The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Policewoman avoids jail after falsely accusing ex-cop lover of domestic abuse

PC Amanda Aston, 43, was previously found guilty at Maidstone Crown Court for perverting the course of justice after lying about being the victim of domestic abuse

Daily Mirror · May 22, 2023

Crafty prisoner tried to walk out of Forest Bank in DISGUISE - but he didn't make it far

The prisoner in disguise tried to get through an internal gate

Manchester Evening News · May 22, 2023

Scots psychiatrists refuse to assess mental health of US fugitive Nicholas Rossi

Rossi's lawyers said they couldn't find a psychiatrist in Scotland willing to work for defence and blamed 'media circus' for blanket refusal.

Daily Record · May 22, 2023

Prison officers who turned their backs on the law and got put behind bars

These prison officers broke the code of conduct

Liverpool Echo · May 22, 2023

Former rock climbing coach Stephen Mitchell sentenced to 13 years in prison for sexually abusing six girls

In sentencing former national rock climbing coach Stephen Mitchell, a judge said he had abused a "gross disparity of age and power".

ABC News · May 22, 2023

Money mule for key figures in Drogheda feud to take part in GAA match with Dublin football legends

Sean Connor is part of a 10-man team chosen by All-Ireland winning footballer Philly McMahon and comedian Rory O’Connor to train for a match against prison officers in Mountjoy as part of the RTE series Gaelic in the Joy

Irish Mirror · May 21, 2023

From inside Cook County Jail, chess spreads across the globe

Chicago hosted an international conference on teaching chess to detainees in jails and prisons. Officials from the International Chess Federation and corrections agencies from around the world are exploring how chess can be used to help rehabilitate incarcerated people.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 21, 2023

Vicar Mark Coleman, 64, opens up on serving time in prison

Reverend Mark Coleman was sentenced to five weeks for his part in a protest

Wales Online · May 21, 2023

After 30 years in prison: Graduation

We've heard too many dark stories about incarceration. The story of my student Sammy Quiles is not one of them

Salon · May 21, 2023

Nobel winners demand release of Belarusian peace laureate Ales Bialiatski

Open letter condemning the detention of the human rights activist, who won the 2022 prize, signed by more than 100 laureates including Kazuo Ishiguro and JM Coetzee

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2023