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Police called to disturbance outside Gary Glitter bail hostel day after release from prison

Glitter, 79, was released from prison on Friday after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sex crimes.

The Independent UK

Police called to disturbance outside Gary Glitter bail hostel

The paedophile former singer was freed from prison on Friday after serving half of his 16-year sentence for sex crimes.

The Independent UK

What will it take to stop the rape and murder of women by men on probation?

In an underfunded system, a killing a week is committed by former prisoners

The Guardian - UK

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Landlady's husband set a fire outside pub with customers inside

The arsonist had been thrown out of pub after assaulting his wife. Drinkers in the bar soon smelled smoke after Peter Evans laid a fire against the door of the premises

Wales Online

‘They’ve taken away my freedom’: the truth about the UK state’s crackdown on protesters

Dozens of people have been imprisoned, as changes in the law are used to curb protest. Is it part of a turn towards a more authoritarian state?

The Guardian - UK

HMP Durham prisoner had cocktail of drugs in system after being found dead in cell

Joseph Price died in his cell on September 20, 2020 - just 10 days after arriving at HMP Durham on remand

Chronicle Live

Jordan Peterson and InfoWars: US right-wing jump on Scotland's trans rights debate

THE case of transgender prisoner Isla Bryson has dominated Scottish headlines, with numerous American right-wing agitators and publications picking…

The National (Scotland)

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Transgender Scots paedo carried out Valentine's Day sex attack on schoolgirl

Ryan Scott – who was born female – lured the schoolgirl back to their home after meeting up on Valentine’s Day last year.

Daily Record

Partners of inmates have found a loophole allowing them to send explicit pics to prison

The method involves marking envelopes as legal correspondence

Wales Online

The secret names of the drug lines gangs use to spread misery

County lines drug rings see criminal networks in large cities in England expand their reach into Welsh communities using local drug dealers to bombard customers and organise deals through phone lines with secret names

Wales Online

Payouts to prisoners cost taxpayers over £30million in six years

The Prison Officers’ Association has blamed the huge compensation bill on the Tory failure to tackle the jail staffing crisis, with inmates not getting the entitlements required by law

Daily Mirror

Rolls-Royce, Porsche, Cartier: How a California man spent PPP loans and went to prison

LOS ANGELES — An Irvine man went on a luxury spending spree with fraudulently obtained PPP loans, buying himself luxury cars and designer swag, and landing himself in prison, federal prosecutors announced Friday.

Los Angeles Times

Cops are queuing up for inactive posts

It has been quite an entertaining week although admittedly not everyone involved will see the funny side. An Air Force officer says he is happy he was caught after snatching a necklace at a gold shop because he wanted to get away from his wife and a prison cell would…

Bangkok Post

Lags' wives discover legal loophole to send sexy pics to prison using £10 stamp

Strict rules on jail mail prevent inmates from receiving sexually explicit material like nude pics - but partners are marking envelopes as legal correspondence and putting saucy snaps in their letters

Daily Mirror

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Wales Online

BBC Happy Valley series 3: Everything that’s happened so far ahead of Sunday’s finale

There are still a lot of questions that need answering in the final of BBC drama, Happy Valley

Daily Mirror

New £250million jail given 'five-star TripAdvisor rating' by notorious inmate

Paedophile Michael Thurman wrote of HMP Five Wells: 'At last I am in a prison where, as a form of respect, the guards use our Christian names and told us theirs.'

Manchester Evening News

Drunk easyJet passenger and smirking drug dealer among criminals locked up in Greater Manchester in January

Perverts, violent thugs and rapists were among those caged in our region

Daily Mirror

Britain's biggest prison 'set to be built near Jamie Oliver's £6 million Essex mansion'

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver faces having two 'mega jails' built near his picturesque home in Essex - and locals are up in arms about it

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Daily Mirror

Fury of female prison officers ordered to strip search dangerous trans convict

The transfer of Tiffany Scott - formerly known as Andrew Burns - from HMP Low Moss, near Glasgow, to a women’s prison was blocked after plans by Scottish Prison Service became known

Manchester Evening News

Killer grins in dock as he’s found guilty of stabbing man to death in street

Benjamin Bibby and Andrew Wilcock will be sentenced to life in prison

Irish Mirror

Two transgender prisoners born as men serving sentences for sex offences in Irish women's prison

The Irish Prison Service is currently drafting a policy for the management of transgender prisoners

France 24

From bus driver to Russian soldier: The journey of an imprisoned Ivorian recruited by Wagner Group

A video posted in early January 2023 showed the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner with a mercenary who was described as Ivorian. By analysing posts shared on social networks and talking to people who knew him at different times in his life, the FRANCE 24 Observers team managed…

Bangkok Post

Hunger strikers vow to carry on

Two young men detained on royal defamation charges have been granted bail, but activists Tantawan Tuatulanon and Orawan Phuphong have vowed to continue their hunger strike until every political prisoner is released.

The Guardian - US

Advocates say 22 Texas inmates still on hunger strike but state disputes figure

Solitary confinement inmates protest against brutal form of incarceration but state says it’s only aware of six striking men

Daily Record

Female prison guards ordered to strip search dangerous trans Scots convict Tiffany Scott

Staff at Low Moss male prison claim their human rights went "out the window".

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