The Latest Breaking News from Prison

‘Shackled Mother’s’ Husband Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison

Dong Zhimin, who left his wife and mother of his eight children chained to a wall in rural China, was sentenced along with five others involved with human trafficking

Caixin Global · Apr 7, 2023

Labour slammed for 'nauseating' attack ad against Rishi Sunak

MPs and commentators from across the political spectrum have criticised a Labour attack ad claiming that Rishi Sunak does not think child sex…

The National (Scotland) · Apr 7, 2023

Read Andrew Tate’s bizarre rant on being shot after prison release

Andrew Tate claims he will be murdered

The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2023

3 men get life for fatal shooting of rapper XXXTentacion

A South Florida judge has sentenced three men to life in prison for the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot during a robbery that netted $50,000

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Labour face backlash after advert implies 'Sunak does not think child sex abusers should go to prison'

The ad shows the PM with the words 'Do you think adults convicted of sexually assaulting children should go to prison? Rishi Sunak doesn’t'

Wales Online · Apr 6, 2023

Trump Commuted His Sentence. Now the Justice Department Is Going To Prosecute Him Again.

Philip Esformes' case is a story about what happens when the government violates some of its most basic promises.

Reason · Apr 6, 2023

New York flouts prison solitary confinement rules: lawsuit

New York prison officials were accused in a lawsuit of subjecting people to prolonged solitary confinement in violation of a state law meant to strictly limit a practice increasingly criticized as inhumane

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023

Killer who tried to burn cousin's body appeals murder conviction seven years later

Ruben Hoather had only been out of prison for one day when he joined in a savage attack which killed 17-year-old Jordan Campbell

Liverpool Echo · Apr 6, 2023

'Putin has decided to become the new Stalin': Exiled Russian dissident Vladimir Osechkin

Russian dissident Vladmir Osechkin spoke to FRANCE 24 from the French city of Biarritz, where he has been living in exile since 2015. The founder of Gulagu.net, an NGO that documents abuses in the Russian prison system, believes the Russian secret services "tried to organise his liquidation" in September 2022.…

France 24 · Apr 6, 2023

Is Donald Trump in jail?

The ex-president appeared for a historic arraingment in New York on Tuesday

The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2023