The Latest Breaking News from Prison

New York Times unknowingly quotes woman who infamously faked finding a finger in Wendy’s chili

An article published by the newspaper interviewed a range of voters, one of whom was Anna Ayala of Northern California

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

‘Jeopardy!’ champion and NYC teacher is arrested on child porn charges

The 37-year-old previously spent five months in prison after stealing $300,000 from an elderly couple

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Sunak rejected advice to release prisoners early a year ago

Discussions took place in June 2023 but aides thought backbenchers would reject proposal to ease overcrowding

The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024

Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel say they were tortured, threatened

Two women and six men were released from Ofer Prison and were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.

Al Jazeera · Jul 25, 2024

Prisoners fight against working in heat on former slave plantation, raising hope for change in South

As daily temperatures hit record highs across much of the South, a federal judge has taken an unusual step, challenging the treatment of mostly Black incarcerated workers in the fields

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Violence, self-harm and drugs: Shock new figures lay bare crisis facing Britain’s prisons

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures on Thursday laid bare the scale of the chaos in UK prisons, days after the justice secretary announced emergency measures to ease the crisis

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Met Police officer exposed as serial rapist to serve at least 18 years in prison

Cliff Mitchell boasted that he would never be caught

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024

In numbers: Rise in prison violence laid bare in new figures

Prison assaults have reached a post-Covid-19 pandemic high

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2024

Paula Radcliffe says sorry for wishing Paris Olympics convicted child rapist ‘best of luck’

Beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde, now 29, was sentenced to four years in prison in 2016 after pleading guilty to raping the 12-year-old girl when he was 19

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2024