The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony

Jailed Russian opposition leader ‘doing well’, according to aides, nearly three weeks after going missing

The Guardian - UK · Dec 25, 2023

Missing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is located in an Arctic penal colony

Associates of the imprisoned Russian opposition leader said Monday that he has been located at a prison colony above the Arctic Circle nearly three weeks after contact with him was lost.

WEKU · Dec 25, 2023

Russia moved 'missing' Putin critic Navalny to Arctic prison colony, spokeswoman says

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been moved to a penal colony in the Arctic, allies said on Monday after over two weeks during which his whereabouts were unknown.

France 24 · Dec 25, 2023

Inmate, who escaped from Kalaburagi Central jail three years ago, arrested in Bidar

Ramesh H. Waddar, an inmate who escaped from the high-security Kalaburagi Central Prison three years ago, was arrested by the police in Bidar district on Friday.

The Hindu · Dec 23, 2023

Secret Order Releasing Convicted Murderer

From State v. Price, decided Sept. 6 by the South Carolina Supreme Court but posted on Westlaw in just the last two weeks: Price was convicted of murder in 2003 and sentenced to thirty-five years in prison…. The parties inform us Price began serving his sentence on December 23, 2003,…

Reason · Dec 23, 2023

A life convict puts pen to paper for a novel

Convicted murderer Jayanandan releases novel from prison, inspiring hope for redemption with the help of family & Project 39A.

The Hindu · Dec 23, 2023

Man sentenced to 77 years of RI for abusing minor girl

The Court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Pathanamthitta on Saturday sentenced a 27-year-old man to 77 years of rigorous imprisonment for abusing a fourteen-year-old girl.

The Hindu · Dec 23, 2023

Delhi HC constitutes committee for improvement of health facilities in prison

The Delhi High Court on Friday formed a Committee headed by the Health Secretary of the Delhi Government to give suggestions to improve the healthcare facilities in prisons in the national capital, observing that every prison inmate has an inherent right to life and humane treatment. Read further on Dynamite…

Dynamite News · Dec 23, 2023

‘Nobody has told us anything’: Bibby Stockholm residents prepare for ‘boring’ Christmas

Asylum seekers living on the vessel moored in Portland, Dorset say they expect another ‘boring’ day on the ‘floating prison’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 23, 2023

Gypsy Blanchard planned her mother’s murder eight years ago. She wants to meet Taylor Swift upon her release

Gypsy Rose Blanchard made headlines in 2015 after her then-boyfriend Nicholas Godejohn killed her abusive mother at her request. Eight years into her sentence for second-degree murder, Blanchard will be released from prison. Andrea Blanco writes

The Independent UK · Dec 22, 2023