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Fraud convictions didn’t stop this lawyer from creating a successful practice in Cyprus
Cypriot authorities stalled for 13 years on a European Arrest Warrant filed by the U.K., where Christos Christodoulides absconded from prison.
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Prisoner released after a £3,000,000 money laundering scheme was caught in a £250,000 Lamborghini
A prisoner who was jailed for 10 years for his part in a £3,000,000 money laundering scheme has been freed from prison.
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Russian court sentences 72-year-old American for allegedly fighting for Ukraine
Steven James Hubbard given six years and 10 months in prison, but family cast doubt on his reported confession
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South African officials have been punished for delaying a report on a killer’s escape
Following a damning report by the South African Office of the Public Protector, authorities have reassigned two officials and issued them final written warnings for taking six months to report the escape of a convicted murderer and rapist from prison.
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Ecuador gangs target prison officials in bid to regain control
The murder of the head of Ecuador’s largest men’s prison appears to be the latest act of violence by prison gangs in their ongoing attempt to reestablish control over the penitentiary system.
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Over 2,000 prisoners released within a week under early release program
The prison population in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in a week following the mass early release of offenders to deal with overcrowding.
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Minister confirms steps to prevent domestic abuse prisoners from being released early tomorrow
About 1,700 prisoners will be released early on Tuesday to try to alleviate overcrowded prisons in England and Wales.
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Offenders might serve their sentences in Estonian prisons as a measure to alleviate overcrowding
The Ministry of Justice says it is "considering all viable options" to increase capacity on the prison estate, as the latest statistics show there are only about 1,000 places available.
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Martin Jackson: Police search for escaped prisoner from HMP Castle Huntly
Jackson is on the run from HMP Castle Huntly, which is west of Dundee, and was reported missing to police on Wednesday evening.
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Notorious gangster Curtis ’Cocky’ Warren admits to six charges but avoids jail
Gangster Curtis ’Cocky’ Warren says he wants to be out of the ’public glare’ after admitting to breaching a Serious Crime Prevention Order he was slapped with for drug importation
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Inmates in Russian prison take staff hostage during a deadly clash
Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) said on August 23 that a group of inmates at a prison in the southwestern region of Volgograd have taken an unspecified number of staff members hostage amid reports that knife-wielding prisoners launched a deadly attack on guards.
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New UK prisons crisis as riots raise concerns about overcrowding
Emergency plan set to be introduced that could see alleged criminals released and court cases delayed
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British man dies on death row despite later being proven innocent
British man Kris Maharaj spent 38 years in jail and passed away after fighting nearly 40 years to clear his name, human rights lawyer Stafford Smith said in a social media post
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Maoist cult leader was found dead in bed in prison cell, inquest hears
Aravindan Balakrishnan, jailed in 2016 for string of sexual assaults, died of natural causes, coroner rules
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Female prison officer shared ’prolific’ numbers of texts and calls with inmate
A female prison officer was convicted of misconduct in a public office after texts with a male inmate. Dawn MacCormack said was depressed and suffering ’brain fog’ at the time
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Huge number of weapons, drugs and phones found in prisons crisis
Concerns have been raised about the performance of dozens of prisons in England and Wales as there has been a large increase in the number of weapons, drugs and phones seized
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Manhunt under way after a prisoner escapes from hospital in west London
Graham Gomm was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt and grey tracksuit. Any members of the public who see him have been warned not to approach and call 999.
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Lev Tahor leaders sentenced for child abduction and sex trafficking
Three leaders of an extremist Jewish cult received lengthy prison sentences in U.S. court for the kidnapping and sex trafficking of a girl and boy, after they stole the minors from their mother in the dead of night and tried to smuggle them out of the country.
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Criminals might roam freely as police are unable to arrest them due to overcrowded jails
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is expected to announce emergency plans to allow thousands of prisoners out of jail early to prevent civil disorder across the country
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Teen strangled mum, fled with body in car after bloody scene at home
Tyler Roenz, 19, has been sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to the October 2022 murder of his mother Michelle Roenz, 49, in Harris County, Texas
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Woman charged after viral video of 'prison guard having sex with convict'
Linda De Sousa Abreu, 30, has been charged with misconduct in public office over a social media video allegedly showing a prison guard having sex with an inmate at HMP Wandsworth
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Chilling last words of death row killer executed for rape and murder of girl, 7
Richard Norman Rojem Jr. was executed for stabbing and killing his former stepdaughter. It was the 13th execution since the state reinstated capital punishment in October 2021
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Dad handed life sentence after son, 6, starved to death in horror neglect case
Anthony Martinez has been sentenced to life in prison for first-degree murder in the starvation death of his six-year-old son Deshaun in 2020 with his wife also receiving a similar sentence
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Jail guard 'nearly killed' by murderer gets £600k compensation after assault
A prison officers brutally assaulted in a four-minute rampage by sex-killer Carl Langdell has received £600,000 in compensation but is baffled his assailant was rewarded in jail
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Russia torturing Ukraine POWs – from stun guns to genitals to force fed dog food
WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGES: Ukrainian POWs were fed dog food with hairs in and had their genitals stunned by Russian prison officers, with the widow of one prisoner who died of tuberculosis revealing the horror conditions