The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Murderer whose conviction made legal history ‘should be moved to open prison’

William Dunlop was brought to justice after his victim’s mother campaigned for more than a decade to get the double jeopardy law changed.

Evening Standard · Mar 6, 2025

Death by firing squad set to resume in the US – but no matter the method, all means of execution come with a troubling history

Barring any late developments, the U.S. is set to see its first execution by firing squad in 15 years on March 7, 2025.

The Conversation · Mar 6, 2025

China’s conviction of 1,500 prisoners of conscience a ‘crime against humanity’

Report by rights group claims Beijing disproportionately targets women activists, Tibetans and Uyghurs through arbitrary detention

The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2025

A South African play about Winnie Madikizela-Mandela explores Black women's long wait for absent men

A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South Africa who had to wait years for their husbands’ return from exile, prison or faraway work during decades of white minority rule

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a case

The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025

While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state

Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisons

The Guardian - US · Mar 5, 2025

Ban criminals from pubs and sports games instead of sending them to prison, minister suggests

The courts minister confirmed ministers will look at banning criminals from sports games, pubs and social events in a bid to free up prison spaces

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

Lori Vallow says heavenly premonition has her convinced she will be ‘exonerated’ for murdering her kids, in first interview from prison

Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison for the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow, and conspiring to kill her husband Chad Daybell’s former wife, Tammy Daybell

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2025

15 prison staffers placed on leave following inmate death in New York

Fifteen prison staffers have been placed on leave following the death of an inmate in New York state

The Independent UK · Mar 4, 2025

Florida Dad Who Executed 5-Year-Old Girl With 'Precise, Deliberate Shots' Claims He is 'Good Person' in Court

A Florida dad was sentenced to life in prison for shooting his two children, despite his assertion that he was a "good person."

Latin Times · Mar 4, 2025