More than 20 prisoners have died in a fortnight after contracting coronavirus, figures suggest. Provisional data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show the deaths of 24 inmates for the two-week period to March 1 were Covid-related. During this time, 1,478 prisoners tested positive in around half the jails in England and Wales. As of … Read more
Quarantine hotel ‘inmates’ are told to stop smoking and buy nicotine patches – to keep guests in their rooms Up to 15 guests gathered in a smoking area outside hotel last Wednesday night Guests spotted drinking and sharing cigarettes, with several not wearing masks Said to be members of a WhatsApp group for ‘rebel guests’ … Read more
Prison is too soft on terrorists and they are not punished enough for radicalising other inmates behind bars, QC warns Some inmates under influence of terrorists and there are attacks on officers QC amazed at the way terrorist prisoners were looked up to by other inmates MoJ says 29,000 prison officers trained to better spot signs … Read more
Prison chiefs are slammed for spending £12m on flatscreen TVs for inmates in just four years Some 128,037 televisions were bought at an average cost of £96 each Freedom of Information request revealed £12.5million has been spent on sets Prisoners provided with televisions between February 2017 and December 2020 By Emer Scully For Mailonline Published: … Read more
The Trump administration is set to execute the first of five federal inmates before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, putting to death a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Iowa religious couple whose bodies he burned in the trunk of their car. Brandon Bernard, now 40, is scheduled to be executed … Read more
Police issue urgent appeal after killer flees jail with two other inmates – with the public urged not to approach the three men Lewis Daniel Thornton, 29, was convicted of manslaughter in 2016 He absconded from HMP Sudbury on Saturday with two other inmates Derbyshire Police have issued an urgent appeal and are hunting the … Read more
Five inmates were killed in a police chase after nearly 70 prisoners escaped in a mass jailbreak in Lebanon today. According to police in Beirut, the inmates smashed their cell doors and attacked prison guards before fleeing. Five of the escaped prisoners then died when a car they stole crashed into a tree during an ensuing … Read more
It’s time to get ruff! Jails take on extra sniffer dogs that can root out drugs and even mobile phones in crackdown on inmates Prisons minister Lucy Frazer announced investment as part of £100m package The 176 additional dogs will increase the overall number in jails to more than 800 Dogs capable of detecting drugs and … Read more
Inmates who escaped an open jail were caught hours later after heading straight to a pub and boasting about what they’d done Vincent Israel, 31, and Peter Johnson, 29, were caught at a pub in Kettering The pair scaled a five-foot fence to escape HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire They drove 50 miles from the Category … Read more
Three Georgia inmates are filmed rushing to save life of guard who suffered heart attack but managed to electronically unlock their cells before collapsing Mitchell Smalls, Terry Loveless and Walter Whitehead all rushed to Deputy Warren Hobbs’ aid when he fell unconscious at his desk in Gwinnett County Jail Smalls first alerted the rest of … Read more