The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Washington brands Iran prisoner swap agreement a ‘cruel lie’

Iran's claims they are on the brink of agreeing a prisoner exchange with the US are an "especially cruel lie", Washington says.

The New Daily · Mar 12, 2023

Iran, US to exchange prisoners ‘soon,’ foreign minister says

Iran and the U.S. will soon carry out a prisoner exchange, the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister said, in a deal that will likely involve dual U.S.-Iranian nationals detained in Tehran.

Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2023

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said.

Tribune News Service · Mar 12, 2023

Dumbartonshire killer who butchered teenage mum died days after being found slumped in prison cell

A Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of murderer Michael McArthur found he suffered a catalogue of health problems that led to his death from sepsis while serving life killing Amy Anderson.

Glasgow Live · Mar 12, 2023

Mauritania says three fugitives killed after prison break

Three escaped detainees in Mauritania have been killed and one other detained after a shootout with security forces, the Mauritanian authorities said on Saturday.

Reuters · Mar 12, 2023

Jen Shah moans about prison breakfast as she insists she 'doesn't belong' behind bars

Jen Shah, 49, was sentenced to 78 months after she was found guilty of defrauding elderly and vulnerable people out of tens of millions of dollars in a telemarketing scheme

Daily Mirror · Mar 11, 2023

18 female guards at same jail fired for having illicit affairs with inmates

One female guard had a sexual relationship with convicted drug dealer John McGee who was serving time for causing death by dangerous driving

Liverpool Echo · Mar 11, 2023

He tried to roll 5 pounds of meth through LAX. It didn't fly

LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles man received a 12-year federal prison sentence Friday for attempting to transport 5 pounds of methamphetamine through Los Angeles International Airport last year, the U.S. attorney's office said.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 11, 2023

US General Warns of ISIS ‘Army in Detention’ in Syria, Iraq

A US general warned Saturday that the Middle East faces the looming threat of an ISIS group "army in detention", after visiting prisons and camps in northeastern Syria holding suspected extremists and their relatives. General Michael Kurilla, head of the US military's Central Command, visited several detention facilities this week,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 11, 2023

A year after plea talks began, the 9/11 case is still in limbo, frustrating families

Settlement talks began a year ago in the 9/11 terrorism case. But little progress has been made, dragging out the future of the problem-plagued U.S. military court and prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

WEKU · Mar 11, 2023