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Jail guards "forget" to follow these strict orders on the day he died.

Two men have been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for attempting to traffic a truck full of arms to Mexico from the U.S.

In America, the body has gone from biology to billboard. Tattoos used to telegraph rebellion—sailors, bikers, prison culture. Now they’re part of the LinkedIn set. Your banker with a sleeve? Your yoga instructor with a moon phase tattoo? That’s not rebellion. That’s capitalism repackaging rebellion and selling it at scale.…

Patrick Lavery, 40, of Ballynamoney Road in Lurgan was convicted at Craigavon Crown Court for sex offences from 1999 to 2009.

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Children, sick and disabled people among 6,000 imprisoned without charge or trial. Plus, Portugal mourns after deadly funicular crash in Lisbon

With almost 1 million young people in the UK not in employment, education or training, The Standard and The King’s Trust launch urgent campaign to tackle youth unemployment — with £500,000 from the Dispossessed Fund to get it started

The jailing of Ibtissam Lachgar has incensed human rights groups

Exclusive: 80-year-old former leader of Myanmar faces ‘life-threatening’ conditions in prison

Jailed baby killer Keli Lane's is targeting former prison bosses, guards and the corrections minister in her lawsuit over her alleged abuse behind bars.

A dead sex offender's victim has mounted a campaign to stop other prisoners accessing voluntary assisted dying, saying inmates are "taking the easy way out".