Prisons

07:10, 8 FEB 2023

Convicted killer poses for selfie behind bars in Dublin prison as probe looks into how he got phone

Exclusive: Sources confirmed that Dean Kerrie was issued with a P19 sanction for possession of the phone - after this photo appeared on social media featuring him and a number of other prisoners posing for a selfie inside a cell in Dublin’s Wheatfield Prison.

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Man who 'danced' on body of Robert O'Connor after beating admits to brutal Mountjoy prison murder

Mountjoy Prison

Exclusive: "It's simply not known at this stage why he has made this move but no doubt he has his own motivations for doing so"

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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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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

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Gary Glitter victim says paedophile's release is 'not the justice she was promised'

Paedophile Gary Glitter, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls and was today freed after serving half his sentence

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Gary Glitter FREED after serving half his jail sentence for sex abuse of 3 girls

The paedophile 70s star was caged in 2015 for sick child sex abuse crimes - but today the shamed singer becomes a free man after serving just half of his sentence

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Almost €200,000 a week being spent on food for Irish prison inmates with €60m forked out since 2016

The total spent in 2020 and 2021 reached €8,812,226 and €8,506,917 respectively

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Danniella Westbrook opens up about sending racy pictures to her fiancé in prison

Danniella Westbrook

Danniella Westbrook has revealed she will be taking Valentine's themed pictures to send to her boyfriend who is currently in jail, admitting that the prison staff may catch a glimpse of her saucy snaps

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Mother called prison concerned about son hours before he attempted suicide in cell and later died

The prison authorities at the inquest of Andrew Gearns indicated that he was checked on 13 times on the afternoon of September 28, 2020

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R Kelly prosecutor to 'drop sex-abuse charges' after saying 'justice has been served'

Sex-abuse charges against disgraced R&B artist R Kelly will be dropped by a Chicago prosecutor who says they 'believe justice has been served'

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Katie Piper launches behind bars documentary after unveiling hidden prison career

Broadcaster Katie Piper is to explore life behind bars for women and babies in a moving documentary, after revealing she's been working as a volunteer in women's prisons

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One Irish prison recorded largest number of phones, drugs and weapons seized last year

New figures from the Irish Prison Service show a total of 1,425 mobiles were found in the country’s 12 adult prisons last year – up 4% on the 2021 figures of 1,369.

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Two inmates serving time for murder escape from prison with nationwide alert issued

Police believe that Alison McDonagh,49, and Stephen McParland, 54, are in each other's company.

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Brittney Griner forced into special arrangements for WNBA return after prison release

Brittney Griner

Brittney Griner is due to return to the basketball court for the 2023 WNBA season, but she will require special security arrangements which are set to affect all players across the league

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Nadine Lott's killer attacked in prison and 'would be killed' if he steps out of line again

Midlands Prison

The trained boxer inflicted 64 injuries on Nadine

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James Bulger's mum says justice is 'in touching distance' for one of her son's killers

Denise Fergus, mother of tragic James Bulger, said on This Morning that Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has told her his Reform Bill would keep reoffender Jon Venables behind bars for life

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Mountjoy prisoner fighting for his life after being attacked by multiple groups in his cell

Mountjoy Prison

He had to have his spleen removed and lost a lot of blood

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Life inside Irish prisons as 'spending habits' data shows most popular tuck shop buys

Data from the system shows inmates spend an average of €675,997 every month in prison tuck shops on products including soft drinks, chocolate, toiletries and even games consoles.

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Charles Bronson in freedom bid in weeks as fundraiser launched to buy him £32,500 caravan

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson's son, George Bamby-Salvador, is hoping to raise £32,500 by setting up a Just Giving page so that he can buy a caravan for his dad following his parole hearing

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Iran footballer jailed for 26 years after 'execution' calls amid role in protests

Iran football team

Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been sentenced to 26 years in prison in Iran for his involvement in the nation's protests following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini

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Real Housewives star Jen Shah sentenced to six-and-a-half-years in prison for wire fraud

Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah star has been sentenced after she pled guilty to committing wire fraud in a telemarketing scheme targeting the elderly

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How John Stonehouse may have influenced canoe man to fake his own death for £250,000

John Stonehouse

Two decades after former MP John Stonehouse tried to fake his own death, John Darwin set off in a canoe to follow a similar plot - but this time it wasn't driven by an affair, it was for money

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Paedophile Gary Glitter fears attack by 'psycho' if he is moved to open prison

Gary Glitter - who could walk free in weeks - is on a vulnerable person wing at HMP The Verne on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, and is worried that a 'psycho' will attack him if he leaves

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'He was constantly having good fun' - Irish dad who died in prison on Christmas day remembered at funeral

A post mortem was carried out on his body but no foul play was suspected in his death

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