The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Mum of segregated trans prisoner doesn't think she would 'survive' in a male jail

Harryetta Thompson, 33, was moved into segregation at Cornton Vale, Scotland’s only all-women jail, after word spread about her past sex crimes.

Daily Record · Feb 18, 2023

Love Island's Kaz breaks silence on 'terrifying' Dubai prison after drugs arrest

Love Island's Kaz Crossley was arrested at Abu Dhabi airport while in transit for a flight to Thailand but has now told pals she was locked up with up to 30 other women

Irish Mirror · Feb 17, 2023

Caesar the dog had separation anxiety — but found his perfect home with Risdon prison program

Caesar used to be a shy and anxious dog that nobody wanted, but after prisoners participating in a program fell in love with him, he's now enjoying a life sentence at Risdon Prison — and the inmates are feeling the benefits as well.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2023

WA food bank comes up with unlikely solution to soaring demand for support services

As Louise prepares charity food packs, she admits that for the first time in a while, she looks forward to waking up and coming to work. You can't tell but she's a little different to the other volunteers at the Perth Foodbank. Louise is a prisoner.

ABC News · Feb 17, 2023

'Johno team' dealer dies in HMP Altcourse as prison slammed for healthcare failings

Sean Roddy became seriously unwell but was not admitted to the privately run jail's prison wing

Liverpool Echo · Feb 17, 2023

Savannah Chrisley says ‘it’s really weird’ seeing imprisoned father Todd with gray hair

Reality star Todd Chrisley has a new look these days, a month after starting his 12-year prison sentence for tax evasion and bank fraud in January.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 17, 2023

Three men jailed for life after they intervened in violent dispute and killed 'wrong man'

Kane, Adamson, 19, Joshua Prescott, 20 and Ben Dawber, 19 were all sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Thomas Williamson, 30 who they fatally stabbed to death in the street after mistaking him for someone else.

Daily Record · Feb 17, 2023

Inside abandoned $2million prison with unbreakable walls - until inmates escaped

A prison in Florida, US, which opened in April 1978, has been left abandoned after violent inmates planned multiple escapes in the 46 capacity jail that had just 13 staff

Daily Mirror · Feb 17, 2023

Feds want 25 more years in jail for R. Kelly on Chicago conviction, saying he’s shown no remorse for years of sexual abuse

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors in Chicago are asking for a 25-year consecutive prison sentence for R. Kelly for his conviction last year on child pornography charges, saying he’s a “serial sexual predator” who has shown no remorse for his crimes and tried to blame his victims for their own abuse.

Chicago Tribune · Feb 17, 2023

U.S. prosecutors ask for 25 more years in prison for R. Kelly

The additional sentence from last year's child pornography and enticement convictions in Chicago would add to 30 years the R&B singer and songwriter recently began serving in a New York case.

WEKU · Feb 17, 2023