This is Money spoke to three mortgage prisoners about the impact it has had on their lives. Some of them are on temporary lower rates, thanks to Covid-19 – although it is unclear when this temporary respite ends. Claire Johnson, 57, from Sheffield: Highest interest rate paid 5.4% Claire Johnson, pictured with her nephew, says … Read more
The identities and histories of prisoners in Nazi Germany‘s most notorious death camp Auschwitz have been uncovered following two years of painstaking research. Historians, archivists and IT specialists at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland and the Arolsen Archives in Germany teamed up for the project. They searched though over 160,000 documents concerning the fate … Read more
Prisoners will NOT jump vaccine queue: Downing Street quashes rumour that inmates will get Covid jab ahead of other groups Prisoners will not be offered vaccine ahead of other groups, government said It was believed NHS health teams would be given flexibility to vaccinate inmates ‘That is obviously not the case and is not true,’ a … Read more
Prisoners could jump the queue for coronavirus vaccinations when the next phase of the rollout begins, it emerged last night. A potential loophole for criminals was revealed as officials prepare to publish their recommendations on the jab priority list for adults aged under 50. It is understood local areas will have the flexibility to vaccinate … Read more
More than 100 prisoners have taken over a St. Louis jail, setting fires, smashing glass and throwing objects from the prison’s fourth-floor windows. The disturbance began around 3am at the St. Louis City Justice Center, with dozens of law enforcement officials spending seven hours struggling to restore order. One corrections officer has been left injured … Read more
Homeless prisoners will be housed in bedsits on their release in bid to keep them on the straight and narrow Homeless prisoners will be housed in bedsits and hostels in a £20million plan Ministers say it could help prevent the public becoming victims of fresh crimes First time ex-offenders will have been housed in private-sector accommodation … Read more
The Trump administration has paid private executioners in cash and bought drugs from a secret pharmacy as part of a rush to execute the most federal prisoners since World War II, court documents obtained by ProPublica reveal. The Justice Department, under Attorney General Bill Barr, has killed 10 federal inmates since July and plans to … Read more
Prisoners are handed £41m in compensation in just three years for issues including lost property as well as in-custody injury or death EXCLUSIVE: Prisoners have been paid £40.8million in taxpayer funds since 2017 Some £11million was spent compensating the UK’s criminals in the year 2019/20 It comes after a record high year for prison violence … Read more
British troops will NOT face war crimes trials in The Hague over claims Iraqi prisoners were tortured and killed International Criminal Court said it will not open a full-scale investigation ICC officials spent six years carrying out an investigation into the allegations The Iraq Historical Allegations Team was closed down in 2017 By Larisa Brown … Read more
Up to 50 female prisoners are raped – some by 20 men – after male convicts staged a riot and seized control of the jail for three days in DR Congo More than 20 women prisoners were raped after a riot broke out in a jail The riot erupted in a prison in Lubumbashi, DR … Read more