The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Inmates in Cuddalore Central Prison are using music to beat the blues and find healing. 15 life convicts have taken up music-related activities with a variety of instruments available. The initiative was launched by Director-General of Police, Prison and Correctional Services Amaresh Pujari to rehabilitate inmates and help them re-integrate…

Kevin Mason, 28, was mistakenly released from prison on 13 September due to a records-keeping error

Ebrahim Raisi and Joe Biden both spoke at the General Assembly on Tuesday

Actor Bijou Phillips has filed for divorce from Danny Masterson, days after the former “That ’70s Show” star was sentenced to 30 years to life in prison for two rape convictions

State’s human rights commission says practice ineffective in making prisons safer and calls for use to be limited and eventually abolished

Adnan Syed is talking about his protracted legal case, a year after he was released from prison after a judge vacated his conviction in the murder of his ex-girlfriend

Report on immigration removal centre details ‘crushing’ abuse and excessive use of force that has left detainees with PTSD

Food, toiletries and over-the-counter medicines have been marked up so high that many prisoners are simply priced out.

Israel has sentenced a military commander in the occupied West Bank to 10 days in prison after an investigation into his shooting last week of a Palestinian motorist who was found to be innocent