The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Prisoners with severe mental health needs spending months in isolation, report finds

Independent Monitoring Board says jails in England using segregation too often as a way of managing inmates

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Accused Mongols bikie caught smuggling drugs in prison

A prisoner has allegedly been caught trafficking drugs for an outlaw motorcycle gang from inside his cell by prison staff, a court has been told.

AAP · Jan 25, 2024

‘I just went bent’: how Britain’s most corrupt cop ruined countless lives

How many people did DS Derek Ridgewell fit up? The sheer scale of his depravity, and his targeting of men of colour, is only now becoming clear

The Guardian - UK · Jan 25, 2024

Gary Glitter bidding for freedom again at private parole hearing as victim criticises 'total lack of remorse'

Disgraced former pop star has been accused of showing contempt for his sexual assault victims

Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024

Criminal review body missed chance to clear Andrew Malkinson in 2013

CCRC failed to heed its own ‘lessons learned’ review of similar case ten years before Malkinson’s exoneration

The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2024

‘Doing time is something that has to be learned’: Erwin James on new year in prison

The former Guardian columnist wrote his articles from prison while serving a sentence for murder

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

‘More killing won’t bring back lost lives’: Tal Mitnick, 18, on going to prison instead of joining IDF

The first conscientious objector to be jailed in Israel since 7 October says ‘there is no military solution’ to the conflict

The Guardian - US · Jan 23, 2024

Erwin James, former Guardian prison columnist, dies aged 66

James wrote A Life Inside column while serving sentence for murder and later edited Inside Time newspaper

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024

Fugitive in Belgium shooting arrested in Phuket

A 36-year-old fugitive sentenced to prison in Belgium for attempted murder has been arrested in Phuket, where he worked as a DJ at a Patong bar.

Bangkok Post · Jan 23, 2024

Bali bomber Ali Imron seeking presidential pardon in Indonesia

Imron, who has spent 21 years in prison, says he wants to be released to work on deradicalisation projects

The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2024