The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Life at HMP Liverpool as pictures show Victorian cells transformation

Walton jail has undergone an "impressive transformation" since it was dubbed as Britain's worst prison

Liverpool Echo · Dec 10, 2022

Afghan refugee freed in Greece after two years of wrongful imprisonment

Campaigners hope overturning of Akif Rasuli’s 50-year sentence will be ‘first victory’ for criminalised migrants in Greek jails

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Pro-democracy media tycoon jailed over fraud in Hong Kong

A Hong Kong court has sentenced pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to five years and nine months in prison and fined him $257,000 over two fraud charges linked to lease violations

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Horse racing trainer Jason Servis pleads guilty in doping scandal, faces four years in prison

NEW YORK — Disgraced horse racing trainer Jason Servis pleaded guilty Friday to charges in a massive drug-doping scandal involving virtually all of his mounts across two years.

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Dad was close to suicide and left with £25,000 debt after holiday firm accused him of lying about being ill

Karate instructor claims travel giants threatened him with jail to deter others from compensation bids

Wales Online · Dec 9, 2022

R. Kelly, disgraced R&B singer in prison for sexual trafficking, releases new album

R. Kelly, the disgraced R&B singer currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, has managed to release a new album, provocatively titled "I Admit It."

Los Angeles Times · Dec 9, 2022

Vladimir Putin critic Ilya Yashin sentenced to eight years in prison for spreading ‘false information’

Russian opposition leader tried over YouTube video released in April

Evening Standard · Dec 9, 2022

Rioter who assaulted cops at Capitol gets 5 years in prison

A Tennessee man who authorities say came to Washington ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot ready for violence in a car full of weapons and assaulted officers who were trying to defend the Capitol has been sentenced to more than five years behind bars

The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022

Ex-US officer who kneeled on George Floyd’s back gets 3.5 years

Former Minneapolis police officer J Alexander Kueng’s sentence ‘another piece of justice’ for Floyd family, lawyer says.

Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2022

Chronically understaffed Texas prisons set stage for prison bus escape and massacre of family

Investigative reviews by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and independent consultants found the severely short-staffed prison routinely bypassed crucial security checks, leading to a convicted murderer’s escape.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 9, 2022