The Latest Breaking News from Prison

California Inmates Accuse Prison Commissaries of Price Gouging

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

Capital & Main · Sep 19, 2023

Israeli military sentences commander to 10 days in prison over shooting of Palestinian motorist

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

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

Man on death row for Tinder killing is accused of hatching $25k murder-for-hire scam behind bars

Investigators began the probe after being tipped off by another inmate in 2021

The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023

AP-CID files Prisoner Transit warrant against Chandrababu Naidu in ‘FiberNet scam’

AP-CID files PT warrant vs. N. Chandrababu Naidu for ₹115cr APSFL scam. Court posts hearing for Sept 20. Also adjourns CID custody, bail pleas & other PT warrant in Inner Ring Road case.

The Hindu · Sep 19, 2023

First Thing: Freed American condemns Iran for holding foreigners hostage

Siamak Namazi was held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison for nearly eight years before the $6bn prisoner swap on Monday. Plus, New York City’s $52bn plan to save itself from the sea

The Guardian - UK · Sep 19, 2023

Inmate accused of trying to murder fellow prisoner

A 28-year-old inmate has been charged with attempted murder after another prisoner was injured in an incident at Risdon Prison, northeast of Hobart.

AAP · Sep 19, 2023

Freed American decries Iran’s ‘vile path to profit’ of holding foreigners hostage

Siamak Namazi was held in Iran’s notorious Evin prison for nearly eight years before the $6bn prisoner swap on Monday

The Guardian - US · Sep 18, 2023

Hunter Biden's Multiplying Gun Charges Threaten the Right to Arms and the Right to Trial

The collapse of his plea deal set up a clash with his father, who doggedly defends the firearm regulations his son violated.

Reason · Sep 18, 2023

Who are the American prisoners that were detained in Iran and are now free?

Here is everything you need to know about the American citizens who were detained in Iran

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023

‘Very rich, very famous, and very powerful’: How Bernard Tapie became France’s first tycoon – and wound up in prison

Benard Tapie is the subject of a new Netflix series, ‘Class Act’, which dramatizes his life. Actor Laurent Lafitte, director Tristan Seguéla, and screenwriter Olivier Demangel speak to Clémence Michallon

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023