Figures from the Ministry of Justice show 228 assaults were recorded at Wakefield prison the year to September – up from 222 the year before and the highest figure over the last five years. This ...

By Kisean Joseph kisean.joseph@antiguaobserver.com Junior Prison Officers at His Majesty's Prison (HMP) have suspended their ...

Daniel Khalife evaded capture for three days before he was spotted riding a stolen mountain bike along a canal towpath in ...

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An inmate has been found guilty of throwing a cup of faeces over a prison officer in revenge for losing his job in the jail's servery. Courtney Matthew, 34, previously claimed the substance was melted ...

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This month a former HMP Wandsworth prison officer was jailed for 15 months after she was filmed having sex with an inmate. The prison service said: “Our prison officers undergo robust ...

A Russian soldier has been sentenced to two years and ten months in prison after mistakenly shooting down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter with an anti-aircraft missile system, believing it to be a Ukrainian ...

Out of four jails analysed, HMP Cardiff employees landed the highest ... from 43,000 in 1994 to more than 88,000 in 2024 — but prison officer staffing has been mostly static.

The New York State prison system is under intense scrutiny after officers fatally beat an inmate last month. The incident was caught on body cameras and that footage was released by the NYS ...