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Top prison governor locked up after fling with UK drug boss who gave her £12k Mercedes

A “rising star” prison governor has been jailed for nine years after having a relationship with a Liverpool drug gang boss, according to the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit...

Brit teen faces LIFE in hellhole jail after arrest in Georgia 'on drug offences'

An 18 year old British girl, Bella May Culley, is facing a potential life sentence in a "decaying and overcrowded" prison after being arrested on suspicion of smuggling 30 pounds of cannabis through...

Killer Axel Rudakubana 'to be fed through hatch like Hannibal Lecter' after prison attack

Child killer Axel Rudakubana is to be subjected to a Hannibal Lecter-style security regime including a five-guard escort and being fed through a hatch following his boiling water attack on a prison...

More offenders could be tagged, as minister insists he's 'not soft on crime'

More offenders could be tagged, as minister insists he's 'not soft on crime'16 minutes agoSima KotechaSenior UK correspondent•@sima_kotechaBBCPrisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more...

Who are Alcatraz' most notorious inmates? From Al Capone to Mickey Cohen

Donald Trump’s plan to reopen Alcatraz prison to house ‘America’s most ruthless and violent offenders’, has revitalised interest in the famous high-security prison. Located just over a mile...

Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Abedi attack

Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Abedi attack37 minutes agoMaia DaviesBBC NewsGetty ImagesThe use of Tasers in prisons will be trialled after guards were injured by the brother of the...

New Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan proposed, Hamas source tells BBC

New Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan proposed, Hamas source tells BBC2 hours agoRushdi AbualoufBBC Gaza correspondentRaffi BergBBC News, LondonReutersA senior Palestinian official familiar with...

New Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan proposed, Hamas source tells BBC

New Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan proposed, Hamas source tells BBC2 hours agoRushdi AbualoufBBC Gaza correspondentRaffi BergBBC News, LondonReutersA senior Palestinian official familiar with...

Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in <b class='text-danger'>jails</b>

Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails

Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails1 hour agoGeorge WrightBBC NewsPA MediaPrison officers are to demand that staff be immediately given electric stun guns to protect themselves while...

Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails

Prison staff to demand electric stun guns in jails57 minutes agoGeorge WrightBBC NewsPA MediaPrison officers are to demand that staff be given electric stun guns to protect themselves while guarding...

French <b class='text-danger'>jails</b> have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?

French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?

French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?3 days agoHugh SchofieldBBC News, ParisReutersOfficially, all lines of enquiry are still open into a wave of arson and gun attacks...

Hashem Abedi and other terrorists are being allowed to be a continuous threat once jailed

The vicious attack on three prison guards last weekend has helped lift the lid on a crisis within our jails which, if not addressed, seems certain to result in the death of at least one prison...

French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?

French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?53 minutes agoHugh SchofieldBBC News, ParisReutersOfficially, all lines of enquiry are still open into a wave of arson and gun...

Hashem Abedi's sick prison attack show our <b class='text-danger'>jails</b> urgently need three things

Hashem Abedi's sick prison attack show our jails urgently need three things

The attack by convicted terrorist and mass murderer Hashem Abedi at HMP Frankland – where he used boiling oil and improvised weapons to injure three prison officers – has stunned the nation. To...

French prison attacks are 'terrorism' says justice minister

French prison attacks are 'terrorism' says justice minister1 day agoIan Aikman & Jessica RawnsleyBBC NewsGetty ImagesFrance's Justice Minister said the government would not give in to "acts of...

Israeli troops will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says

Israeli troops will remain in Gaza 'security zones' after war, minister says11 minutes agoDavid GrittenBBC NewsAFPIsrael's defence minister has said troops will remain in so-called security zones...

His memories uncovered a secret jail - right next to an international airport

His memories uncovered a secret jail - right next to an international airport8 hours agoSamira HussainBBC NewsReporting fromDhaka, BangladeshBBC/Aamir PeerzadaWhen investigators smashed through a...

Hashem Abedi's sick jail attack shows what happens when you treat animals like humans

Just how the hell did it happen that Islamist gangs have taken over British jails? And worse, that a terrorist thought to be THE most dangerous of them all managed to stab and throw boiling oil over...

French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks

French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks2 hours agoIan AikmanBBC NewsGetty ImagesVehicles were set alight outside several French prisons, and one jail was hit by gunfire from an automatic...

Manchester bomber's brother must be isolated even if it 'drives him mad' - expert

A former prison governor and expert on extremism has said the brother of the Manchester bomber should be put into isolation after he attacked prison officers last weekend. Ian Acheson made the claims...