The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Bombshell moment Proud Boys leader finally admits Trump lost 2020 presidential election

Enrique Tarrio’s admission – more than two years after the Capitol riot – came too late to save him from the longest January 6 sentence to date

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Reputed ‘Goonie Gang’ member gets 6 years in federal prison for threatening witnesses

Javion Bush admitted in a plea agreement to sending a direct message on Facebook to one of the witnesses stating ‘All rats must die,’ according to prosecutors.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 7, 2023

A Myanmar journalist gets a 20-year sentence for reporting on cyclone's aftermath, news site says

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a photojournalist for an underground news agency to 20 years in prison with hard labor for his coverage of the aftermath of a deadly cyclone in May

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Bolivia's opposition leader undergoes medical tests as his pre-trial detention drags on for months

The governor of Bolivia’s most populous and richest region has been allowed to briefly leave his high-security prison cell for medical tests, highlighting how the politician widely considered the country’s opposition leader has been governing from behind bars for more than eight months

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Chaos at airports amid police manhunt for terror suspect who escaped prison

Travellers at Heathrow Airport report waiting hours at immigration control

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Who is Daniel Abed Khalife? Inmate facing terror charges who escaped prison ‘clinging to food truck’

He had been due to face trial for terror offences and for allegedly planting a fake bomb at a military base

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Convicted Jan. 6 criminals are modern-day heroes to Republicans

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, sentenced to 22 years in prison for organizing the storming of the Capitol, and other convicted seditionists are viewed as patriots by conservatives.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 6, 2023

Texas prison lockdown over drug murders renews worries about lack of air conditioning in heat wave

Officials say the Texas prison system’s 100 units have been placed on a statewide lockdown due to a series of drug-related inmate homicides

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

An Idaho woman convicted of killing two of her children and another woman is appealing the case

A woman sentenced to life in prison in the murders of three people is appealing her conviction to the Idaho Supreme Court

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Philadelphia police’s manhunt for escaped killer enters seventh day

Danelo Cavalcante, 34, has been spotted five times since he fled prison last week, but has still evaded capture

The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2023