The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Labour seems to be flailing, but keep faith: Starmer’s long-term plans are both radical and sound

Goals for low-carbon energy, prison reforms, housebuilding and more are ambitious and nation-changing. They won’t happen overnight, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

Irish Man Jailed in UAE for Leaving Negative Work Review, Could Spend Christmas in Prison

A Northern Irish man faces Christmas in UAE jail after posting a negative Google review of his former Dubai employer.

International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2024

Filipino death row prisoner to return home after 15 years in Indonesian jail

Mary Jane Veloso was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of drug trafficking in 2010

The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2024

CNN Launches Investigation Into Claim that Syrian 'Prisoner' in Clarissa Ward Report Was Actually Notorious Intelligence Officer

In October 2023, Ward came under fire after CNN admitted her report showing rockets falling on Israel was fabricated and inaccurate.

Latin Times · Dec 16, 2024

Man shows no emotion as he’s sentenced to death for executing five women in a bank

Zephen Xaver text a friend from the bank parking lot, saying: ’Watch for me on the news’

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024

Texas Man with Whole-Face Skull Tattoo Sentenced to Century in Prison for Deadly Thanksgiving Shooting Rampage

32-year-old Christopher McDonnell pleaded guilty to over 20 felonies in October, including murder, attempted murder, and murder conspiracy

Latin Times · Dec 16, 2024

Killer gets 100 years in prison for two-state spree of violence

‘I call him Skeletor’ said a victim when testifying on the brutal 2020 attack

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024

Indiana set to execute first inmate in 15 years - a man who killed his brother who wanted him out of his home

Joseph Corcoran, 49, has been on Indiana’s death row since 1999

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024

Man sentenced for helping pregnant Chinese women travel to give birth in the US

A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for running a business to help pregnant Chinese women travel to the United States to deliver babies who would automatically have American citizenship

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024

A CNN team rescued a ‘prisoner’ from Syrian jail. Now, the outlet admits he was an Assad torturer

After a fact-checking group in Syria concluded that a man found in an abandoned Syrian prison was actually an Assad officer who took part in tortures, CNN said it is now investigating if the prisoner gave them a “false identity”

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2024