Covid England: More than 20 inmates die from Covid in prisons within a fortnight

More than 20 prisoners have died in a fortnight after contracting coronavirus, figures suggest. Provisional data from the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) show the deaths of 24 inmates for the two-week period to March 1 were Covid-related. During this time, 1,478 prisoners tested positive in around half the jails in England and Wales. As of … Read more

Quarantine hotel ‘inmates’ told to stop smoking and buy nicotine patches – to keep guests in rooms 

Quarantine hotel ‘inmates’ are told to stop smoking and buy nicotine patches – to keep guests in their rooms Up to 15 guests gathered in a smoking area outside hotel last Wednesday night  Guests spotted drinking and sharing cigarettes, with several not wearing masks Said to be members of a WhatsApp group for ‘rebel guests’ … Read more

Horrific footage shows inmates in Russia stripped and beaten with truncheons, with one left to die

Horrific new footage claiming to show prisoners being assaulted in a Russian ‘torture jail’ has been released by a human rights group. Two inmates are shown being stripped and savagely beaten by uniformed officers wearing military fatigues, one of whom is nicknamed SS for his brutality after the infamous Nazi paramilitary unit. One of the … Read more

Notorious Russian jail chief fired after claims that ‘100 inmates’ were ‘subjected to torture’

Notorious Russian jail chief dubbed ‘Hitler’ is fired after claims that ‘100 inmates’ were ‘subjected to torture and violence of a sexual nature’ Colonel Igor Mokeev has been fired over accusations  of ‘torture’ at his prison An ombudsman found inmate Kezhik Ondar had been tortured at Irkutsk SIZO-1 Mokeev had been nicknamed ‘Hitler’ and ‘The Master’ … Read more

Prison chiefs are slammed for spending £12m on flatscreen TVs for inmates in just four years 

Prison chiefs are slammed for spending £12m on flatscreen TVs for inmates in just four years Some 128,037 televisions were bought at an average cost of £96 each Freedom of Information request revealed £12.5million has been spent on sets Prisoners provided with televisions between February 2017 and December 2020  By Emer Scully For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Trump administration will execute five death row inmates before Biden’s inauguration starting today

The Trump administration is set to execute the first of five federal inmates before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, putting to death a Texas street-gang member for his role in the 1999 slayings of an Iowa religious couple whose bodies he burned in the trunk of their car. Brandon Bernard, now 40, is scheduled to be executed … Read more

Police issue urgent appeal after killer flees jail with two other inmates

Police issue urgent appeal after killer flees jail with two other inmates – with the public urged not to approach the three men Lewis Daniel Thornton, 29, was convicted of manslaughter in 2016 He absconded from HMP Sudbury on Saturday with two other inmates Derbyshire Police have issued an urgent appeal and are hunting the … Read more

Five inmates killed in police chase after nearly 70 prisoners escape in mass jailbreak in Lebanon 

Five inmates were killed in a police chase after nearly 70 prisoners escaped in a mass jailbreak in Lebanon today.  According to police in Beirut, the inmates smashed their cell doors and attacked prison guards before fleeing.  Five of the escaped prisoners then died when a car they stole crashed into a tree during an ensuing … Read more

Jails take on extra sniffer dogs that can root out drugs and mobile phones in crackdown on inmates 

It’s time to get ruff! Jails take on extra sniffer dogs that can root out drugs and even mobile phones in crackdown on inmates Prisons minister Lucy Frazer announced investment as part of £100m package The 176 additional dogs will increase the overall number in jails to more than 800 Dogs capable of detecting drugs and … Read more

Derbyshire prison escape: Two inmates were caught at a Northamptonshire pub just hours later

Inmates who escaped an open jail were caught hours later after heading straight to a pub and boasting about what they’d done Vincent Israel, 31, and Peter Johnson, 29, were caught at a pub in Kettering The pair scaled a five-foot fence to escape HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire They drove 50 miles from the Category … Read more