Lag caught with a weapon the day before his release

A prisoner who was caught hiding a makeshift weapon in his cell just one day before his release from jail is back behind bars for three years. Steven Bangs, 37, inserted a nail inside the casing of a pen while serving time for possessing an offensive weapon in December 2019. The device was found by guards at HMP Thameside in Woolwich, southeast London, while the prisoner was preparing for freedom with just one day left of his sentence. But he…