# Jail

All time

# Cork

Priest jailed for hiring IRA to intimidate nephew

Father Francis Kelleher has been jailed for four years.

14.3k

May 1st 2015, 10:48 AM

# Pakistan

10 men jailed for life for shooting Malala in the head

The 17-year-old was the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize.

12.3k

Apr 30th 2015, 8:53 PM

# New Zealand

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd pleads guilty to threat to kill

Rudd had previously denied all allegations against him.

9.8k

Apr 21st 2015, 7:51 AM

# sara staunton

Heartbroken father: 'She was punched and struck with beer cans - and he got just 10 years'

Sara Staunton, a mother of two children, was killed by her boyfriend in 2013.

37.5k

Apr 15th 2015, 4:26 PM

# Online

Chelsea Manning has joined Twitter from her prison cell

The Wikileaks whistleblower says she wants it to be a two-way conversation.

29.0k

Apr 3rd 2015, 11:20 PM

# slammer

New law will allow people to pay fines in installments - and avoid jail

The Courts Service is also outsourcing the collection of fines.

12.1k

Mar 17th 2015, 7:30 AM

# Not fine

Over 8,000 people were jailed last year for not paying small fines

…costing taxpayers about €180 per person per day.

16.7k

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Mar 9th 2015, 11:54 AM

# Prime Numbers

TV licences, Tayto sandwiches and Operation Transformation: The week in numbers

Plus: How many staff work at Eircom now?

13.5k

Feb 28th 2015, 7:00 PM

# mountjoy walls

Stopping people throwing drugs into prisons is "very difficult"

“People just wait for the gardaí to go by and then come back and start throwing them over the wall.”

18.7k

Feb 6th 2015, 9:08 AM

# friendship nine

Judge does the 'right thing' 54 years after these 9 men were jailed for sitting at a 'white table'

“We cannot rewrite history, but we can right history.”

26.5k

Jan 29th 2015, 7:20 AM

# Smuggled

You'll never guess how this woman managed to sneak a gun into prison

Just think of the worst possible place to put a gun, and you have it.

6.0k

Jan 8th 2015, 7:12 PM

# bruges

Convicted serial rapist is to be euthanised in a Belgian jail

Frank Van Den Bleeken had asked to die on psychological grounds.

27.3k

Jan 3rd 2015, 8:00 PM

# suspected overdoses

Inmates found dead at two Irish prisons over Christmas period

Prisoners died at Limerick Prison and at Wheatfield in Dublin. It’s believed they suffered drug overdoses.

31.7k

Dec 27th 2014, 1:40 PM

# Rehabilitation

Why Norway's prison system is so successful

Relatively few people in Norway go to prison, and those who do usually only go once. How does Norway do it?

23.0k

Dec 13th 2014, 4:30 PM

# Hong Kong

British banker accused of two brutal murders declared fit to stand trial

The bodies of two women were found in the man’s apartment.

7.7k

Nov 24th 2014, 10:08 AM

# Work to Rule

'Turmoil' in jails as prison officers launch industrial action

“Not every other employee has the misfortune of having to work with junkies puking and shitting around the place”.

26.0k

Nov 18th 2014, 7:30 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Catch up as you wake up.

9.9k

Nov 15th 2014, 8:58 AM

# at large

Here's how many prisoners were given temporary release since 2009 ... and never came back

Many are still deemed “unlawfully at large from custody”.

16.5k

Nov 15th 2014, 7:15 AM

# explicit image

First person jailed for WhatsApp 'revenge porn' in the UK

The man changed his Whatsapp profile image with an explicit photo of his ex.

27.3k

Nov 14th 2014, 8:57 PM

# autobahn assassin

Loner trucker jailed for shooting at motorists 700 times to teach them "a lesson"

Michael Harry K was jailed for 10 and a half years in Germany.

18.9k

Oct 30th 2014, 2:29 PM

# Fraudster

Man jailed for four years for impersonating Chelsea youngster Kakuta

Medi Abalimba was convicted of multiple fraud offences totalling €67,000 after assuming the Blues starlet’s identity to help maintain a lavish lifestyle.

5.1k

Oct 22nd 2014, 4:33 PM

# South Africa

Oscar Pistorius leaves court dock to spend his first night in jail

He left behind four white roses and a bucket in the courtroom.

21.9k

Oct 21st 2014, 6:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: What happens when a pregnant woman or nursing mother gets sent to jail?

The question of women who are pregnant or parenting in prison is a complex one – and their number is rising.

7.8k

Oct 21st 2014, 8:00 AM

# Clampdown

Internet trolls in Britain could get two years in jail

That’s under new government proposals outlined today.

14.5k

Oct 19th 2014, 8:20 PM

# Human Rights

Timeline to end 'slopping out' in prisons needs to be set

The new human rights commissioner said she is concerned about serious gaps in prison complaints procedures.

8.0k

Oct 11th 2014, 6:00 PM

# Courts

Businessman Breifne O'Brien jailed for 7 years for theft and deception

The 52 year old changed his plea to a guilty one today.

25.1k

Oct 8th 2014, 10:52 PM

# Behind Bars

Carlos the Jackal to face new murder trial over 1974 grenade attack

The 64-year-old Venezuelan was once one of the world’s most-wanted militants.

8.3k

Oct 7th 2014, 2:45 PM

# Spain

Woman sent to jail for 35 years for killing and freezing her babies

She was found guilty of killing her two newborn babies. She also has to pay compensation to her ex-husband and children.

17.7k

Sep 24th 2014, 4:59 PM

# Mountjoy

Family asks why media knew about tinfoil found in dead prisoner's cell before they did

The man was serving a 16-year sentence for drug possession when he was found dead in Mountjoy last August.

22.5k

Sep 4th 2014, 6:40 AM

# Jail

Carlow mother of six released from Mountjoy after being jailed for not paying homeschooling fine

She was taken from her home this morning and did not resist arrest.

21.5k

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Sep 3rd 2014, 2:01 PM

# Prisons

Man charged with murdering wife is found dead in prison cell

Marius Sarzynski was found by prison staff last night.

48.0k

Aug 27th 2014, 10:52 PM

# no release

The man who shot John Lennon has been refused parole for the eighth time

Now 59, Mark David Chapman has been in jail for 33 years.

25.7k

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Aug 22nd 2014, 10:39 PM

# Prison Break

100 inmates escape high-security Ukrainian jail after shell attack

By this morning, some of them had returned to the facility but 40 of them are still missing.

13.6k

Aug 11th 2014, 1:49 PM

# on trial

Oscar Pistorius described as a deceitful witness who has 'anxiety on call'

The closing arguments are expected to last two days.

15.3k

Aug 7th 2014, 11:15 AM

# Abuse

Rolf Harris applies for permission to appeal convictions

A judge will now decide whether Harris can make a full challenge against his convictions.

8.8k

Aug 1st 2014, 12:21 PM

# Human Rights

Over 226 prisoners in Cork still forced to 'slop out'

The Department of Justice said there is a plan in place to end ‘slopping out’ in prisons by 2015.

12.3k

Jul 25th 2014, 9:53 PM

# chid abuse

Lostprophets singer jailed for child sex crimes loses appeal bid

The sentencing judge said the offences committed against children were of shocking depravity.

19.3k

Jul 23rd 2014, 8:59 PM

# London

Nurse jailed for ill treatment of 92-year-old after family installed secret camera

The hidden camera captured the nurse poking the 92-year-old victim in the head and telling her to “shut up”.

20.6k

Jul 10th 2014, 11:14 AM

# Tyrannosaurus Wrecked

Man sentenced to jail for smuggling dinosaur fossils

The man was sentenced, despite his work in helping Mongolia open its first dinosaur museum.

6.0k

Jun 5th 2014, 7:15 AM

# free breezy

Chris Brown tweets that he is 'humbled and blessed' after early release from jail

The singer served 108 days in prison.

2.7k

Jun 2nd 2014, 4:54 PM