The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Boris Becker to describe prison terror in £435,000 TV interview after return to Germany

Boris Becker is back to Germany just months into his two-and-a-half-year sentence after being found guilty of four charges of insolvency relating to his bankruptcy

Daily Mirror · Dec 20, 2022

David Hunter: Brit ex-pat faces life in Cyprus prison over death of terminally ill wife

A British pensioner arrested over the death of his terminally ill wife in Cyprus faces life in prison after a manslaughter plea was thrown out, according to reports.

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022

‘I have to control the flashbacks’: Anoosheh Ashoori on life after being freed from an Iranian jail

The British Iranian was released from prison after five years in March. The 68-year-old is cherishing time with family and has run the London marathon - but his ordeal still haunts him

The Guardian - UK · Dec 20, 2022

Synagogue attacker moved to new prison after taking hostages

A far-right extremist who killed two people in the German city of Halle three years ago after trying to attack a synagogue has been moved to a new prison following an apparent jailbreak attempt

The Independent UK · Dec 20, 2022

Russia jails four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents for up to seven years in prison

A Russian court has sentenced four Jehovah's Witnesses adherents to prison terms of between three-and-a-half and seven years, the latest step in Moscow's crackdown on an organisation it deems dangerous, the religious group said late on Monday.

Reuters · Dec 20, 2022

Palestinian prisoner diagnosed with cancer dies in Israel custody

Palestinian officials and rights groups had long called for Abu Hmaid’s release after he was diagnosed with cancer.

Al Jazeera · Dec 20, 2022

New Victorian Liberal MP tells Labor to ‘get out of churches’ and rails against ‘failed socialist experiment’

Fellow Liberal new arrival Evan Mulholland calls for prison sentences to be scrapped for some drug offences

The Guardian - AU · Dec 20, 2022

Inmate 'baked' to death in 40C prison cell that was 'hotter than three hells'

Thomas Lee Rutledge was found dead in his cell at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility mental heath ward in Bessemer, Alabama where temperatures reached up to 40C

Daily Mirror · Dec 20, 2022

Libyan Court Sentences 17 Former ISIS Members to Death

Tripoli's Criminal Court on Monday sentenced to death 17 suspects convicted on charges of joining ISIS and participating in the killing of 53 people in the western city of Sabratha, a statement from the country’s top prosecutor said on Monday. The death sentences were given out to those convicted of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 20, 2022

Harvey Weinstein found guilty in second sex crimes trial

His victim Jane Doe 1 said of the guilty verdict ‘I hope Weinstein never sees the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime’

Evening Standard · Dec 20, 2022