The Latest Breaking News from Prison

A Place In The Sun buyers refuse to view 'old fashioned prison'

The house hunters refused to step a single for inside after seeing the exterior

Liverpool Echo · Dec 28, 2022

11 convicted over deadly extremist attack in Ivory Coast

Eleven people have been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of an Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people and injured dozens more on an Ivory Coast tourist beach nearly seven years ago

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

Second ringleader in Whitmer kidnap plot sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The second of two ringleaders in the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to 19.6 years in prison and five years of supervised release.

Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

With Biden and US officials making deals, could other Texans detained abroad be home soon?

WASHINGTON — After the White House secured the release of WNBA star and Houston native Brittney Griner from Russian prison in early December — the U.S.’s second prisoner swap of the year with Russia — it committed to bringing home all other Americans wrongfully detained abroad.

Tribune News Service · Dec 28, 2022

Irish crime victims and families will soon have a say on when murderers and serious criminals can get freed from prison

The Parole Board is now urging victims of crime to engage with the parole process

Irish Mirror · Dec 28, 2022

Kosovo Serb whose arrest caused crisis released from jail

The lawyer for a former Kosovo Serb policeman has been ordered released from prison and placed under house arrest

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

The hiring process for people who investigate abuse in Illinois prisons is mismanaged, the state says

The finding raises questions about the qualifications of the investigators who are crucial in holding abusive guards accountable.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 28, 2022

Andy Murray near tears as Nazanin tells how she watched him win Wimbledon from prison

Sir Andy Murray asked Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe about her time in prison in Iran

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe watched Sir Andy Murray win Wimbledon from Iranian prison solitary confinement

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe told how watching the tennis ace at Wimbledon gave her a 'connection' to the outside world and offered her an 'escape' from her six-year detention.

Daily Record · Dec 28, 2022

Emotional Andy Murray told Wimbledon win was 'escape' for Brit detained in Iran

NAZANIN Zaghari-Ratcliffe has recalled watching Sir Andy Murray win Wimbledon from solitary confinement in an Iranian prison, during an emotional…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 28, 2022