The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Killer ex-soldier wanted after breaching licence on release from prison

He had been back in prison on other offences

Wales Online · May 26, 2023

‘So happy’: Man declared innocent after 33 years in US jail

Daniel Saldana was convicted in 1990 of attempted murder, but evidence emerged that he was not even at the scene.

Al Jazeera · May 26, 2023

Byker serial knifeman caught carrying blade for fifth time given chance of freedom

Jordan Akinforlarin, of Byker, was facing prison but a judge freed him and gave him five months to prove his promises to go straight are true

Chronicle Live · May 26, 2023

Man declared innocent of attempted murder after 33 years in California prison

A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent

The Independent UK · May 26, 2023

‘QAnon Shaman’ Jacob Chansley says he’s ‘forgiven my captors’ after Jan 6 prison release

Jacob Chansley served about two years of a 3.5-year sentence

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

Shameless West Lothian prison inmates post music video on social media from cell

The TikTok clip, which has received over 10,000 views since it was uploaded earlier this month from HMP Addiewell shows several inmates in the cell while one performs part of a rap song

Edinburgh Live · May 25, 2023

Drug baron who imported £1bn of cocaine found dead in prison cell

Johnny Gerrard Kock used a fake pond-liner business to import up to 6,000kg of cocaine to Liverpool

Liverpool Echo · May 25, 2023

Defiant far-right leader jailed over role in US Capitol attack

The founder of the Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to 18 years in jail over his role in the US Capitol riots.

The New Daily · May 25, 2023

Stewart Rhodes, the Texas-based leader of the Oath Keepers militia, given 18 years in prison for sedition

Rhodes was among the many Texans who played key roles in fomenting, planning or fueling the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol.

The Texas Tribune · May 25, 2023

Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in lead-up to Jan. 6 insurrection – 4 essential reads

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 25, 2023, in the wake of his November 2022 conviction for seditious conspiracy. Rhodes led an effort to keep former President Donald Trump in office after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, including…

The Conversation · May 25, 2023