The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Judge throws out Missouri man’s conviction, confirming his innocence in 1994 murder

Long before he had a graying beard, Lamar Johnson wrote to the St. Louis judge who oversaw his 1995 trial, saying he had received letters from another man admitting guilt to the murder for which he had just been convicted.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

Report: Tech CEO who played in upscale golf events while employees went unpaid raided by FBI, charged with fraud

If he's found guilty of the charges, he could face up to 20 years in prison.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 14, 2023

California’s housing shortage is so bad a university is considering a floating barge as a dorm. Students call it ‘prison boat.’

“There are simply not enough housing options available either on campus or in the community,” a spokesperson for Cal Poly Humboldt confirmed to Fortune.

Fortune · Feb 14, 2023

HMP Lowdham Grange management changes hands in £264m deal

It had been run by Serco since it was opened in 1998

Nottingham Post · Feb 14, 2023

The moment a teen serving a driving ban rode his new e-scooter straight into a moving car

Ryan Thomas was charged with driving the scooter while banned from driving and has been sent to a young offenders institute for six months

Wales Online · Feb 14, 2023

Increased prison sentences for pair who helped killers evade police

Kane Hull and Liam Porter went on the run for 10 days, including travelling to Ireland, before being arrested over the murder of Ryan Kirkpatrick.

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Kenneth Noye's life of violence - two deaths and marriage to legal barrister's secretary

Career criminal Kenneth Noye lived a violent life of crime which resulted in the death of two innocent people. Here we take a closer look at his childhood, marriage and convictions

Daily Mirror · Feb 14, 2023

By policing history, Poland's government is distorting the Holocaust

In January 2018, the Polish parliament passed a law that imposed prison terms of up to three years of anyone who claimed Poles had any responsibility for or complicity in crimes committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.

The Conversation · Feb 14, 2023

San Quentin State Prison captain accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious person

A San Quentin State Prison captain was arrested last week on suspicion of sexually assaulting someone who was unconscious.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 14, 2023

Drunk man broke into ex partner's home using brick day after release from prison for beating her

Thomas Morgan, 34, was seen on a door bell cam stumbling from a taxi as he approached the victim Barry home, which he was prevented from attending by a restraining order

Wales Online · Feb 14, 2023