The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Judge accuses WA government of 'flouting the law' over juveniles detained in adult prison

A senior Perth judge accuses the WA government of "flouting the law" and "thumbing its nose at the court" in relation to the ongoing detention of juveniles inside an adult prison.

ABC News · Nov 8, 2022

Fred Chaney says racist attitudes to blame for lack of air conditioning at Roebourne prison

One of Australia's leading Indigenous affairs advocates says a racist society is to blame for the conditions at Roebourne prison.

ABC News · Nov 7, 2022

Man sentenced in connection with Sweetie Pie's murder plot

A former St. Louis insurance agent has been sentenced to three years in prison for helping a one-time reality show star fraudulently obtain life insurance on a relative later shot to death in a murder-for-hire conspiracy

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

Urgent appeal to find pensioner, 77, wanted on recall to prison

John O'Neil is known across Manchester and Salford

Manchester Evening News · Nov 7, 2022

An Iowa teen convicted of killing her rapist escapes from a probation center

Pieper Lewis, who was a 15-year-old sex trafficking victim at the time she stabbed her abuser, could face 20 years in prison if her sentence is reimposed.

WEKU · Nov 7, 2022

Ghosn Escape Accomplices Return to US, Lawyer Confirms

The American father and son duo who helped former Nissan chairman Carlos Ghosn dramatically escape from Japan have been returned to the United States after spending 20 months in Japanese jails, their lawyer said Monday. Former Green Beret operative Michael Taylor, 62, was being held at a Los Angeles detention…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 7, 2022

Filming of new series of prison drama Screw gets under way in Glasgow

The show, starring Jamie-Lee O’Donnell of Derry Girls, is filmed at studios in the city’s Kelvin Hall.

The Independent UK · Nov 7, 2022

‘I’m very worried’: Mother of jailed Egyptian activist on hunger strike wants action

Detained Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah’s decision to escalate a hunger strike in prison to a refusal to drink water has raised the stakes and shone a spotlight on human rights violations as Egypt hosts the COP27 climate summit. For his mother, the time has come for the world to…

France 24 · Nov 7, 2022

Police issue urgent appeal to trace wanted man Kevin Rutter on run from prison

He has links to Wirral, mainly New Ferry and Moreton, and Liverpool

Liverpool Echo · Nov 7, 2022

UAE dismisses UK inquest finding of death of Brit in Dubai custody as 'speculation'

A UK coroner's court had ruled that "neglect" most likely led to the death of British businessman Lee Brown, who died after five days in custody at a police station in Dubai in 2011

Daily Mirror · Nov 7, 2022