All news on the topic: Prisons

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Marco Pierre White's troubled son converts to Islam to stay off heroin
Former reality star Marco Pierre White Junior, 28, was released from HMP Bristol last week and he’s claimed to have vowed to never touch drugs again after his famous chef dad reportedly spent more than £1million on his rehabilitation
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Kids ‘riot’ in schools across UK as TikTok trend sparks toilet rules protests
Schools across England have been forced to call riot police after pupils' mass protests at new toilet rules being rolled out after a call to arms on TikTik last night
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Story behind trial transfixing US with lawyer accused of killing wife and son
Alex Murdaugh's roots run deep in Lowcountry, South Carolina, in the US. So deep he is standing trial in a courtroom where a painting of his grandad was hung until the presiding judge had it removed
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Dad accused of shooting dead wife and son admits lying to police in confession
In a case that has gripped a nation, Alex Murdaugh stood up in court in Walterboro, South Carolina, US to speak in his own defence, admitting that he did lie to police
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Pregnant prisoner demands unborn baby released from jail murder trial awaits
Natalia Harrell shot Gladys Borcela in the back of an Uber taxi last summer, in Florida, USA, but as the mum-to-be awaits trial for murder she has claimed her unborn child should be released from jail
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School removes doors into student loos to 'improve behaviour' but parents fume
Pupils at Devon's Cullompton Community College were shocked to turn up at school and find the main toilet doors removed, which staff say was due to concerns over mobile phone use
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Harvey Weinstein faces 24 extra jail years at sentencing for rape & sex assault
Harvey Weinstein is being sentenced today in Los Angeles, and could face up to 24 years in prison for his crimes against women.
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Two police killers serving life bid for freedom as widows upset at parole push
James Hurley, now 60, who killed off-duty constable Frank Mason in 1988 and then went on the run for 13 years, and Paul Weddle, who stabbed Sgt Bill Forth to death in 1993, are bidding for freedom
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Face-to-face with Vlad's feared killers who say: 'We are at war with the UK'
The Mirror's Defence Editor Chris Hughes meets two of Vladimir Putin's feared Wagner Group mercenary fighters held in Ukraine in a World-first exclusive interview
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Detective brought down rapist cop with 120-strong team sworn to secrecy
Former Met Police cop David Carrick, 48, was unmasked as one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders after he admitted to 24 counts of rape as well as charges of sexual assault, controlling and coercive behaviour and false imprisonment and was jailed for 30 years.
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Young black boys almost three times more likely to enter youth justice system
Children from ethnic minority backgrounds make up more than half all children in custody. The proportion has increased from 32% in 2010 to 53% in 2020
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Terrorist killer who drove into crowd near mosque 'slashed with knife' in prison
Osborne, 53, killed a man and injured 12 more in the horror attack in June 2017, in which he deliberately drove a van into a group of people near Finsbury Park Mosque
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Boris Becker's estranged wife says prison didn't make him a better person
Dutch model Sharlely Kerssenberg, 46, who is in the process of divorcing the tennis legend, claims he stopped paying child support for their son Amadeus
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Death row inmate who cut out his own eyes seeks clemency
Andre Thomas has languished on death row after stabbing his estranged wife and their two children to death in his hometown of Sherman, Texas, US. He cut out the childrens' hearts
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Almost 1,000 prison guards hospitalised in just one year after attacks by lags
Mark Fairhurst, chairman of union the Prison Officers Association, called the country's prisons "the most hostile workplace in Western Europe" and said the most violent group of prisoners were the under 18s
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'Labour must think ahead on law and order, criminal justice system needs reform'
Keir Mudie writes about Labour's recent comments on crime, which could be the first solid bit of policy that the party has put out in some time, with crime being a historic weakness for the party
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Freed wife killer Russell Causley is 'still a psychopath', detective warns
Retired Detective Superintendent Anthony Nott, who caught wife killer Russell Causley, has warned that the killer is still a psychopath despite now being released
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County lines drugs gang preying on inmates inside youth prison, inspectors say
Young inmates at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution in Rochester, Kent, have helped arrange for drugs to be thrown over the walls or dropped by drones. A source said this raises security concerns
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Dale Cregan wears designer togs in family snap as victims' families suffer
Police killer Dale Cregan sported the trendy £100 Hugo Boss Green Label polo inside Ashworth Hospital. Sister Kelly posted the snap of her son Oliver Cregan, 20, with his arm around his killer uncle
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Gary Glitter's son shares 'dream' of living with his dad after jail release
Paedophile pop star Gary Glitter has recently been released from prison after being convicted of child sex offences, and his son has shared hopes to reconnect with him
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Kim Kardashian shows off new hair transformation as she debuts fringe
Reality star Kim Kardashian was attending a prison reform event when she showed off her new look
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Greta Thunberg says Andrew Tate spat was 'positive' amid 'prison punishment'
Greta Thunberg says her Twitter spat with Andrew Tate turned out 'positive' in the end as the former Big Brother star faces 'harshest form of punishment'
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Britain's most notorious paedophile Sidney Cooke, 95, makes 11th bid for freedom
Sidney Cooke, who is one of Britain’s oldest inmates, could be freed from his high-security prison by the summer. He will appear again before the parole board on May 3
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Love Island's Kaz Crossley freed from Dubai jail after cooperating with police
Love Island finalist Kaz Crossley was arrested in the United Arab Emirates over suspicion of drug offences but has been freed from prison after spending four days behind bars
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Hitman who killed 'Kevin The Gerbil' let out of jail in handcuffs for funeral
William Paterson, 43, was pictured handcuffed to a male officer while attending a funeral for his father the at Glasgow Crematorium - he's currently serving a life sentence