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Scottish Sun
19-07-2025
- Scottish Sun
Prisons using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle overcrowding crisis
Move is part of efforts to increase capacity in prisons by 14,000 FREIGHT ESCAPE Prisons using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle overcrowding crisis Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) PRISONS are using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle the overcrowding crisis. Jail chiefs are spending tens of millions of pounds on the units which will be converted to hold lags. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up One prison — HMP Albany on the Isle of Wight where paedo Gary Glitter previously served time — will splash out £15million on the 'rapid deployment cells' to house more inmates. They will come with built-in beds and tables. It is part of efforts to increase capacity in prisons by 14,000. Contract details seen by The Sun on Sunday show the units, referred to as 'containerised' jail cells, will only be used for 'risk-assessed prisoners'. Paperwork says: 'The units are arranged into a double or single storey configuration and attached to separate sleeper units.' But one source said: 'You have to wonder how safe and secure the containers will be. 'Prisoners will also no doubt lodge loads of complaints.' Shipping containers were used as temporary cells during lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid. Prison Service bosses confirmed that rapid deployment cells were part of expansion plans to help protect the public. Officials said the department is investing up to £7billion and adding 14,000 places, as well as putting hundreds of millions of pounds towards improving jails. 'Scary' overcrowded jails blasted by prison officers and inmates as gang fights soar A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: 'To ensure we never run out of prison places again, we're installing rapid deployment cells across the prison estate.'
The Irish Sun
19-07-2025
- The Irish Sun
Prisons using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle overcrowding crisis
PRISONS are using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle the overcrowding crisis. Jail chiefs are spending tens of millions of pounds on the units which will be converted to hold lags. Advertisement One prison — HMP Albany on the Isle of Wight where paedo Gary Glitter previously served time — will splash out £15million on the 'rapid deployment cells' to house more inmates. They will come with built-in beds and tables. It is part of efforts to increase capacity in prisons by 14,000. Contract details seen by The Sun on Sunday show the units, referred to as 'containerised' jail cells, will only be used for 'risk-assessed prisoners'. Advertisement MORE ON PRISON OVERCROWDING Paperwork says: 'The units are arranged into a double or single storey configuration and attached to separate sleeper units.' But one source said: 'You have to wonder how safe and secure the containers will be. 'Prisoners will also no doubt lodge loads of complaints.' Shipping containers were used as temporary cells during lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Prison Service bosses confirmed that rapid deployment cells were part of expansion plans to help protect the public. Officials said the department is investing up to £7billion and adding 14,000 places, as well as putting hundreds of millions of pounds towards improving jails. 'Scary' overcrowded jails blasted by prison officers and inmates as gang fights soar A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: 'To ensure we never run out of prison places again, we're installing rapid deployment cells across the prison estate.' 1 Prisons are using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle the overcrowding crisis Advertisement
The Sun
19-07-2025
- The Sun
Prisons using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle overcrowding crisis
PRISONS are using shipping containers to house inmates to tackle the overcrowding crisis. Jail chiefs are spending tens of millions of pounds on the units which will be converted to hold lags. One prison — HMP Albany on the Isle of Wight where paedo Gary Glitter previously served time — will splash out £15million on the 'rapid deployment cells' to house more inmates. They will come with built-in beds and tables. It is part of efforts to increase capacity in prisons by 14,000. Contract details seen by The Sun on Sunday show the units, referred to as 'containerised' jail cells, will only be used for 'risk-assessed prisoners'. Paperwork says: 'The units are arranged into a double or single storey configuration and attached to separate sleeper units.' But one source said: 'You have to wonder how safe and secure the containers will be. 'Prisoners will also no doubt lodge loads of complaints.' Shipping containers were used as temporary cells during lockdowns to prevent the spread of Covid. Prison Service bosses confirmed that rapid deployment cells were part of expansion plans to help protect the public. Officials said the department is investing up to £7billion and adding 14,000 places, as well as putting hundreds of millions of pounds towards improving jails. 'Scary' overcrowded jails blasted by prison officers and inmates as gang fights soar A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: 'To ensure we never run out of prison places again, we're installing rapid deployment cells across the prison estate.'
Daily Mail
28-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Paedophile Gary Glitter told hospital worker his Asia holiday to abuse girls was 'the time of his life'
Paedophile Gary Glitter boasted that a holiday to Asia where he abused girls was 'the time of his life', a health worker has revealed. The woman in her 30s, who cared for the shamed singer while he was having a knee operation at a hospital in Dorset in 2022, said he showed no remorse. She also said the 80-year-old was really 'pervy' with the female staff who were caring for him while he was handcuffed to the bed. Glitter, whose real name is Paul Gadd, was first jailed in 1999 for possessing thousands of indecent images of children. He then was locked up again for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls between 1975 and 1980. Glitter was also expelled from Cambodia in 2002 amid reports of sex crime allegations. Speaking about the time she spent with Glitter, the woman told The Mirror: 'He tried to make friends with the nurses, talking about being in Cambodia and what a wonderful place it was and how he spent the time of his life there. 'I felt sick when I found he had been accused of abusing children there.' 'You would of thought he would have felt guilty about it but he was saying it was the best time of his life. It was chilling,' she added. Four years after he was kicked Cambodia, Glitter was convicted of sexually abusing two girls, aged ten and 11, in Vietnam and spent two and a half years in jail. He escaped serious charges of child rape — which carried a death sentence — and returned to the UK in 2008. The offences for which he was jailed in 2015 came to light as part of Operation Yewtree - the Metropolitan Police investigation launched in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal. He was forced to sign the sex offenders' register, but he was arrested once again in 2012 at his multi-million-pound home in Westminster. Police would later describe him as a 'habitual sexual predator who took advantage of the star status afforded to him'. In 2015 he was convicted of attempted rape, four counts of indecent assault and one of having sex with a girl under 13 in the 1970s and 1980s. The 80-year-old was automatically released from HMP The Verne - a low-security prison in Portland, Dorset - in February 2023 after serving half of his sentence. But just six weeks after walking free, he was dramatically taken back for breaching his licence conditions by allegedly viewing downloaded images of children. And he's remained inside since March 2023, having been refused bail in February 2024 when it was determined he remains a risk to children, who he had a 'sexual interest in'. Earlier this month it was revealed that Glitter will stay in jail for another two years after being told that his application to be released from prison had been rejected. Glitter's career grew at exponential rate in the early 1970s after releasing singles including Do You Wanna Touch Me, Rock and Roll, and I'm the Leader of the Gang. Rock and Roll was Glitter's breakout song, becoming one of the biggest hits of 1972, reaching number two in the UK charts and in the top ten in the US. He spent much of the next of the 12 months dominating the top ten, with singles I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll), Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah), and Hello Hello, I'm Back Again all charting, according to a biography. Glitter's first number one came as 'Glittermania' peaked in the Summer of 1973 with the release of I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am). He then hit number one again in the autumn with I Love You Love Me Love. By the time Glitter appeared on the charts again in 1984 with Another Rock and Roll Christmas and Dance Me Up, Glitter was playing more than 80 shows a year. Glitter no longer owns the master rights to his songs — meaning he no longer receives any royalties. In 2019, his song Rock and Roll Part 2 featured in hit movie The Joker, but rights holders insisted he would not receive any earnings.
Daily Record
27-06-2025
- Daily Record
Gary Glitter bragged about 'best time of his life' during sick trips to Asia
Vile Gary Glitter 'showed no remorse' during a hospital stay as he talked about having 'the time of his life' while living in Asia wheen he was convicted of child sex attacks. Twisted paedophile Gary Glitter described a trip to Asia during a period when he abused girls as "the time of his life", a hospital carer has revealed. The woman, who looked after the disgraced former glam rocker during a hospital stay, said he showed no remorse for his crimes. She came forward after reading the Mirror's report about how th 81-year-old appeared to have finally admitted he poses a danger to young girls and agreed he should stay in jail, reports the Mirror. However, the healthcase support worker says she's not convinced after spending hime with the shamed rocker three years ago. "The thing that stayed with me was that he had no remorse," she said. "He was trying to make friends with the nurses, talking about being abroad in Cambodia and what a wonderful place it was with beautiful people and how he spent some of the best times of his life there. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. "I felt sick when I found out later he had been accused of abusing children over there. It was really chilling to reflect on what he said about his memories of those trips and then be told what he had done. "That was what he was talking about when he said it was the best time of his life. He had no remorse. You would have thought he would have felt guilty about it but he was saying it was the best time of his life, it was chilling. It was like he doesn't know he's done anything wrong." Glitter was first jailed in 1999 after being caught with thousands of child abuse images. After completing his sentence, he moved to Cambodia, where he lived on and off before being expelled in 2002 amid claims he was trawling for child sex victims. In 2006, he was jailed again in neighbouring Vietnam for abusing two girls aged just 11 and 12. In 2015, he was sentenced in the UK for sexually abusing three schoolgirls, he was freed in 2023 after serving half of his 16-year jail term. However, within weeks of his release he was recalled to The Verne prison in Dorset - a sex offender unit - for breaching his licensing conditions by allegedly downloading images of children online. The pervert was an inpatient at Dorset County Hospital in 2022 for a knee operation. He was cuffed to the bed and under guard from two prison officers. The hospital worker, in her 30s, said Glitter was a "demanding" patient, adding: "He was really pervy with the female hospital staff saying 'hiya sweetheart' and giving a wink. He had a well-groomed goatee beard and always wore yellow tinted sun glasses to try to look like a celebrity but he looked daft in a hospital gown." Glitter agreed with the latest Parole Board decision to keep him in jail. It said he still has "an uncontrolled interest" in young girls and added: "He had accepted he should not be released at this time." He will be considered for parole again in two years – but could remain in jail until 2031, when he will be 87. A psychological assessment last year found the former glam rocker "continued to evidence a sexual interest in young females and held attitudes that supported the sexual abuse of children". The report added: "It was recommended that he should engage with accredited programmes in custody designed to address sexual offending. After considering the full details of the case, the panel was not satisfied that release at this point would be safe for the protectiron of the public." Glitter was declared bankrupt in March after refusing to pay £508,000 in damages to a woman he raped when she was just 12. Her lawyers successfully launched an enforcement action. The case was at Torquay and Newton Abbot county court in Devon. It means a trustee can now take over Glitter's assets, including his £2million penthouse in Central London, and use them to pay the victim. It is understood at least two more victims have since come forward to sue the former singer. Documents filed at Companies House show a firm he founded, now run by associates, has £137,873 in assets. It paid off the mortgage on his flat in the capital. He is also understood to still be raking in royalties while in jail. Glitter sold millions of records in the 1970s and is believed to get cash as a songwriter each time his tunes are played on radio, TV or at a sports event.
