The Latest Breaking News from Prison

'Revolving door': Rehab at packed jails questioned

A state government is under fire after a damning report found nearly half of its prisoners released from custody return to jail within two years.

AAP · Jul 8

Nigel Farage Wants Pakistani Grooming Gang Ringleader Deported and Threatens Visa Ban if Pakistan Refuses

Nigel Farage calls for Shabir Ahmed's deportation and threatens visa restrictions on Pakistan after the Rochdale grooming gang ringleader's release from prison.

International Business Times UK · Jul 7

2018 murder of newborn in California: Bakshinderpal Sing Mann, father who buried baby and then fled to Canada, finally sentenced

A disturbing case that started with an unlawful sexual relationship, which resulted in the woman becoming pregnant and giving birth to a baby who was immediately killed and buried, came to an end last month in California after 31-year-old Bakshinderpal Singh Mann was sentenced to six years in prison with…

The Times of India · Jul 7

Milwaukee Ex-Judge Dugan Awaits Sentencing After a Yearlong Fight to Overturn Her ICE Obstruction Verdict

Ex-judge Hannah Dugan faces sentencing July 8 for helping a migrant dodge ICE. Prosecutors want prison; her lawyers say she's paid enough.

Latin Times · Jul 7

'El Mayo' Zambada Asks to Avoid El Chapo's Supermax and Serve His Life Sentence in a Prison Hospital

Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the co-founder of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, has told a U.S. federal court he won't fight the life sentence he is about to receive, but he would rather not spend his final years in the same "supermax" prison that holds his old partner, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Latin Times · Jul 7

The Man Who Invented Online Sports Betting—and Went to Prison for It

The father of the World Sports Exchange tells his story.

Reason · Jul 7

Death toll in Sri Lanka's prison clash rises to 26, with another 77 in hospital

The death toll in Sri Lanka’s prison clash has risen to 26, including seven prison officials and 19 inmates

The Independent UK · Jul 7

A leading Gaza doctor may die soon in an Israeli prison - his targeting has been deliberate

COMMENT: Dr Hussam Abu Safiya’s case is not isolated. If you target doctors, nurses, paramedics, hospitals and clinics - all protected under international law - you deal a double blow to the entire civilian population, writes chief international correspondent Bel Trew

The Independent UK · Jul 7

‘I accept responsibility’: Sri Lankan minister says situation under control after nation’s deadliest prison riot kills 26

Families of inmates protested as they sought updates on relatives caught in the deadly riot

The Independent UK · Jul 7

Prison education cuts driving drug use, self-harm and violence, says watchdog

Report by HM inspector of prisons for England and Wales comes as spending on frontline education falls by up to 50%

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6