The Latest Breaking News from Prison

‘Right-wing’ former prison officer not guilty of stirring up racial hatred on X

Mark Heath was acquitted of stirring up racial hatred by a jury in Loughborough.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Founder of far-right English Defense League gets 18 months in prison for court contempt

A judge has sentenced the founder of the far-right English Defense League to a year and a half in prison for contempt of court for violating an order barring him from repeating libelous allegations against a Syrian refugee

The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2024

Prison population dips 3% as inmates released early to cut overcrowding

there were 85,867 prisoners behind bars in England and Wales on Monday.

Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2024

Father goes on the run to escape ‘unfair’ indefinite recall to prison over his love life

Exclusive: Fugitive IPP prisoner spoke to The Independent and said: ‘How can someone not commit another crime yet end up in jail for years?’

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2024

Man on parole for 2008 murder is now accused of killing pregnant wife months after his prison release

The suspect has also been accused of a carjacking near the scene of the murder

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2024

LRA rebel commander jailed in Uganda for war crimes in landmark case

Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, torture and kidnap.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 27, 2024

Our first political prisoner? No. Locking up dissenters is an ignoble British tradition

Voices on the right who now criticise the jailing of rioters for racial hate wilfully ignore history

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024

Patriot by Alexei Navalny review – the man who dared to defy Putin

This remarkable memoir by the bold and fearless Russian opposition leader describes an extraordinary life, from a childhood in the shadow of Chornobyl to surviving a novichok attack and his final days in a remote Arctic penal colony

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2024

'Exploding with prisoners': union fights inmate shift

The union for Northern Territory prison guards has flagged it will go to the Fair Work Commission to stop inmates being shifted to relieve overcrowding.

AAP · Oct 27, 2024

Former LRA Commander Sentenced To 40 Years In Prison

Former LRA rebel commander sentenced to 40 years in prison for brutal crimes. Joseph Kony remains at large. Victim disappointment over perceived leniency.

Top News · Oct 26, 2024