The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Two prison officers assaulted trying to break up fight among inmates at Mountjoy

"Tensions are very high in Mountjoy at the moment"

Irish Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

‘UnPrisoned’ review: Kerry Washington leans into her comedic instincts as a woman reconnecting with her estranged dad

“I wasn’t born into a family so much as I was hatched,” is how Tracy McMillan has described her origin story. Her mom was a “20-year-old Minnesota girl with a really bad drinking problem,” and her dad was a “Billy Dee Williams type who committed crimes for a living.” Mom…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 9, 2023

Italy seeks life term for captain accused of giving Russia secrets

An Italian military prosecutor on Thursday demanded life in prison for a navy captain accused of passing secret documents to Russia in return for cash.

Reuters · Mar 9, 2023

Fear, anxiety follow Nicaraguan faith leaders into exile

Dozens of priests, nuns, seminarians and church workers have fled Nicaragua in recent years, or been exiled by President Daniel Ortega’s government, which considers them a threat

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Driver's £50,000 DHL criminal sting unravelled by Amazon

Steven Black was caught after bosses at DHL became suspicious about the missing parcels

Manchester Evening News · Mar 9, 2023

Double killer Alex Murdaugh placed in secure area of prison over fears he'll be attacked

Authorities fear the infamy of the case that gripped the nation will make Alex Murdaugh, who brutally killed his wife Maggie and their son Paul, a target for other inmates in Columbia, South Carolina, US

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Charles Bronson's brother refuses to back freedom bid after 'fake son' emerged

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson is bidding to be released from prison after spending 48 years behind bars, but his brother Mark Peterson says they no longer speak

Daily Mirror · Mar 9, 2023

Gang culture being ‘tacitly encouraged’ inside London prison, watchdog warns

Teenage inmates arrive at a London prison with long histories of involvement with social services in a “serious indictment of the effectiveness of the care system”, a watchdog warned on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Mar 9, 2023

German woman risks tougher sentence over Yazidi girl's death

A German appeals court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for a German convert to Islam who was given 10 years in prison on charges that as a member of the Islamic State group in Iraq she allowed a 5-year-old Yazidi girl she and her husband kept as a slave…

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

Prisoner Charles Bronson compares public parole hearing to 'being on The Apprentice'

It came after the 70-year-old inmate was described as suffering from PTSD

Wales Online · Mar 9, 2023