Hydebank Wood

Young Offenders and women's prison in South Belfast, Northern Ireland

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exclusive Hazel Stewart says killer dentist Colin Howell ‘experimented’ with powerful sedatives on her before targeting others

Hazel Stewart has said killer dentist Colin Howell “experimented” on her with powerful sedatives so he could use the same method to abuse women in his Coleraine surgery.

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exclusive Hazel Stewart reveals how she broke killer dentist Colin Howell’s hold on her

Almost 20 years after Colin Howell murdered his wife Lesley and Hazel Stewart’s then husband Trevor Buchanan, making it appear like a suicide pact, he finally confessed, bringing the terrible secret he shared with his former lover out into the open.

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Stormont paying £500k a year to keep 13 female remand prisoners locked up because of shortage of suitable bail addresses

The Department of Justice is paying more than £500,000 a year to keep female remand prisoners locked up because of a shortage of suitable bail addresses.

Beaten to death: Teenager Megan McAlorum. Credit: Handout Photo

Documentary to be aired on NI teen’s killing

A documentary showing the devastation caused to the family of a west Belfast teenager after her murder is to be screened for the first time next month.

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‘They gave me a hard time because I was a woman and a Christian’: Hazel Stewart on life behind bars

On the outskirts of south Belfast sits Hydebank Wood College. The name is deceptive as the complex houses Northern Ireland’s female prison population, both sentenced and remand along with young male offenders.

A spartan room in the women’s wing of Hydebank where Stewart is serving her sentence

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Allison Morris Opinion With myths dispelled, the reality is Hazel Stewart is much more complex than her public persona

So much has been said and written about Hazel Stewart — the woman sentenced to 18 years in prison for helping to kill her husband and lover’s wife.

A republican prisoner is to receive £7,500

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Republican prisoner to receive £7,500 after she claimed to be subjected to ‘humiliating’ strip searches

A republican prisoner who claims she was subjected to "humiliating" strip searches is to receive a £7,500 payout, it emerged on Tuesday.

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