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Andrew Malkinson said he feels more Dutch than English and decided to leave the UK for good after spending 17 years in jail for a rape he did not commit. Today, he boarded a train from London to Amsterdam

The Langham family, owners of Langham Industries, is now set to profit from an 18-month contract with the Home Office to let the Bibby Stockholm berth at Portland, Dorset

The inmate donned the uniform and attempted to walk out of the facility in Brooklyn, New York, undetected by knocking on a locked door where and an unsuspecting officer let him out

Miracle Village, near the city of Pahokee, Florida, is home to more than two hundred convicted criminals who are part of a rehabilitation programme following release from prison

WARNING: DISTRESS CONTENT An inquest into the death of a baby who was found dead in her mother's arms inside a prison cell, has slammed both the prison and hospital involved in looking after her pregnant teenage mother

New figures from the ­Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority show the number of reports of modern slavery cases in the UK has reached its highest-ever level

Andrew Malkinson, 57, who was wrongly jailed for 17 years for a rape he didn't commit has now told he may have to pay the prison service for "board and lodgings" out of any compensation he could receive

A member of Malcolm X's security team has spoken about what he witnessed on the day of the civil rights activist's assassination, and the actions of police officers at the scene

Jason Servis trained Maximum Security to win the $20 million Saudi Cup in 2020 but weeks later was arrested by the FBI investigating a widespread doping conspiracy

Colin Pitchfork, 63, was given the green light to walk free, but now a judge has ordered a reconsideration of the decision, meaning the killer will remain in prison

Jorgelys Bárbara Viloria Martínez is alleged to have murdered Christian Gerardo Quispe Culqui after his body was found in Lurín, Lima Province, Peru

Abdel-Majed Abdel Barry, 32, had been tried earlier this month at a court in Madrid on suspicion of heading an itinerant jihadist cell he allegedly formed after leaving Syria, and was awaiting the verdict

HMP Wakefield is a Category A prison, holding some of the country's most notorious and dangerous criminals from serial killers to prolific rapists and more

Andrew Malkinson, 57, was convicted of attacking a woman in Salford, Greater Manchester, in 2003 but has always maintained his innocence before being released in 2020

Notorious serial killer Robert Maudsley spends 23 hours of the day inside a bulletproof cell in Wakefield Prison after killing four people - including three whilst behind bars

Albert Gardner, from Florida, removed his GPS ankle monitor and was later discovered in an overdose situation, one day after he was released from prison

'Evil' Phiip Huggins died in his cell at notorious HMP Frankland after a fellow inmate heard cries for help. The killer was serving a 30 year minimum life sentence for stabbing mum of three Cecilia Nightingale

The UK’s Ministry of Defence said in its daily update on Friday, that the recruitment drive of criminals only resulted in "one of the bloodiest episodes in modern military history"

Carl Ball was attacked with a plank of wood outside his own home and while "slowly dying" from internal bleeding named his attacker as his brother-in-law Andrew Southwood

David Hunter spoke of a “perfect” 52-year marriage to wife Janice, 74, during earlier testimony at Paphos District Court and broke down in tears as he described the moment he killed her

James Barber has rotted on death row for almost 20 years for the 2001 robbery and killing of Dorothy Epps, a 75-year-old homeowner for whom he worked as a handyman

Prosecutors claim 34-year-old mum Katie Koch akept the kids, ages 7 and 9, locked in a squalid bedroom with boarded-up windows for years on end

The mum of the two boys is facing a number of serious charges after her sons fled the home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Authorities say they had been locked away for so long they were running and acting like cavemen

Prison nurse Elyse-May Hibbs, 25, previously served a six month prison sentence for the behind bars romance with an inmate and has now been handed a 12 month suspension

Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann's home has been investigated by officers in Massapequa Park, Long Island, US, after his arrest and police were stunned to find between 200 and 300 firearms in a vault