The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick has expressed a lack of confidence in David Lammy and said the deputy prime minister’s performance at PMQs was a ‘disgrace’

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025

Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025

Prison sentencing reforms will lead to up to 6% rise in crime, police chiefs say

Government plans include more short sentences being suspended and earlier releases from jail

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2025

Three prisoners arrested after child killer found dead in cell

The incident comes less than a month after paedophile singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death at the same prison.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Arizona man facing decades in prison for letting child die in a hot car while he watched adult videos is found dead

The child’s mother reportedly texted Christopher Scholtes to remind him to stop leaving their children in the car

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

Lammy ‘not informed of key details’ when questioned about prisoner release error

The Ministry of Justice has defended David Lammy, after he failed to answer questions about the mistaken release of Brahim Kaddour-Cherif.

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025

Key executive convicted of defrauding JPMorgan Chase is sentenced to over 5 years in prison

A top executive at a startup company that helped college students apply for financial aid has been sentenced to over five years in prison for cheating JPMorgan Chase in a $175 million buyout four years ago

The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025

UK police hunt for two more wrongly released prisoners days after new measures brought in

The inadvertent releases heap further embarrassment on the Prison Service, which has been starved of resources for many years.

Euronews · Nov 5, 2025

How prisoner was wrongly released from Wandsworth prison revealed

Fraudster William Smith was released from HMP Wandsworth on the same day he was jailed

Evening Standard · Nov 5, 2025