The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Fact vs Fiction: White House Plumbers episode 5 — what happened during the Watergate trials?

White House Plumbers episode 5 covers the epic fallout of the Watergate break-in, but how much of what they showed was fact and what was fiction?

WhatToWatch · May 30, 2023

Elizabeth Holmes to report to Texas prison to begin 11-year Theranos sentence - latest

Disgraced tech entrepreneur expected to report to prison in Texas this week

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Libya court sentences 23 to death for Islamic State campaign

A Libyan court sentenced 23 people to death and another 14 to life in prison on Monday for their role in a deadly Islamic State militant campaign that included beheading a group of Egyptian Christians and seizing the city of Sirte in 2015.

Reuters · May 29, 2023

Charity for murdered boy to close as killer mum 'has own plans' after prison release

Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died in June 2020 while his mum Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow was serving a sentence for manslaughter.

Daily Record · May 29, 2023

Prisons in 'catastrophic' state with space set to run out in six weeks, jail chiefs warn

Prison Governors’ Association President Andrea Albutt accused the Government of 'lying' to the public by telling them 'that locking up more people and for longer increases public safety'

Daily Mirror · May 29, 2023

Career car crook took 'umpteenth' vehicle and crashed it through garden wall

Ricky Davies's advocate told the court his client could not recall a time in the last 23 years was he was not either in prison, on licence from prison, or serving a community order

Wales Online · May 29, 2023

Irish taxpayers to foot the bill for new prison university courses

Criminal masterminds will be able to avail of university courses and some will even be able to go on to do PhDs allowing them to put 'Dr' ahead of their name.

Irish Mirror · May 29, 2023

Poland sanctions 365 Belarusians over journalist's imprisonment

Poland has imposed sanctions on a further 365 Belarusian citizens over the imprisonment of a journalist of Polish origin in Belarus, the interior ministry said on Monday, amid rising tensions between Warsaw and Minsk.

Reuters · May 29, 2023

The prison-like Edinburgh estate whose architect 'should have got the jail'

For many, 'The Ramps' in West Granton was a thriving community and a great place to grow up, while others say living there was a nightmare with the estate resembling a mini warzone.

Edinburgh Live · May 29, 2023

Jilted drugs boss sent lackey to slash ex-girlfriend's tyres after she refused to take him back

Thomas Rayment told his frightened ex: "You call the police about this, it's going to be the worst decision you have ever made in your life"

Manchester Evening News · May 29, 2023