The Latest Breaking News from Prison

What’s next for Donald Trump after his company’s guilty verdict in tax fraud case

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump wasn’t facing prison time when a Manhattan jury convicted his Trump Organization this week in a tax fraud scheme that stretched back more than 15 years.

Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022

NSW prison officer to face murder retrial

A NSW prison officer accused of murdering an inmate trying to escape will face a second trial after jury failed to reach a verdict

AAP · Dec 8, 2022

Emmerdale's Cain makes secret contact with mystery character ahead of sibling's arrival

Cain Dingle makes secret contact with a mystery person on Emmerdale next week, ahead of the arrival of his long lost sibling - but who wants to get in contact with Cain?

Daily Mirror · Dec 8, 2022

DOJ watchdog finds missteps by prison officials ahead of Whitey Bulger's killing

The Justice Department's watchdog found a string of missteps by federal Bureau of Prison officials but no malicious intent in their handling of Bulger's transfer to the prison where he was killed.

WEKU · Dec 7, 2022

Factbox-Peru's presidents and years of political turmoil

Peru, the world's No.2 copper producer and for years one of Latin America's fastest growing economies, has seen a series of presidents ousted from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades.

Reuters · Dec 7, 2022

Bureaucratic incompetence among federal prison officials led to mob boss Whitey Bulger’s beating death in 2018, IG report says

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Justice Department’s inspector general has concluded that it wasn’t “malicious intent,” but rather “bureaucratic incompetence” that was responsible for mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger’s brutal beating death when prison officials transferred him to a violent West Virginia prison and housed him with rival gangsters in 2018.

Tribune News Service · Dec 7, 2022

Indonesia paroles the bombmaker in Bali's deadly 2002 attacks

An Islamic militant convicted of making the explosives used in the bombings that killed over 200 people was paroled after serving about half of his original 20-year prison sentence.

WEKU · Dec 7, 2022

Shocking footage shows drug-fuelled man battering his van against police car

Dino Price has now been sentenced to 12 months in prison after he left officers "fearing for their lives" and caused over £40,000 worth in damage.

Daily Record · Dec 7, 2022

US Justice Department finds ‘incompetence’ in Whitey Bulger death

A report issued Wednesday recommends disciplinary action for prison workers in connection to the famed mobster’s murder.

Al Jazeera · Dec 7, 2022

Bombmaker behind 2002 Bali bombings released from prison after serving half of 20-year sentence

Indonesian authorities say he has been successfully reformed in prison

Evening Standard · Dec 7, 2022