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Six cars belonging to prison guards torched outside West Lothian jail

Emergency services were called to the car park after crooks set alight the vehicles of prison guards who were working their night shift. The scene remained closed on Sunday.

Edinburgh Live

She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s walked free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes has now left prison and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

The Independent UK

Addiewell prison firebomb probe as six cars 'belonging to jail officers' torched

Fire crews raced to HMP Addiewell in West Lothian after the vehicles were set alight in the car park at around 10.15pm on Saturday.

Daily Record

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Scots prison scandal as more than 40 inmates die in jail over last year

The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) revealed there were 42 deaths in 2022, with suicide and drugs deaths on the rise.

Daily Record

Evil 'Rochdale Ripper' freedom bid after rape, murder and robbery spree sparked 'biggest ever' manhunt

Hardacre was jailed for life in 2001 after a series of horrifying attacks in his home town of Rochdale

Manchester Evening News

Ana Montes: ‘One of most damaging’ Cold War spies released after 20 years in US prison

Analyst compromised ‘virtually everything’ US intelligence knew about Cuba

The Independent UK

Israel Revokes Entry Permits of 3 Palestinian Officials

Israel said Saturday it had revoked entry permits for three senior officials from Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party after they visited an Israeli Arab recently released from prison. Mahmud al-Alul, Azzam al-Ahmad and Rawhi Fattouh had visited Karim Yunis in his home village of Ara in northern Israel following…

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Notorious Cuban spy Ana Montes released from federal prison

Ana Montes, a Cuban spy who gave up American secrets for 17 years while working for the Defense Intelligence Agency, was released from prison Friday.

Tribune News Service

The most notorious prisoners ever to serve time at Strangeways revealed as prison's future in question

Late last year it was revealed that Manchester city council had approached the government about the prospect of Strangeways prison being closed and relocated out of Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Prisons seize 500 illegal home brew kits as more lags make hooch in their cells

Lags ferment hooch in buckets and bottles using fruit, water, sugar and bread. The drink can be stronger than wine and has led to riots in prisons around the country

Daily Mirror

Parole Board chief 'sorry' victims of Greater Manchester's worst rapist not told of release

Andrew Longmire has already spent time out of prison despite being handed multiple life sentences for a terrifying campaign of rape

Manchester Evening News

Prisoner escaped on bike after nicking it from high-security jail's repair shop

Drives spotted the lad pedalling slowly along the A1 after he absconded from Bedford prison on two wheels - he was caught about 45 miles away

Daily Mirror

Editorial: The ‘Varsity Blues’ college admissions case wraps up. But has the playing field been leveled?

The former college admissions consultant who cooked up a multimillion-dollar scheme to fraudulently admit kids of wealthy clients, including Hollywood celebrities, into elite U.S. colleges was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison Wednesday, closing a sordid chapter on the unfair world of university admissions.

Los Angeles Times

Three female officers from same prison jailed over sexual affairs with inmates

Emily Watson, Ayshea Gunn and Jennifer Gavan who all worked at HMP Berwyn near Wrexham have been jailed for sending explicit images, having intercourse in cells and exchanging intimate phone calls with inmates.

Daily Record

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Liverpool Echo

Three female guards from same prison jailed for having affairs with inmates

Staff at the jail have now been given anti-corruption training after the string of scandals

Wales Online

'I missed my daughter's childhood because I was in prison but now I've made my family proud again'

David Perry was sentenced to eight and half years for a drug supply and dangerous driving conviction but has now 'broken the cycle' and turned his life around with his own award-winning business

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Kate McClure sentenced to New Jersey prison for role in GoFundMe scam about helping homeless vet Johnny Bobbitt

PHILADELPHIA — Kate McClure, one of the three perpetrators involved in the notorious GoFundMe scam that raised $400,000 based on a bogus story about helping a homeless veteran, was sentenced Friday to three years in New Jersey State Prison, Burlington County Prosecutor LaChia L. Bradshaw said.

Reuters

Cuba spy Ana Belen Montes released after 20 years behind bars

Ana Belen Montes, one of the highest-ranking U.S. officials ever proven to have spied for Cuba, has been released from prison early, the U.S. Bureau of Prisons confirmed Friday, after she spent more than two decades behind bars.

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The Independent UK

Extradition of cartel boss El Chapo’s son to US halted by judge

Authorities say that Ovidio Guzman also aces legal proceedings in Mexico

The Independent UK

Ex-Southern Cal official gets 6 months in college bribe case

A former University of Southern California athletics department official who accepted bribes from the ringleader of the nationwide college admissions bribery scandal to help get often unqualified students into the school as sports recruits has been sentenced to six months in prison

Tribune News Service

‘Real Housewives’ star scammed older Americans, is sentenced to years in prison, feds say

Prosecutors wanted “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” star Jennifer Shah to spend a decade in federal prison after leading a yearslong telemarketing scheme that scammed Americans nationwide, including many older individuals, officials said.

Daily Mirror

New Love Island villa overlooks prison where Nelson Mandela spent jail term

The Love Island villa waiting to house the latest batch of fame-seeking singletons overlooks one of South Africa's most famous prisons, where the late Nelson Mandela spent the last part of his jail term

Daily Mirror

Real Housewives star Jen Shah sentenced to six-and-a-half-years in prison for wire fraud

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah star has been sentenced after she pled guilty to committing wire fraud in a telemarketing scheme targeting the elderly

The Independent UK

Ex-lawmaker who served time for Jan. 6 riot seeks House seat

A former West Virginia lawmaker who served three months in prison for his participation in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot says he's running for Congress

Daily Mirror

'Concerning' law passed which will see homeless charged £630 to sleep in parks

On January 1, Missouri, US, passed a new law that makes it a crime for any homeless person to sleep on a government owned property or face fines and up to 15 days in prison

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