The Latest Breaking News from Prison

At least 98 Palestinians have died in custody since October 2023, Israeli data shows

Exclusive: Real toll likely substantially higher as hundreds of detainees from Gaza are missing, says NGO Physicians for Human Rights - Israel

The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025

Was Lucy Letby Attacked in Prison? Ex-Nurse Branded a 'Target' Gets Support From Over 400 NHS Staff

Rumours of an attack on Lucy Letby remain unverified, but hundreds of NHS staff are urging a review of her conviction as concerns about the evidence grow.

International Business Times UK · Nov 17, 2025

Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files

If the bill passes, the US Justice Department would be required to release all files and communications related to Epstein, as well as details about the investigation into his death in federal prison.

Euronews · Nov 17, 2025

‘There is a gap where Alex should be’: the young woman who lost her life in a neglectful prison system

An inquest has found a Cheshire prison guilty of neglect after Alex Davies, 25, was found dead inside a segregation cell after a lifetime of mental health struggles

The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025

Disney Star Orlando Brown's Comments on P Diddy Resurface Following Music Mogul's Arrest and Incarceration

'That's So Raven' star Orlando Brown's previous comments about the disgraced music mogul have largely gone unnoticed until a clip circulated online in recent days.

International Business Times UK · Nov 16, 2025

Deadly Riots in Ecuador Prison Leaves More Than 30 Inmates Dead, 27 by Asphyxiation

Ecuador's Interior Minister John Reimberg said inmates across the country have been staging violent uprisings to prevent their transfer to new maximum-security prisons.

Latin Times · Nov 15, 2025

Inside El Salvador’s hellish supermax prison: Migrant detainees deported by Trump tell of harrowing abuse and torture

The Trump administration deported dozens of alleged members of a Venezuelan gang to El Salvador earlier this year as part of the US’s migration crackdown. Nigel Farage wants to employ a similar policy in Britain if Reform UK comes to power

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

She was a prison officer. He was a convicted rapist. How did she fall for him?

Cherrie-Ann Austin-Saddington was working in a men’s prison when she began a relationship with an inmate that would turn her, too, into a criminal. How do some of the most dangerous men in Britain get what they want – even behind bars?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025

Stephen Bryant executed by firing squad for 2004 killings

Bryant is the third person to die by this method in South Carolina this year

The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025

Prison staff who leaked information about Maxwell’s preferential treatment have been fired, lawyer says

Representative Jamie Raskin claimed Maxwell was being waited on ‘hand and foot’ by prison staff

The Independent UK · Nov 14, 2025