The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Terror suspect ‘who escaped prison using bedsheets found with bag of cash and Waitrose shopping’

Ex-soldier Daniel Khalife was pushed off bicycle by undercover officer as he rode along canal towpath in Northolt, west London on Saturday

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Wandsworth prison escape highlights the need for penal reforms

Letters: Philip Priestley and Maurice Vanstone on imaginative alternatives to punitive prisons based on redress, restitution and reconciliation, and former prison governor Judith Feline on battling a broken system

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

Drinking water testing ordered at a Minnesota prison after inmates refused to return to their cells

State officials have ordered additional tests on drinking water at a Minnesota prison to ensure that it's safe for staff and inmates

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Union Home Ministry planning to revamp prisons by 2047, says Ajay Kumar Mishra

Union Home Ministry plans to improve prison infrastructure and implement a standardised management system for prisoners by 2047. The New Prison Manual 2016, a 32-chapter draft, will be studied to bring uniformity in laws, rules, and regulations. The 8th National Conference of Heads of Prisons was held in Rushikonda to…

The Hindu · Sep 11, 2023

Court convicts Portuguese hacker in Football Leaks trial and gives him a 4-year suspended sentence

A Portuguese hacker whose bombshell revelations on the “Football Leaks” website rocked European soccer has been convicted by a Lisbon court of nine crimes and given a suspended prison sentence of four years

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Schoolgirl relives moment XL bully dog savaged her before turning on others

‘The owner should be in prison because he never did anything, he just let the dog bite everyone’

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

Louisiana ordered to remove teens from ‘intolerable’ conditions at state prison

Children, some as young as 15, incarcerated at notorious Angola prison, which has reputation for brutality and violence

The Guardian - US · Sep 11, 2023

Daniel Khalife escape: how secure are UK prisons?

The escape of terror suspect Daniel Khalife from Wandsworth prison was hardly “The Shawshank Redemption”, said The Independent, but the “audacious” breakout invited a great deal of attention – and the “clamour for a scapegoat”.

The Week · Sep 11, 2023

Too few care-leavers make it to university - but London is leading the way, report says

Young people who have been in care are more likely to end up in prison than at university

Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023

Security tightened at Rajahmundry Central Prison where Naidu is lodged, says DGP

Security has been tightened at Rajahmundry Central Prison, where Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is a Z+ security cover protectee, has been lodged under judicial remand.

The Hindu · Sep 11, 2023