At least 93 prison staff have had an “inappropriate relationship” with an inmate since 2018, figures have revealed. The majority of the staff were females who engaged with male offenders, a freedom of information request by the Express found. Commenting on the
Evil child killer Roy Whiting has been stabbed in prison and left soaked in blood. The sick monster was jailed for a 40-year term in 2002 for the murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne. The Mirror reports he was knifed inside the maximum security
Cameron Jay Ortis, a former senior intelligence official in Canada’s national police force, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for breaching the country’s secrets law. Ortis, 51, led the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s Operations Research group, responsible for gathering classified information
Germany’s Cabinet has approved plans to reduce the minimum sentence for spreading child sexual abuse images. The current law penalizes dissemination of such content with a prison sentence of one to 10 years. The proposed legislation will reduce the minimum sentence to
Triple murderer Valdo Calocane will be able to claim thousands in state benefits every year even while he is detained, it has been reported. The 32-year-old killer was sent to the high-security Ashworth Hospital in Merseyside rather than being jailed. As a
A dad has been warned he will face jail unless he demolishes two homes he built on countryside land without getting the right permissions. Michael Merrill, 51, got into a disagreement with Cheshire East Council that lasted for 10 years after he
A brazen prisoner saw his attempts to escape from prison foiled after he attacked security officers transporting him to a magistrates’ court. The man, aged in his 20s, was being moved to Swindon Magistrates’ Court before police responded to the request for
Russia has changed the rules allowing its prisoners to fight in Ukraine to beef up its army. For several months, even people convicted of a violent crime who signed up to fight in the war were granted a pardon and freedom after
The pair of teenagers who murdered Brianna Ghey have been given life sentences but both could be released before they are 40. Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe lured their classmate to Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington where they savagely stabbed her to death
Malaysia’s Pardons Board has reduced ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 12-year jail sentence to six years and slashed his fine to $11.3 million in connection with a corruption case. Despite his conviction, Najib remains influential in his party, UMNO, which is part of