutely aware of its toll of "irretrievable losses" and wants to hide the scale of deaths of mobilised troops from everydays Russians - so has deployed several mobile crematoriums to help Vladimir Putin cover his tracks
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Jet ski warning as reckless riders face long prison sentences under new law
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is to receive more powers to crack down on riders who cause crashes, following a rise in the power and number of jet skis on British waters
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Secret bunkers with Viagra found after 30-years-on-run mafia boss arrested
Police have discovered a secret bunker behind a sliding floor at the back of a wardrobe in a Sicilian mafia boss' apartment after he was arrested following 30 years on the run