The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Boris Becker branded "devil" after jail term in scathing attack by estranged ex-wife

Boris Becker was released from prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence, and was immediately deported from the UK

Daily Mirror · Feb 19, 2023

Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency citing ‘psychosis’

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his 5 April execution, saying he'll never be sufficiently competent to be put to death

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2023

Helicopter toys that sell for €15 being used to fly drugs into Irish prisons

Staff at Wheatfield Prison in Dublin removed one of the mini choppers from netting

Irish Mirror · Feb 19, 2023

Fugitive Nicholas Rossi has electric wheelchair confiscated in prison - for using it as a weapon

The wanted sex offender attacked fellow inmates with it at HMP Edinburgh after they taunted him with "Nasty Nick" comments.

Daily Record · Feb 19, 2023

SNP leadership hopeful Ash Regan vows to dump gender reforms if elected First Minister

Regan hit the headlines in October when she resigned as Minister for Community Safety in opposition to the GRR Bill, amid fears the safety of women and girls would be compromised.

Daily Record · Feb 19, 2023

Orange County, Calif., man who bought luxury cars with COVID-19 relief funds sentenced to prison

An Orange County, California man who fraudulently obtained $5 million in pandemic relief loans and then spent the money on lavish vacations, luxury sports cars and his own personal expenses was sentenced Friday to 41/2 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 19, 2023

Ex-NBA Players Sentenced to Prison After Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme

Anderson and Dooling will both serve prison sentences, as well as additional penalties for their role in a fraud scheme.

Sports Illustrated · Feb 19, 2023

Almost 1,000 prison guards hospitalised in just one year after attacks by lags

Mark Fairhurst, chairman of union the Prison Officers Association, called the country's prisons "the most hostile workplace in Western Europe" and said the most violent group of prisoners were the under 18s

Daily Mirror · Feb 18, 2023

The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week

Also locked up this week was a man who attacked a paedophile with a hammer after finding him watching vile child abuse videos

Manchester Evening News · Feb 18, 2023

Cop killer Dale Cregan poses for camera at maximum security prison

The picture has been slammed by Bryn Hughes, whose PC daughter Nicola was shot by Cregan in 2012

Manchester Evening News · Feb 18, 2023