The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Work to create 20,000 new prison places ‘significantly behind schedule’

The Government faces an ‘immediate crisis’ in prison capacity, Mark Day, deputy director of the Prison Reform Trust said.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Pope meets with wife and family of Julian Assange, who says pontiff 'concerned' by his suffering

Pope Francis has met with Stella Assange, the wife of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Maxwell appeal ‘falls far short’ of justifying quashing verdict – US Government

The disgraced British socialite was sentenced to 20 years in prison in June last year.

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

East End gangster turned Peace Prize nominee on what it was like being imprisoned at 14

Stephen Gillen, 52, who operated in London's East End criminal underworld for three decades, said he was groomed into a life of crime and over the years, was in and out of prison - doing his first stretch when he was just 14

Daily Mirror · Jun 30, 2023

Tourist who carved name into Rome’s Colosseum ‘is British fitness trainer’

The suspect, who is originally from Bulgaria, faces a hefty fine and up to five years in prison

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

Tourist who carved name into Colosseum identified as British fitness trainer

The suspect, a British man originally from Bulgaria, could face upto five years in prison

The Independent UK · Jun 30, 2023

‘I want to tell people that prison life is super dead’: Digga D on rap stardom amid police restrictions

A criminal behaviour order allows the Met police to vet the lyrics of this chart-topping star. It’s unfair and manipulative, he says – but he’s also understanding the scale of his influence

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2023

Ex-student sentenced to 16-plus years in prison for 2022 attack on Las Vegas high school teacher

A former Las Vegas high school student has been sentenced to 16-plus years in Nevada state prison for attacking a female teacher after classes ended for the day more than a year ago

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

New jail opens with designs to cut crime and boost the local economy

HMP Fosse Way has been heralded as the greenest prison ever.

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2023

An Idaho man took $105 million in largest fraud scheme in GI Bill history. Prison is up next

A federal judge has sentenced a Nampa, Idaho, man for his involvement in a fraud scheme that stole nearly $105 million from the Department of Veterans Affairs. It was the largest such case in the Post-9/11 GI Bill program’s history, the government said.

Tribune News Service · Jun 29, 2023