The Latest Breaking News from Prison

A U.N. expert reports that repression in Russia is escalating, targeting civilians, journalists, and Ukrainian prisoners of war

After almost two decades living and working in Afghanistan, Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested by the Taliban and spent over seven months in prison. Finally free, they reveal how they feared they would die – either from ill health or at the hands of their captors. Arpan Rai reports

Cocker spaniel was being kept full-time in Magilligan prison but is now in family home after ‘free Bailey’ campaign

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government critics

Zhang Zhan sentenced to prison on charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ in China

Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra is suffering from neck bone deterioration in the Klongprem Central Prison in Bangkok and a doctor will examine him there on Monday, according to the Department of Corrections.

A 19-year-old London resident is potentially looking at a 95-year prison sentence for allegedly orchestrating a large-scale cyber extortion operation.

The former Watford striker was sentenced to ten months’ imprisonment in 2012

Marie-Clare Boothby faces questions after revealing she is related to man spared prison over a crash that killed Aboriginal pedestrian

Barbie Reynolds and her husband Peter have told of their ordeal and how they feared they would never be released.

Meanwhile 500 Tasers will also be handed to trained-up staff in local response teams based in prisons, scaled up from 20 specialist officers in July.