The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Man cleared of murdering wife in Cyprus ‘not getting hopes up’ ahead of sentence

David Hunter, 76, may be able to leave prison this week after being found guilty of manslaughter but cleared of premeditated murder.

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Michael K Williams: Man sentenced to prison in connection with death of The Wire star

‘The Wire’ co-creator David Simon had urged leniency in a letter to the judge

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Michael K Williams: drug dealer in overdose death of Wire actor sentenced to 30 months in prison

Williams’ nephew and The Wire creator David Simon spoke on behalf of Carlos Macci, 72, who pleaded guilty to conspiring to possessing and distributing narcotics

The Guardian - AU · Jul 26, 2023

Decades in prison for 3 sentenced in North Dakota fentanyl trafficking probe

Three more men charged in connection with an alleged international fentanyl ring have been sentenced this month to decades in federal prison

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Colorado businessman gets over 5 years in prison for 'We Build The Wall' fundraiser fraud

A Colorado businessman convicted of fraudulently siphoning hundreds of thousands of dollars from an online fundraiser to build a wall along the U.S. southern border has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

The death of an intellectually disabled inmate at Virginia prison is drawing FBI scrutiny, document shows

The FBI is looking into the death of an intellectually disabled inmate who died at a Virginia prison and whom the agency identified as “a possible victim of a crime.”

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Ecuador suspends rights of assembly in some areas, deploys soldiers to prisons amid violence wave

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso is again making use of the executive’s power to suspend some of people’s rights and mobilize the military in an attempt to quell the most recent spike in violence in the South American country

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Marine veteran Trevor Reed was wounded fighting in Ukraine

The U.S. Marine veteran was freed from Russian prison in a prisoner swap last year. Now he has sustained an injury while fighting in Ukraine, the State Department said.

WEKU · Jul 25, 2023

Judge says he plans to sentence gynecologist who sexually abused patients to 20 years in prison

A federal judge says he plans to sentence a former gynecologist who sexually abused dozens of patients for over two decades at prestigious New York hospitals to 20 years in prison

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

US gynecologist Robert Hadden sentenced to 20 years in prison for abusing patients

Prosecutors described Hadden as a ‘predator in a white coat’, saying he lured out-of-state patients to New York to abuse them

The Guardian - US · Jul 25, 2023