Prison

A prison, or a correctional facility, is a centre in which the inmates are denied freedom under authority of the state. Prisons are commonly used in the criminal justice system when people have been charged with a crime.

09:33, 23 NOV 2023

Notorious women’s jail known for grim 3m cells, haunting suicide and lags in mini skirts

El Buen Pastor prison in Colombia has a sinister reputation – and last month Australian influencer Cocaine Cassie opened up about how she was attacked while serving three years there

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Russian ‘Werewolf’ who killed 86 women believes Putin will let him loose on Ukraine

Mikhail Popkov is Russia's worst serial killer, having already confessed to the slaughter of 86 women, but he could be freed to fight for Putin's invading army in Ukraine... with his crimes conveniently wiped from his record

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New breed of Mafia released from jail as they 'aren't killing people these days'

New York Judge Frederic Block says that the ‘younger generation of mafioso aren’t killing people’ anymore, as he releases two members of the Gambino crime family on bail for Thanksgiving

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Ashley Dale's killers jailed for 173 years as she wins 'justice from beyond grave'

James Witham, 41, Joseph Peers, 29, Niall Barry, 26, and Sean Zeisz, 28, were found guilty of murder on Monday at Liverpool Crown Court, and have now been jailed for life

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Putin frees a cannibal who dismembered 4 teens in satanic ritual – as he fought in Ukraine

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT The dismembered body parts of four teens were found in the woods after a Satanic ritual saw their organs friend and eaten, with Nikolai Ogolobyak being jailed in 2010

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Inmates unrecognisable after jail – like bank robber who tattooed face and eyelids

From a bank robber who covered his own face in tattoos from a cell to a woman who slimmed down after being released from a notorious Columbian jail, meet the people who underwent unrecognisable prison inspired transformations

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Primary school teacher and partner branded 'monsters' over drug-fuelled child abuse crimes

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Zoe Williams and Thomas Surtees have been jailed for a string of booze and drug-fuelled child abuse crimes after police found sickening evidence on their phones

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Andrew Tate lifts lid on roach-infested Romanian prison – 'tears ran down my face but I didn't cry'

Andrew Tate has opened up about his experience in prison in Romania, insisting he did not cry despite having 'tears run down his face' in a bizarre interview with Piers Morgan

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Death Row man knows what it’s like to survive execution after botched lethal injection attempts

Kenneth Smith faces a second execution attempt early next year following the fiasco that he endured 12 months ago when the men sent to kill him couldn’t see the job through

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Fresh-faced teen got engaged to Charles Manson – but marriage was axed for morbid reason

It has been six years since Charles Manson, the man who inspired his followers to kill, died. But in the years before his death he was involved in a weird affair with a woman 54 years his junior

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'I survived four years of Peru prison hell after falling for cocaine smuggling scam'

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Baronowski-Schneider wound up in prison in Peru after being duped by a drug trafficking scam – the grandmother was caged alongside murderers

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'Nymphomaniac' prison officer says her life is 'destroyed' after hot tub orgy claims

A prison officer accused of being a 'nymphomaniac' in a workplace sex scandal has denied claims against her, including that she had hot tub orgies with colleagues

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Violent rat-infested UK prison where lags live in black mould and cockroach squalor

The Category B men's prison has been slapped with an urgent notice after inspectors found a horror show inside Bedford Prison, with rats, mould and even prisoner escape attempts

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Female teacher who slept with pupil, 12, and gave birth to his baby is jailed

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT The teacher tried to claim that the pair had sex only once, but it turns out that she was the one who forced the young boy into it, many times

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UK’s longest serving prisoner back in jail after sex assault just weeks into freedom

Ronald Evans, 82, has been sentenced to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a vulnerable woman. The convicted murderer appeared at the Old Bailey today via videolink from Pentonville Prison in north London

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Philpott child killer Paul Mosley released from jail over deaths of six children in fire

Paul Mosley, who played a role in the deaths of the six Philpott children in a house fire in Allenton, has been released from prison but must abide by strict rules

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'I was a prison screw – we didn’t like poo protests but there’s something much worse'

A former jail guard has opened up about his experiences in the job – from giant prisoners that couldn't be moved to a genuinely disturbing tale of a 'blood protest'

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'Eye drop killer' tears up as she's convicted of poisoning pal and stealing $300,000

Jessy Kurczewski was found guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday after tainting her friend's glass of water with six vials of eye drops in attempted ‘suicide’ cover-up

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'Nymphomaniac' prison where staff 'organised orgies' as 'they couldn't work without sex'

A prison has been rocked by a sex scandal allegedly involving around a dozen employees who couldn't resist bonking on shift – including one "nymphomaniac" staff member whose brother was caged in the jail

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Murderer and serial sex attacker who is UK’s longest-serving prisoner back behind bars

The UK's longest-serving prisoner is facing a return to the cage after being found guilty of attacking a woman at a community centre after being released from crimes he committed in 1979

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Tent-dwelling woman who had sex with besotted teen girls 'screamed it's b******s'

Tamzin Carey had two separate relationships with the underage girls, and made an X-rated expletive-filled scene about it when the prosecution spoke in court this week

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Brother of never-arrested Sinaloa Cartel founder turns singer after prison release

The brother of the infamous Sinaloa Cartel founder, Ismael 'El Mayo Zambadam, has decided to embark on an interesting career move, writing and singing songs about gang life

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Killer 'lived for her kids' on social media but was hiding dark secret that led to murder

Natalie Bennett was convicted of murdering her partner and sentenced to life imprisonment, but on Facebook she deceived friends and families by appearing as a devoted mum and partner

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Forgotten footballer who was in Jose Mourinho's first Chelsea game now works at US prison

You would forgive any Chelsea fan for not remembering the name Craig Rocastle, but if you were a prisoner in Shawnee County, Kansas, you just might have been bossed around by the former journeyman

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