The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Jonathan Dowdall received over €15,000 in salary and expenses during short Dublin City Council stint

Dowdall was sentenced to four years in prison in October after he pleaded guilty to facilitating the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in 2016

Dublin Live · Jan 2, 2023

At least 14 dead in armed attack on prison in Mexican border city Juarez

Mexican authorities said on Sunday at least 14 people died in an armed attack at a prison in the northern border city Juarez and two more died during a later armed aggression elsewhere in the city.

Reuters · Jan 2, 2023

Serial killers who went free from The Serpent to Panama Strangler and Monster of Andes

The Serpent was freed last week after a court ruled in favour due to his age and good behaviour despite murdering at around 24 tourists - but he isn't the only one to taste freedom

Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023

A Florida lawyer pleaded guilty to 34 counts of child porn charges. He got probation

MIAMI — A Tampa attorney who was sentenced to eight years of sex offender probation and no prison time after pleading guilty to 34 counts of child pornography charges still will not “acknowledge the wrongful nature of his conduct,” a Florida judge said.

Miami Herald · Jan 1, 2023

Iranian police detain top footballers at New Year’s Eve party

Players briefly held after raid on mixed-gender party, as elsewhere dissident Keyvan Samimi is released from prison

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

The craziest mugshots of Greater Manchester’s felons of 2022

Originally created for identification purposes, the mugshot has become a necessary aspect of the criminal justice system

Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023

‘Vileness and brutality’: Mother in Iranian jail for 13 years shares letter from inside ‘hell’ prison

Exclusive: Maryam Akbari Monfared was imprisoned for supporting the People’s Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in 2009 and hasn’t seen her children since

The Independent UK · Jan 1, 2023

'I ventured into Alcatraz after dark and was terrified by what I saw and heard'

Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara, the hosts of Watcher Production's "Ghost Files," went to the prisonoff the coast of San Francisco to investigate the rumours of it being haunted

Daily Mirror · Jan 1, 2023

A bill to fight expensive prison phone call costs heads to Biden's desk

Congress recently passed legislation that will give federal regulators greater authority to limit the costs of prison phone calls.

WEKU · Jan 1, 2023

New ITV documentary to delve into Strangeways' grim history including 1990 riots and Ian Brady era

The Manchester prison will feature in a two part series about Britain's Notorious Prisons

Manchester Evening News · Jan 1, 2023