Prison translators wrongly label exercise yard as execution yard
Translators who created an information booklet for Russian inmates at a British prison wrongly labeled an exercise yard – as an EXECUTION YARD. The bizarre error was discovered at the proofing stages just before they were printed for HMP Lincoln’s 82 foreign inmates. Nick Hardwick, Chief Inspector of Prisons, said the mistake was ”not funny”…
Fifth female officer resigns from prison after accusations of sex with inmates
Union chiefs today called for an investigation into a scandal-hit prison after a FIFTH female officer resigned after being accused of having sex with inmates. The women all served at Category C Onley Prison, near Rugby, Warks., – home to some of the nation’s most dangerous murderers, rapists and paedophiles. Yesterday it emerged five female…
Fight club: prisoners paid to attend anger management classes
Prisoners are being paid thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ cash every day – to attend ANGER management sessions. Inmates at Bullingdon Prison, near Bicester, Oxon, coin in £5 each for every hour-long session they attend. The ‘pay-as-you-go’ reward scheme – the first of its kind in the country – was introduced at the category C…
Prison inmate charged with murder of serial paedophile
An inmate has been charged with the murder of a serial paedophile at the prison where they were both held, it emerged today. Robert Coello, 44, was allegedly stamped to death by Lee Foye, 27, in his prison cell at HMP Grendon in August. Former bus driver Coello, who was jailed for life in 2006…
I lawned you: Man jailed for machete attack over grass cuttings dispute
A man has been jailed for five years after he attacked his neighbour with a machete following a minor dispute about grass cuttings. Crazed Paul Sanderson, 44, warned neighbour Wayne Peckham he was ”going to get it” after accusing him of dumping compost over a fence into his garden. Days later Sanderson confronted his neighbour…
Drunk and violent squaddie escapes prison because he is a ‘very good soldier’
A drunken squaddie who battered a man while on bail for an earlier assault walked free from court after the judge refused to jail him because he is a ”very good soldier”. Private Thomas Thorne, 19, launched a frenzied attack on reveller Oliver Biddle outside a nightclub in January. Thorne, who serves with the Queens…
Paedophile prisoner demands extra digital television channels at HMP Whatton
A convicted paedophile sparked outrage after complaining there were not enough new digital television channels being beamed into his prison cell. Sick Kevin Skaith, 43, is currently serving a three-and-half year sentence at HMP Whatton, Notts., for possessing nearly 120,000 sick images of children. Skaith, who is on the sex offenders’ register for life, complained…
Britain’s most dangerous prisoner Charles Bronson pays for baby’s headstone
Notorious jailbird Charles Bronson has donated £100 to help pay for the headstone of a baby girl who died at just 10 days old. The convicted robber, who is serving a life sentence at HMP Woodhill, Bucks., says he is ”privileged” and ”humbled” to help Sarah Gaffney and Luke Dayus, whose daughter Pheobe died last…
