http://news.my-rss.co.uk http://www.westyorksprobation.org.uk/ Articles of interest to professionals in the Criminal Justice System - compiled by Steve Burgess and Ann Thomis of West Yorkshire Probation Board, UK. Please note that this feed is only updated weekdays during UK working hours. http://www.westyorksprobation.org.uk/images/npslogo_home.gif http://www.westyorksprobation.org.uk/ info@westyorksprobation.org.uk (Steve Burgess and Ann Thomis) en-gb Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 60 Compilation is Copyright West Yorkshire Probation Board 2007 BACK-from-the-dead canoeist John Darwin is plotting to make £1 million from a tell-all book he has written in prison. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=147087&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F121021%2FBack-from-dead-canoeist-reveals-plot-in-tell-all-book%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/121021/Back-from-dead-canoeist-reveals-plot-in-tell-all-book/ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 MICHAEL DOUGLAS' troubled son CAMERON has been transferred to New York's tough Metropolitan Correction Center after violating the terms of his home detention by asking his girlfriend to smuggle heroin to him in a toothbrush. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=143345&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F120359%2FDouglas-son-relocated-to-New-York-prison%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/120359/Douglas-son-relocated-to-New-York-prison/ Thu, 13 Aug 2009 09:36:26 +0100 FARRAH FAWCETT's troubled son REDMOND O'NEAL is working hard to keep a promise to his late mother to quit drugs for good - he's planning to enrol in a substance abuse programme as soon as he's released from prison. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=141797&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F120132%2FRedmond-O-Neal-plans-another-rehab-stint-to-honour-promise-to-Fawcett%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/120132/Redmond-O-Neal-plans-another-rehab-stint-to-honour-promise-to-Fawcett/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:36:59 +0100 Prisoners who went on the rampage at the California Institution for Men have left a trail of destruction. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=141801&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F120127%2FPrison-riot-s-trail-of-devastation%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/120127/Prison-riot-s-trail-of-devastation/ Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:36:39 +0100 A state prison near Los Angeles remains on lockdown after a riot sent 55 prisoners to hospital and injured more than 250 inmates. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=136451&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F119672%2F250-hurt-as-riot-erupts-in-prison%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/119672/250-hurt-as-riot-erupts-in-prison/ Mon, 10 Aug 2009 07:36:06 +0100 GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs' will be freed today after a staggering U-turn by Justice Secretary Jack Straw. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=135580&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F118966%2FFarce-as-Ronnie-Biggs-freed-weeks-after-being-denied-parole%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/118966/Farce-as-Ronnie-Biggs-freed-weeks-after-being-denied-parole/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:06:31 +0100 Six men involved in a bar room brawl with England footballer Steven Gerrard walked free from court after being given suspended prison sentences. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=135581&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F118965%2FSix-free-after-Gerrard-club-brawl%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/118965/Six-free-after-Gerrard-club-brawl/ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:06:10 +0100 VIOLENT offenders will be handed Asbo-style orders when they leave prison from today. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=130959&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F118450%2FViolent-criminals-given-Asbo-style-orders-after-prison%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/118450/Violent-criminals-given-Asbo-style-orders-after-prison/ Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100 Disgraced music mogul PHIL SPECTOR is struggling to adapt to life in prison and is "not doing great," according to his representative. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=115798&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F117278%2FSpector-not-doing-great-in-prison%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/117278/Spector-not-doing-great-in-prison/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:40:33 +0100 AMY WINEHOUSE's ex-husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL has accused the singer of cheating on him with at least four different men while he was in prison. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=113541&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F117119%2FFielder-Civil-opens-up-about-Winehouse-s-affairs%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/117119/Fielder-Civil-opens-up-about-Winehouse-s-affairs/ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:40:56 +0100 AMY WINEHOUSE helped her ex-husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL buy drugs in prison - funding his habit while he was behind bars. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=109149&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F116920%2FWinehouse-supplied-ex-with-drugs-in-prison%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/116920/Winehouse-supplied-ex-with-drugs-in-prison/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:40:42 +0100 FOOTBALL coach Ricardo Morrison was jailed for life today for the murder of his model girlfriend Amy Leigh Barnes and told he must serve a minimum of 24 years before parole. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=111156&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F116938%2FBoyfriend-of-actress-jailed-for-life-for-her-murder-%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/116938/Boyfriend-of-actress-jailed-for-life-for-her-murder-/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 Lawyers for Burma's jailed pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will present final arguments in a bid to save her from a five-year prison term. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=105928&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F116119%2FFinal-arguments-in-Suu-Kyi-trial%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/116119/Final-arguments-in-Suu-Kyi-trial/ Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:40:14 +0100 A former Oregon truck driver who went on a multistate killing spree declined to make a final statement before he was executed in an Ohio prison - a sign that he remained unapologetic, according to the daughter of one his victims. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=96117&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F114060%2FOhio-executes-killing-spree-trucker%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/114060/Ohio-executes-killing-spree-trucker/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:40:03 +0100 Malaysian police have arrested nine Christians accused of trying to convert Muslim university students - a serious crime punishable by prison in this Muslim-majority country, a has lawyer said. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=95335&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F114034%2FNine-held-over-conversion-claims%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/114034/Nine-held-over-conversion-claims/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:10:03 +0100 OJ Simpson has promised not to disappear or endanger the community if he is freed from prison pending his appeal over an armed hotel room robbery, his lawyers said. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=81905&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F112502%2FI-m-no-danger-says-bail-bid-OJ%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/112502/I-m-no-danger-says-bail-bid-OJ/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:39:39 +0100 PRISON BREAK star ROBERT KNEPPER has credited KIEFER SUTHERLAND with saving his acting career - by punching him. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=81180&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F112324%2FKnepper-thanks-Sutherland-for-punch-to-the-face%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/112324/Knepper-thanks-Sutherland-for-punch-to-the-face/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:39:35 +0100 Movie star BENICIO DEL TORO stunned convicts at a Puerto Rican prison on Monday (06Jul09) when he turned drama teacher for a day. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=80551&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F112263%2FDel-Toro-visits-Puerto-Rican-prison%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/112263/Del-Toro-visits-Puerto-Rican-prison/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:39:04 +0100 The serial killer who terrorised a South Carolina community by shooting dead five people before police killed him was a career criminal paroled just two months ago. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=79608&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F112246%2FUS-serial-killer-was-out-on-parole%2F http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/112246/US-serial-killer-was-out-on-parole/ Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:11:59 +0100 A reporter who covered CHRIS BROWN's recent assault case faces a prison sentence for posting illegal video footage from inside the court building on the Internet. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=75533&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F111652 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/111652 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:29:34 +0100 GREAT Train Robber Ronnie Biggs could be freed from prison within days, it has been revealed. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=72195&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F111229 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/111229 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100 CONVICTED fraudster Bernard Madoff has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for robbing investors in his pyramid scheme of £40bn. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=62153&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F110807 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/110807 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100 PHIL SPECTOR's wife RACHELLE SHORT has slammed the shamed star's treatment in prison - insisting inmates are treated "worse than animals". http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=48896&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F106175 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/106175 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:40:38 +0100 North Korea's top court has convicted two US journalists and sentenced them to 12 years in labour prison, according to the country's state news agency. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=47857&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F106158 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/106158 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:40:42 +0100 A court in Laos has found a pregnant British woman guilty of trafficking heroin and sentenced her to life in prison. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=40540&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F105179 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/105179 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:10:15 +0100 Former JAMES BOND star SIR ROGER MOORE has demanded officials around the world put a stop to the sexual exploitation of children - by pursuing paedophiles across international borders. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=40107&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F105149 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/105149 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:40:32 +0100 The widower of Big Brother television star Jade Goody has been released from prison. http://reader.my-rss.co.uk/feeditem.php?feed=56&item=27377&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyexpress.co.uk%2Fposts%2Fview%2F104160 http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/104160 Fri, 29 May 2009 09:40:38 +0100