Mr Tarrant reportedly suffered a cocaine-induced psychotic episode during his first night of custody A prison officer who laughed outside an inmate's cell shortly before his death has called it a ...

Guards at Elmley Prison in the UK recently spotted a R/C helicopter fly over the jailhouse walls towards the prisoner’s quarters with a small cargo attached underneath the fuselage. Prison officials ...

An inquest will be held into the death of an inmate who went into cardiac arrest following a restraint on his first night in prison. Josh Tarrant, 34, was taken into custody at HMP Elmley, on the Isle ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bodyworn footage shows prison officers laughing and singing as an “inappropriate and disproportionate” restraint was carried out ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A prison officer holding an inmate who died in a “restraint-related” incident described him as a “bucking bronco” in his police ...

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A burglar whose prison sentence was cut short under the government’s scheme to relieve overcrowding in jails was found dead 13 days after leaving his cell. Peter Osborne, from Ashford, was serving a ...

Bodyworn footage shows prison officers laughing and singing as an “inappropriate and disproportionate” restraint was carried out on an inmate moments before his death. Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from ...

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