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Notorious cartel kingpin El Chapo begs Mexico to free him from ‘cruel’ US prison
Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was jailed for life in the United States after being extradited in 2017 and convicted of a range of drug, money laundering and organised crime charges
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Wife of Most Wanted criminal shares life with him stuck behind bars for 21 years
The wife of a man who served 21 years behind bars for a non-violent crime said the stories of their partners can go untold. Diane Ferranti met her husband Seth in 1993, but months later he was facing a huge part of his life in jail
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Daughter begs father to stay alive moments after he kills terminally ill wife
British expat David Hunter, 75, claims he killed wife-of-52-years Janice at their Cyprus home at her request due to her incurable blood cancer. His murder trial is due to last until Easter
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Dad missing with girlfriend and baby is sex offender who spent 20 years in jail
Mark Gordon was jailed in America in 1990 for the rape of a woman in Florida, since being deported to the UK he struck up a relationship with Constance Marten but the two have recently vanished along with a newborn baby
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George Floyd's police officer killer argues he didn't have fair trial in appeal
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 46, pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nine and a half minutes has launched an appeal against his conviction
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Suspect who escaped prison van in just his pants caught after 2 days on the run
Semi-naked prisoner Kyle Eglington escaped from the van through the side door and fled on foot having just appeared at Poole Magistrates' Court for "an offence he had not committed"
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Brit facing life in jail for killing ill wife vows to stay in Cyprus if freed
Elderly Briton David Hunter, who is facing life in prison for allegedly murdering his terminally ill wife Janice, has vowed to stay by her side at her final resting place Tremithousa, Cyprus, if he is freed
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Dad finally freed 25 years after being wrongfully jailed for his wife's murder
Thomas Rhodes, 63, from Minnesota, US, was convicted in 1998 of first- and second-degree murder of his wife Jane Rhodes after she fell overboard and drowned on Green Lake in Spice in 1996
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Brit woman marries rapist in US jail 3,500 miles away after 9-month relationship
British woman Gemma Vasquez started a relationship with Leonel Vasquez, who is serving time in an American prison for rape and lives more than 3,500 miles away
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Ghislaine Maxwell says meeting Queen as Andrew's pal was best moment of her life
Convicted sex offender and former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell claims she once met the Queen through Prince Andrew and they bonded over their shared love for horses
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Russia 'publicly executing' troops who defy Vladimir Putin's orders in Ukraine
Capture Russians from the Wagner group, which has murderers, rapists and drug dealers on its front line, have come confessed to their Ukrainian captors they face execution by their own leaders
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Dad on death row pleads to be allowed to see baby daughter before he's hanged
Condemned Hassan Firouzi, 34, was seized by security police in his hometown of Shahr-e Ray on October and accused of taking part in a street demo in Tehran during the nation's widespread protests
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Suspected terrorist who praised Guy Fawkes for trying to blow up Parliament dies
Benjamin Hyland, from Leeds, was found hanged in prison two days after appearing in court charged with a string of offences including having explosives and a firearm
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Youth jail where kids carry knives has highest staff sickness rates in England
MoJ Figures show 18.5% of officers were off sick on September 20 in one youth jail where youth inmates carry weapons because they say staff can't keep them safe
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Student retraces perilous journey hero RAF great-grandad took across Europe
RAF pilot Frank Griffiths miraculously survived after his plane was shot down above France and spent 3 months trekking across occupied territory to freedom - now great-grandson Adam Hart is retracing his steps
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New prison data shows most popular tuck shop items from vapes to chocolate
Data from the system shows inmates spend an average of €675,997 every month in prison tuck shops on products including soft drinks, chocolate, toiletries and even games consoles
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Lags meditating in prison labyrinth to 'calm anxieties' and 'enhance creativity'
The four-week course, Labyrinth: A Journey to You at HMP Bristol lets cons 'centre their spirit' and 'contemplate' their wellbeing as well as 'calming anxieties' and 'enhancing creativity'
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Rishi Sunak calls 'barbaric' execution of Brit in Iran 'callous and cowardly'
The execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari on trumped up charges of corruption and espionage came after Foreign Secretary James Cleverly appealed to the Iranian regime not to proceed
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Murderer Scott Eizember says he's at 'peace' in last words before execution
A death row killer who took the lives of an elderly couple while trying to stalk his girlfriend across the road said he was 'at peace' before he was given a lethal injection yesterday
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Inmates record rap video inside UK prison - and officers are nowhere to be seen
The professionally produced music video shows two Forest Bank prisoners mouthing the words to their rap in their cells and on the wing, with officers nowhere to be seen
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Woman leaves boy, 12, 'permanently scarred' after hitting him with paddle in row
Fay Johnson hit Antwon Forrest, 12, with her paddle in St Annes Park, causing a head wound, Bristol Crown Court heard. She was handed her a four-month jail term, suspended for six months
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Road rage thug walks free as judge warns 'prisons are full'
Fabian Greco avoided going to jail despite punching and kicking a fellow trucker. Labour said dangerous criminals are being left to 'roam our streets' as 10,000 prison cells have been lost since 2010
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Loose Women's furious Carol McGiffin slams co-stars over Shamima Begum row
Loose Women erupted into chaos today as Carol McGiffin and Nadia Sawalha clashed over Shamima Begum's new podcast with the BBC
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Highest ranking Catholic cleric not offered state funeral over child abuse case
Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell - who was convicted and then acquitted of child sex abuse - died aged 81 in Rome from heart complications after hip surgery in Australia
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Man who killed elderly couple after spying on ex's house to be executed today
Scott Eizember, 62, will be killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, US, for the deaths of A.J. Cantrell, 76, and his wife, Patsy Cantrell, 70
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