The Latest Breaking News from Prison

They say the troubled jail - operated by Sodexo - should be brought under Government control if our findings are confirmed

Within hours of leaving jail Wayne Baines, 39, was on his former partner's doorstep even though he was banned from contacting her

Prosecutors have acknowledged that new scientific evidence leaves reasonable doubt that an imprisoned Australian mother deliberately killed her four children

Belgium said on Wednesday an Iranian diplomat jailed there for 20 years will not soon be released in a prisoner swap, apparently contradicting Iran's judiciary.

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that investigators had opened what he called an "absurd" terrorism case against him that could see him sentenced to an additional 30 years in jail.

The victim was stamped on and kicked in a brutal assault after asking his neighbours to keep the noise down

John Luke had only been released from prison for three days, after serving a sentence for an offence relating to his father, when he showed up on his doorstep in the early hours of the morning

Sudan's army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) battled on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday, undermining a truce in an 11-day conflict that civilian groups fear could revive the influence of ousted President Omar al-Bashir and his loyalists. Fuelling those concerns, the army confirmed the transfer of 79-year-old…

Iranian authorities have re-arrested prominent journalist Keyvan Samimi who called for the formation of a National Salvation Front months after his release from prison following two years of incarceration, announced his family. The family said the authorities did not provide any information about his place of detention or the party…

Sudan's toppled leader Omar al-Bashir had been moved from Kober prison to a military hospital in the Sudanese capital before heavy fighting broke out there on April 15, two sources at the hospital said.

Sudan's army and a paramilitary force battled on Khartoum's outskirts on Wednesday, undermining a truce in their 11-day conflict, but the army expressed willingness to extend the ceasefire.