The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Family: Suspect in power grid plot embraced racist ideology

Relatives of a Maryland woman who allegedly conspired with a Florida-based neo-Nazi leader to plan a crippling attack on Baltimore's power grid say she has a long history of white supremacist beliefs

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Rioter who menaced officer with Confederate flag gets prison

A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to three years in prison

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023

Trans prisoners in Scotland to be first sent to jails matching their birth gender

Previous inclusive policy on initial assignments reversed after furore over rapist sent to female prison

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023

Prison bosses claim 'no women were at risk' by moving trans rapist Isla Bryson to Cornton Vale

Opposition parties branded the prison service report a "whitewash" following uproar over the case of Isla Bryson.

Daily Record · Feb 9, 2023

Campaigners stage protest at Holrood against transgender criminals in Scots female prisons

Women's rights campaigners gathered at Holyrood today to protest against trans women being placed in Cornton Vale nick.

Daily Record · Feb 9, 2023

Urgent review into Isla Bryson case finds women were 'at no point at risk of harm'

AN urgent review into the handling of rapist Isla Bryson by the Scottish Prison Service has found that “at no point were any women in the care of…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 9, 2023

Defiant Ortega frees political prisoners in Nicaragua, expels them to U.S

More than 200 Nicaraguan political prisoners were freed and flown to the United States on Thursday, nearly all of them prominent government critics jailed in President Daniel Ortega's crackdown on dissent over recent years.

Reuters · Feb 9, 2023

Nicaragua frees 222 political prisoners, sends them to US

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes release as ‘constructive step’ amid Nicaraguan gov’t crackdown on critics.

Al Jazeera · Feb 9, 2023

Nicaragua has freed 222 political prisoners and sent them to the U.S.

On state television a judge said the government had decided to "deport" the prisoners, saying they had been declared traitors and can never again serve public office.

WEKU · Feb 9, 2023

Nicaragua frees 222 opponents, sends them to US

A senior Biden administration official says 222 inmates considered by many as political prisoners of the government of President Daniel Ortega are on their way to Washington

The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023