The 71-year-old has languished in solitary confinement since 1983. The country’s most dangerous prisoner – who has been behind bars for six decades – has gone on hunger strike after prison staff confiscated his PlayStation. Dubbed as the “cannibal killer” across the UK, Robert Maudsley is the longest-serving British prisoner in solitary confinement. He killed […]
11 months ago
The force was strong with this one A police dog with a rather memorable name is being lauded for its role in capturing an escaped murderer who went viral for crab-walking his way up a wall in a dramatic prison break. Danelo Cavalcante escaped Chester County Prison on 31 August – days after he was […]
2 years ago
A public Parole Hearing is taking place later today to decide if he is fit for release from prison Charles Bronson has got ideas about how he’s going to live the rest of his life if he is released from prison after almost 50 years behind bars. Bronson is one of the most notorious and […]
3 years ago
‘Initially’ she thought rape was ‘a very serious thing to be convicted of’ A British woman has got hitched – to a man serving 20 years in a US prison for rape – after just nine months of courtship. Gemma Vasquez met Leonel Vasquez through her Spanish teacher – who also happens to be his […]
3 years ago
He has one person to blame for the fact he didn’t get a death row meal… There was a break in tradition in the US this week after a prisoner on death row who was executed more than 10 years after being convicted of murder was not granted his final meal. In 2009, John Henry […]
3 years ago
The defence ministry accused Russia of ‘continuing the legacy of Nazism’ The Ukraine defence ministry has shared shocking pictures which reveal the toll Russian captivity has had on a soldier’s body. The ministry shared two pictures on Twitter on Friday, which show Mykhailo Dianov before and after his time as a prisoner of war. In […]
3 years ago