The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Elon Musk wants former officer Derek Chauvin freed, argues he was ‘unjustly convicted’ and sentenced to 22.5 years for George Floyd’s 2020 death

Chauvin was convicted in 2021.

We Got This Covered · Aug 20

Suspect in murder of three men at Hollywood apartment is a convicted killer who once ran for state Congress

Patrick Kevin Spurlock was sentenced to 17 years in prison for shooting and killing a man in 2003

The Independent UK · Aug 20

Nearly 100 criminals pardoned by Trump have been arrested again — including a bank robber now accused of sex assault

CEO of prison reentry program hailed by the president is accused of exploiting his position to abuse inmates

The Independent UK · Aug 20

US pastor jailed for life for raping 5-year-old; wife convicted of helping facilitate abuse

A Tennessee pastor has been convicted of raping a child who was five years old at that time and sentenced to life in prison without parole, while his wife has also been found guilty of helping facilitate the abuse.

The Times of India · Aug 20

Swiss tourist sentenced to a year in jail for insulting Bali's sacred Day of Silence

A court in Bali has sentenced a Swiss tourist to one year in prison for insulting a sacred Hindu observance

The Independent UK · Aug 20

Harvard to pay $53 million after human remains donated to its medical school were stolen and sold on the black market

Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle civil lawsuits brought by families whose relatives donated their bodies to Harvard Medical School for research and education, after parts of those donated remains were stolen and sold in a nationwide black-market scheme. The scandal centred on Cedric Lodge, a…

The Times of India · Aug 20

Australian court told why mushroom killer Erin Patterson should stay in prison forever

Prosecutors say their no-parole demand is harsh but is called for by nature of crime

The Independent UK · Aug 20

After Trump's 2020 Pardon, Hope for Prisoners Founder Arrested on 20 'Sexually Based Crimes'

Jon Ponder, founder of Hope for Prisoners and recipient of a 2020 presidential pardon, has been arrested in Las Vegas on 20 alleged sexually based offences as police seek additional potential victims.

International Business Times UK · Aug 20

Strasbourg hospital A&E disrupted by illicit drone deliveries to nearby prison

Since early August, the Hautepierre University Hospital heliport has been shut down at night because of drone "deliveries" to Elsau prison.

Euronews · Aug 20

Sajjan Kumar had high blood pressure, Parkinsons: Safdarjung Hospital says ex-Cong MP "brought in with altered sensorium, couldn't be saved"

Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar died at Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday. He was 84 years old and had been serving a life sentence. Kumar was convicted in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following Indira Gandhi's assassination. He faced multiple legal battles over three decades for his involvement in the…

The Economic Times · Aug 20