The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Retired miner sentenced to federal prison after FBI finds homemade pipe bombs across Michigan

DETROIT — A retired miner accused of leaving pipe bombs and threatening letters across northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday in a case that raised fears of an imminent domestic terror attack.

Tribune News Service · Nov 10, 2022

Death row killer says 'I don't want to leave you baby' to wife before being executed

Death row prisoner Tracy Beatty, 61, said "I don't want to leave you baby" in last words reportedly to his wife before he was given a lethal injection at Huntsville state penitentiary

Daily Mirror · Nov 10, 2022

Laws hamper Tas prison bugging probe

A review into the use of police surveillance devices in Tasmanian prisons has been hampered by laws that prevent crucial information from being accessed.

AAP · Nov 10, 2022

Angel Cabrera sentenced to more jail time, says ‘prison has done me good’

“He says prison has done him well. And that he needed it and boy do I know that.” -- Charlie Epps on Cabrera

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 9, 2022

Voters Approve Anti-Slavery Ballot Measures in 4 States

On Tuesday, voters in Alabama, Tennessee, Vermont, and Oregon approved ballot measures that removed exceptions to anti-slavery laws in their state's constitutions, effectively banning forced prison labor.

Reason · Nov 9, 2022

Brittney Griner faces 'slave-like' Russian prison amid reports of torture and sleep deprivation

WNBA superstar Brittney Griner is being moved to a penal colony after unsuccessfully appealing her nine-year prison sentence, and the sporting world is calling on Joe Biden to secure a prisoner swap

Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Cain Velasquez: Former UFC champion speaks after being released from prison on bail

Following his arrest on an attempted murder charge in February, Velasquez claimed that the man he had allegedly shot had molested the ex-UFC heavyweight champion’s four-year-old son

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2022

Brittney Griner’s already fraught wrongful imprisonment in Russia just got even worse in a horrifying way

Here's everything you need to know about Brittney Griner's horrifying situation

USA Today Sports Media Group · Nov 9, 2022

Mum and son will be sent to prison if they meet up to see each other for next TWO years

Tina Lean, 54, and her son Jamie Power, 31, have been ordered to stay away from each other after police imposed a civil injunction on the pair with "great reluctance"

Daily Mirror · Nov 9, 2022

Charles Bronson granted request for Parole Board hearing to be held in public

The 66-year-old is one of the country's longest serving prisoners

Wales Online · Nov 9, 2022