The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Prisoners to be held in police cells after surge in jail overcrowding

Last year, the Government announced it had asked to use 400 police cells to hold inmates after a surge in overcrowding.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Insulate Britain protester faces prison over contempt of court conviction

David Nixon defied judge’s instruction not to cite climate crisis as motivation for causing public nuisance

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023

Notorious prisoner Charles Bronson facing public Parole Board hearing next month

An application by Bronson’s lawyers to request the hearing takes place in public was granted last year.

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Duncan Ferguson in Rangers throwback as he claims prison food can't compare to Forest Green Rovers vegan grub

The former striker has made reference to the time he got locked up in a Scottish prison after taking over at Forest Green Rovers.

Daily Record · Feb 6, 2023

Nicola Sturgeon responds to popularity rating drop amid trans prisoner row

Over the weekend, a YouGov poll reported the First Minister’s personal approval rating had dropped and the gender reform row was blamed

The National (Scotland) · Feb 6, 2023

The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy laws

On Jan. 17, 2023, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which carries the death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The new law now extends the punishment to those deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, with…

The Conversation · Feb 6, 2023

Convicted drug smuggler marries woman he met while doing 10 years in Caribbean jail

Paul Cains also fathered a child in the Dominican Republic prison where he was banged up after being caught with £500,000 worth of cocaine at Punta Cana Airport.

Glasgow Live · Feb 6, 2023

Gang tried to smuggle £1m of cannabis using prams and pushchairs

22 people were arrested as a result of a covert police sting operation

Manchester Evening News · Feb 6, 2023

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier in plea for clemency after 47 years in jail

Exclusive: Peltier, 78, convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1975, tells Guardian of desire to return home to tribal land

The Guardian - US · Feb 6, 2023

'Serpent' serial killer insists 'I didn’t murder anyone' after prison release

Charles Sobhraj, dubbed ‘The Serpent’ in the hit BBC TV drama of the same name, speaks out weeks after he was released from jail in Nepal because of his age and declining health

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023