The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Bihar: Prisoner Swallows Mobile Phone During Inspection In Gopalganj Jail

In a bizarre incident, an undertrial prisoner in district jail swallowed a mobile phone during checking for fear of being caught by the prison officers. Read full story on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 21, 2023

Uluru motel mass murderer Douglas Crabbe to take part in WA prison re-socialisation program

Douglas Crabbe, who killed five people when he drove his semi-trailer into a motel near Uluru in 1983, is currently serving five consecutive life sentences for murder in Perth's Acacia Prison.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

Quadruple murderer Ljube Velevski found not guilty of failing to comply with reporting obligations

An Illawarra man convicted of murdering his wife and three daughters maintains he did not kill his family, as a magistrate finds him not guilty of breaching his reporting obligations after being released from jail.

ABC News · Feb 21, 2023

ITV Coronation Street fans plead 'no' as Max Turner is left bloody after beating

Max has become the target of bullies in prison

Liverpool Echo · Feb 20, 2023

Vile Seaham abuser jailed again for attacking same woman twice

Adam Fox, 29, has been sentenced to six years in prison for attacking his victim in a hotel last year

Chronicle Live · Feb 20, 2023

New Mexico prosecutors downgrade manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in ‘Rust’ shooting

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony penalties against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal “Rust” shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 20, 2023

New Mexico prosecutors downgrade charges against Alec Baldwin in the 'Rust' shooting

The actor's lawyers argued that he had been charged under a previous version of a New Mexico firearm law. The change would reduce his prison time if convicted in the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins.

WEKU · Feb 20, 2023

Deaths in prisons skyrocketed during pandemic, analysis finds

Covid spread quickly in crowded US jails

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023

Tortured to death in a cold blooded killing fuelled by jealousy and revenge...how Thomas Campbell was betrayed by a woman who claimed to love him

In court, Coleen Campbell played the perfect grieving widow

Manchester Evening News · Feb 20, 2023

Mother calls judge ‘garbage’ as she is sentenced for shooting six-year-old son dead

“I’m innocent. F*** you all. You’re garbage. That is all, your honour,” Julissa Thaler said at the sentencing

The Independent UK · Feb 20, 2023