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Liverpool's last executions and the horrific crimes behind them

One of the last executions in the history of the UK took place at Walton Prison

Liverpool Echo

Mastermind of the Varsity Blues college admission scandal is about to learn his fate

Rick Singer pleaded guilty in 2019 to selling what he called "a side door" into top universities. The scheme snared dozens of wealthy clients, from actors to business titans and big-shot lawyers.

WEKU

Head of Mexican jailbreak prison fired, deadly manhunt gathers pace

Mexican authorities on Tuesday said they had fired the director of a prison near the U.S. border where at least 30 inmates escaped at the weekend after a deadly riot, as police began a manhunt for missing convicts.

Reuters

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Seven killed as hunt for Mexican cartel jail escapees turns deadly

At least seven people have been killed in a shootout after a Mexican cartel broke their leader out of prison.

Evening Standard

Woman's desperate bid to keep 'Coronation Street rapist' behind bars

Andrew Barlow is due to be released this month despite getting 13 life sentences for his heinous crime

Liverpool Echo

Prison service launches investigation into Nicholas Scott hospital escape before shooting death

An inmate who fled a prison escort at hospital made his way to Hobart's nightclub strip and borrowed a member of the public's phone before he was later shot dead, police say.

ABC News

Boris Becker to make commentary return at Australian Open following release from prison

The six-time Grand Slam winner was deported to native Germany after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half year prison term after being found guilty of four charges under the Insolvency Act

Daily Mirror

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The Peter Ellis Podcast: Prison

Episode 6 of the Newsroom series Peter Ellis, the creche case and me looks into the repeated attempts to free Ellis from prison.

Newsroom.co.nz

Fake teen doctor is sent back to prison for stealing $10k from employer in Florida

A serial grifter who gained national infamy as a teenager when he impersonated a doctor to defraud a patient is heading back to prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $10,000 from his employer

The Independent UK

Fake teen doctor, now 25, sentenced to prison for new scam

The Independent UK

OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals really were, not only…

The Independent UK

Murderer who battered disabled man to death as he begged for life is killed in crash

Stephen Bonallie, 32, was just a teenager when he battered vulnerable Brent Martin to death in 2007 along with two others but on being released early from prison he died in a car crash on New Year's Eve

Daily Mirror

Facing prison in Russia, Jehovah's Witnesses are waiting in San Diego to see if US will protect them

SAN DIEGO — Twice a week, Olga Ponomareva dresses in some of her nicest clothing to stand on a sidewalk in La Jolla Shores with a display of pamphlets about the Bible.

Tribune News Service

Plans for new £100m HMP Glasgow submitted ahead of opening in 2026

An application has been submitted for the Scottish Prison Service’s new £100m HMP Glasgow, set to replace the Victorian-era HMP Barlinnie when it opens in 2026.

Glasgow Live

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Manchester Evening News

Man jumps out of dock and flees courtroom after being jailed for assault

Nicholas Bunclark had just been handed a 16 month prison sentence when he made his escape

Manchester Evening News

CCTV appeal after six packages thrown over wall at Forest Bank prison

Police want to speak to the man captured in the pictures

Windows Central

Upcoming Xbox games: Best new Xbox Series X|S games for 2025, and beyond

What's coming to Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox One in the future? Here are the biggest and brightest games we're looking forward to.

Dynamite News

COVID-19 Vaccines Prior To Infection Reduce Transmission Of Omicron: Research

Recent vaccination and boosters reduce infectiousness, but the risk of infection is still high, according to a study conducted in California prisons. Read on for details:

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Al Jazeera

Rising prices behind bars hammer imprisoned people in the US

Inflation in US economy has translated to added costs for imprisoned individuals and the families who support them.

The Independent UK

German doctor jailed for illegally issuing mask exemptions

A German doctor was sentenced late Monday to two years and nine months in prison for illegally issuing more than 4,000 people with exemptions from wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic

Nottingham Post

People urged not to approach man with Mansfield links wanted on recall to prison

35-year-old Adam Groves has links with the Mansfield area and is wanted on recall to prison. Police want to find him as soon as possible.

ABC News

Prisoners' 10th day on the run after Christmas Day escape from Townsville prison

Pearl Elizabeth O'Neill and Kristy Lisa Barnes become the latest prisoners to flee a low-security facility in Townsville.

Liverpool Echo

18 criminals given long stretches by the courts

These were the court cases for which the longest prison sentences were reserved during 2022

Reuters

Death toll rises to 19 from prison attack in Mexican border town

An attack on a prison in the Mexican border town of Juarez left 19 dead and allowed a cartel kingpin to escape along with two dozen other prisoners, authorities said Monday.

Tribune News Service

Mexico prison break near US border leaves 17 dead, gang leader on run

A prison break in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez left 17 people dead and allowed 25 inmates to escape in a revival of the penitentiary-system violence that paralyzed the U.S. bordering city last year.

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