The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Prison watchdog urges closure of ‘unsafe’ parts of Long Bay prison

Inspector of custodial services releases scathing report on hospital facilities and support services for elderly inmates

The Guardian - AU · Dec 8, 2025

Indonesia is repatriating 2 Dutch drug traffickers convicted on drug trafficking charges

Indonesian officials say that two Dutch nationals imprisoned for drug trafficking will be repatriated to the Netherlands on Monday

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2025

‘He’s a son of a bitch – but he’s usually right’: why did Seymour Hersh quit the film about his earth-shattering exposés?

He is the prickly, hotheaded journalist who uncovered the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and torture at Abu Ghraib prison. Finishing Cover-Up, a film about his astonishing life and countless scoops, was never going to be easy

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2025

‘They can’t take away your imagination and creativity’: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on how sewing helped her in Iran jail

Zaghari-Ratcliffe made clothes for her daughter while waiting for her eventual release. Now, the idea of creativity as a form of resistance is the theme of a new collaboration between London’s Imperial War Museum and the fabric department of Liberty.

The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2025

Trump DoJ ‘immediately’ stops enforcing prison rape protections for trans and intersex people, according to leaked memo

The Department of Justice instructed prison auditors across the country to simply stop assessing whether facilities are violating laws designed to shield LGBT+ prisoners from sexual abuse

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025

Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine sent back to prison after probation violation in gang case

This follows a 45-day sentence last year for similar supervised release violations

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2025

‘Help a broke man out’: Tiger King’s Joe Exotic is selling something bizarre from prison this Christmas, and fans are already asking how to sign up

The bars can’t stop his side hustle!

We Got This Covered · Dec 5, 2025

DoJ moves to eliminate sexual abuse protections for LGBTQ+ people in prisons

Memo says the policy shift, which advocates call ‘reckless’, was designed to align with one of Trump’s anti-trans orders

The Guardian - US · Dec 5, 2025

Extradited Mexican Drug Kingpins Are Being Offered To Cooperate With U.S. Authorities Or Face Harsher Sentences In Prison: Report

According to the report, the extraditions were coldly calculated and planned by the Mexican government to avoid any setbacks. Prisoners had no idea where they were being sent, and the mission was carried out with the help of 2,000 Mexican special forces.

Latin Times · Dec 5, 2025

NHS nurse at London hospital faces the sack after calling transgender paedophile patient 'Mr'

When discussing the care of her patient, who was a convicted paedophile and an inmate at a high-security prison, Jennifer Melle referred to them using a male pronoun and title

Evening Standard · Dec 5, 2025