The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Michael Avenatti gets 14 years in prison for stealing millions of dollars from clients

LOS ANGELES — Michael Avenatti, the once-swaggering celebrity lawyer who was undone by his proclivity for embezzlement and fraud, was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison for dodging taxes and stealing millions of dollars from clients.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 5, 2022

Avenatti sentenced to 14 years in California fraud case

Incarcerated lawyer Michael Avenatti has been sentenced in Southern California to 14 years in federal prison for cheating his clients out of millions of dollars

The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022

Colombia president's move to label protesters 'peace managers' sparks controversy

Opponents of Colombia President Gustavo Petro on Monday insisted that people jailed for participating in anti-government protests in 2021 were in prison for breaking the law, not demonstrating, after Petro announced plans to name dozens of youths as peace managers, paving the way for their release.

Reuters · Dec 5, 2022

Greater Manchester's prisoners could serve jail terms in region's police stations

GMP confirmed it has 'agreed to support' national proposals to help prison overcrowding

Manchester Evening News · Dec 5, 2022

‘I feel like a target’: Welsh woman braces for her stalker’s possible release

Exclusive: Rhianon Bragg says she feels vulnerable in her isolated home as her ex-partner could be freed from prison

The Guardian - UK · Dec 5, 2022

Sydney's 'milk crate murderer' Mert Ney rushed to hospital after stabbing at Goulburn's Supermax jail

Mert Ney, 24 — who is known as Sydney's milk crate murderer — has allegedly been stabbed by another inmate in Goulburn's Supermax prison.

ABC News · Dec 5, 2022

Jailed Sudan Ex-President Bashir Transferred to Hospital

Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday. The 78-year-old has been in custody while he is being tried over the 1989 coup that brought him to power. He was ousted in an uprising…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Dec 5, 2022

Porsche driver Richard Pusey jailed for offensive photos

Porsche driver Richard Pusey will be free from prison in days after being jailed for sending graphic photos of dying police officers to the financial

The New Daily · Dec 5, 2022

Holiday gifts for the incarcerated, a small gesture with a big impact: ‘They need to know people care about them’

Congregants of the evangelical Willow Creek Community Church assembled just over 1,000 gift bags for inmates Sunday in the South Loop.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 4, 2022

Jailed Sudan ex-president Bashir transferred to hospital- lawyer

Former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir has been moved from prison to hospital to complete some medical treatment, his lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday.

Reuters · Dec 4, 2022