The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Todd and Julie Chrisley’s daughter ‘grieving the loss of parents’

In an emotional podcast released before Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to prison terms, Savannah Chrisley reacted to her parents’ tax evasion case and talked about what’s to come.

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

'UK's Pablo Escobar' banned from entering Scotland after release from maximum security prison

Curtis Warren, who was once worth an estimated £300m, was released from Whitemoor maximum security prison in Cambridgeshire.

Daily Record · Nov 23, 2022

How Silicon Valley fervor explains Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year prison sentence

Raising hundreds of millions dollars sends a startup's valuation soaring. It can also make serious prison time all but inevitable for those in Holmes' situation.

WEKU · Nov 23, 2022

Jail despite bail: Lacking money or social connections, hundreds languish behind bars

Vasantha*, 65, pleads each time her family or lawyers come to meet her at Yerwada central prison in Maharashtra’s Pune. It’s been over two years since she got bail, but she is still in jail. And she isn’t the only one. 

Newslaundry · Nov 23, 2022

Family of missing Alexandria mum tell of 'nightmare' as suspect goes on run

Dean Woods, also known as Simon Corner, was quizzed by cops over the 2015 disappearance of Lisa.

Daily Record · Nov 23, 2022

Coronation Street fans predict 'blast from the past' will get revenge on Tracy

Tracy was released early from prison after killing Charlie Stubbs

Liverpool Echo · Nov 23, 2022

Extreme-heat jail finally gets aircon fix

Western Australia's government has belatedly agreed to install air-conditioning at the remote Roebourne prison after advocates raised extreme heat concerns.

AAP · Nov 23, 2022

WA Government confirms air conditioning to be installed at Roebourne Prison

A $10 million upgrade will see air conditioning installed in every cell at Roebourne Prison, after temperatures reached more than 50 degrees last summer.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Catholic school staffer to spend at least 18 months in jail over sexual abuse of Tasmanian students, girls

A staff member at a Tasmanian Catholic school has been described as "persistent and predatory" in the sexual exploitation of multiple students and young girls, and will now spend at least 18 months in prison.

ABC News · Nov 23, 2022

Family of Scots mum feared murdered in Spain in 'never ending nightmare' as prime suspect goes on run

Dean Woods, who is the ex-partner of missing Dumbarton mum Lisa Brown, is serving a 12 year sentence for drug trafficking but is being sought by police after failing to return to prison on Saturday.

Daily Record · Nov 23, 2022