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Environmental health officials are called to Forest Bank prison as it is 'infested with rats'

One former inmate says fellow lags were given free Dominos pizza to clean the kitchen while other prisoners made 'rodent excluders' from socks and loo roll to keep unwelcome visitors at bay

Manchester Evening News

Mum-of-four set to marry man she's never met - because he's in jail in the US for murder

Laura O’Sullivan, 32, from Bristol, has known Terrell Ravon Reese, 31, since October 1 2021, when she used an app for prisoners to find a pen pal - leading to a whirlwind romance.

Daily Mirror

British mum Laura O’Sullivan to marry Terrell Ravon Reese who's in jail in USA for murder

They are planning their wedding for next year

Wales Online

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How Clean Break puts the plight of women in the criminal justice system on stage - ‘There’s so much damage’

For four decades, the theatre company has kept the subject of women in prison on the cultural radar, with its new play tackling addiction and the criminal justice system in a working-class Pakistani family

Evening Standard

A Likely Lad by Peter Doherty – an appetite for self-destruction

Squalor, Kate Moss, prison, class A drugs… the indie frontman and tabloid fixture’s memoir is lucid, candid and, ultimately, hopeful

The Guardian - UK

Mum who slashed woman's face on cocaine-fuelled night out goes on the run from prison

Police are appealing for help to find Zowie Kaylie Haygarth

Manchester Evening News

Prisoner brandished homemade ‘knife’ in cell… whilst serving a sentence for attacking prison officers

Gary Brooks, 30, was already serving a 54 month jail term for attacking emergency workers

Manchester Evening News

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UN: Myanmar Executions Could Be War Crimes

The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Thousands in England and Wales locked out of jobs because of mistakes in youth, campaigners say

Exclusive: more than a third of childhood offences on DBS certificates happened over 40 years ago

The Guardian - UK

Murderer brutally beat up female prison guard as she screamed desperately for help

James Demarco, a convicted killer, carried out the attack in Addiwell prison, West Lothian.

Daily Record

Prison for protester who attacked police

Dennis Basic has been jailed for two years and two months for assaulting officers and hitting a police horse during violent anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne.

AAP

US marshals release sketches of three men who escaped from Alcatraz in the 1960s and could still be at large

Frank Morris, as well as brothers Clarence and John Anglin, escaped from the famed, now-defunct island prison in San Francisco Bay, on 11 June, 1962

The Independent UK

Banksia Hill inmates trash about 100 of juvenile detention centre's cells, leaving them unusable

About 100 cells at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre have been deemed unusable after being damaged by inmates, but justice advocates say troubled youths are under too much pressure at the facility.

ABC News

Man who coordinated Honduras activist's murder sentenced

The man convicted last year of coordinating the killing of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison

The Independent UK

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Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states

‘Trigger’ bans in more than a dozen states will quickly or immediately outlaw abortion without Roe v Wade protections. It will be up to the discretion of district attorneys and law enforcement whether providers will be criminally charged, Alex Woodward reports

Liverpool Echo

Cocaine fuelled mum who slashed woman's face on the run

Zowie Haygarth, 37, is wanted by Merseyside Police

ABC News

The 'drug grannies' thought they were on the trip of a lifetime. They couldn't have been more mistaken

In 1977, two American retirees set out on a campervan trip. When the women tried to go home, they were threatened with violence, and a three-month holiday turned into a 14-year prison sentence.

Evening Standard

Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o sentenced to 22 months in prison for tax fraud in Spain

Samuel Eto’o has been handed a 22-month prison sentence and seven-figure fine after admitting tax fraud worth over £3.25million in Spain.

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The Independent UK

Cyprus investigates prison director's blackmail allegations

Cyprus’ top lawyer has appointed an investigator to probe allegations by the country’s prisons’ director that a senior police officer had tasked an inmate to gather any information or video about her private life that could be used to blackmail her

The Independent UK

Mother of journalist beheaded by Isis Beatle says kidnapper ‘came close’ to apologising in prison meet

Diane Foley met her son’s kidnapper in prison as part of a plea deal which will see him returned to the UK

Edinburgh Live

Convicted Edinburgh killer beat up female prison officer as she screamed for help

Violent lifer James Demarco carried out the terrifying attack on Roseanne Bell in privately run Addiewell prison, West Lothian, before throwing pool balls at her and another female guard.

The Independent UK

Samuel Eto’o escapes Spanish prison sentence after admitting £3.3m tax fraud during Barcelona career

Eto’o failed to declare income from the transfer of image rights between Puma and Barcelona from 2006 and 2009

Glasgow Live

Murderer sank teeth into Lanarkshire prison officer's thigh amid pool table brawl

Stevie Angus refused to go back to his cell before carnage erupted at HMP Shotts. He leapt onto a pool table and told staff, 'I'm going to kill you' while brandishing a cue.

Daily Record

Scots killer sank teeth into female prison guard's thigh in jail rammy

Stevie Angus was jailed for 17 years for the murder of Aaron Arthur in Aberdeen nearly a decade ago.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh prisoner found dead in cell while serving sentence for vile crime

Handed an Order of Lifelong Restriction for his crimes last week, the Sun has reported that Charters was found dead in his cell at HMP Edinburgh at the weekend.

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