The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Prisoner warned cellmate ‘I’m worried I’m going to strangle you’ before alleged murder, court hears

Jonathan Alcide is accused of murdering his cellmate Neil Ashby at HMP Stoke Heath last year

The Independent UK · Sep 7

The Tommy Robinson associate behind Portsmouth and Dover anti-migrant protests

After being released from prison for attempted kidnapping, Danny Tommo, real name Daniel Thomas, claimed to have turned his life around – and now helps organise protests under the banner Patriot Platform

The Independent UK · Sep 7

Illegal hunting of protected species trial opens in Orléans against French billionaire Olivier Bouygues

If found guilty, the French billionaire, worth close to €3.2 billion, and the other defendants face up to seven years in prison in the landmark case, unprecedented in French history.

Euronews · Sep 7

Ministers propose converting female prison estate into cells for men

Plans would see parts of estate converted but campaigners warn it just ‘moves the crisis from one part to another’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7

Education in prison is key to tackling the crisis

Letters: It would be better for the government to focus on rehabilitative programmes, rather than turning laundry rooms into extra cells, writes Jon Collins. Plus letters from Margaret Carey, Simon Hamilton and David Evans

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests

Taraneh Rahimi was told prison guards would rape her sister, Romina, if she did not sign a confession

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6

Texas woman who left landlords with urine bottles and unpaid rent for 25 years is headed to prison for 20 years

She is also ordered to pay $40,000 in restitution.

We Got This Covered · Sep 5

Iranian death row prisoner smuggles out desperate plea to the world: Do not forget about us

IN DEPTH: Exclusive: From behind the bars of a brutal Iranian prison, a political dissident awaiting execution describes life behind bars – and says the war with the US has made carrying out executions easier for the regime. Alex Croft reports

The Independent UK · Sep 5

Meet the young Iranian protestors facing execution

INDEPENDENT PERSIAN: As Iran ramps up executions of protestors, Amirhossein Miresmaeili speaks to the families and friends of those on death row

The Independent UK · Sep 5

Ex-safety manager given 19 months’ prison over five-year-old’s hyperbaric chamber fire death

Jeffrey Mosteller pleaded no contest to charges relating to burning death of Thomas Cooper in Michigan

The Guardian - US · Sep 4