The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Concern people in Nottingham are 'turning to crime to get shelter in prison' amid cost of living crisis

The number of inmates is anticipated to grow over winter

Nottingham Post · Nov 7, 2022

NSW approved UN jail visit before backflip

NSW reneged on an agreement to allow UN inspectors into its prisons the day the delegation landed in Australia, a federal official has told senators.

AAP · Nov 7, 2022

Yatala prisoners protest move to higher security division by sparking blaze in cell

Two Adelaide prisoners who started a fire in their cell because they were unhappy about being moved to a higher security division, may have tampered with a power point to spark the blaze, the Department of Corrections says.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022

Eric Allison obituary

Career criminal who went on to become the Guardian’s prisons correspondent and a campaigner for penal reform

The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022

Former Durham prisoner turned writer brings his remarkable story to the stage with new play

Raising the bar - success story Ric Renton will star in November premiere at Live Theatre of his play One Off which recounts his experiences in HMP Durham

Chronicle Live · Nov 6, 2022

Foreign Office ‘setting up PM to fail’ at Cop27 over writer jailed in Egypt

Sanaa Seif, the sister of political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, has spoken about a letter Rishi Sunak sent to their family.

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Star Wars theory finally answers 'Andor's most bizarre mystery

'Andor's Panopticon-like prison show just how heartless the Empire really is.

Inverse · Nov 6, 2022

'Very health conscious' Gerry Hutch brings his own protein bars to court every day

"You wouldn’t know it to look at him but he is very health conscious and likes to look after himself"

Irish Mirror · Nov 6, 2022

Pope in Bahrain: Treatment of prisoners a measure of society

Pope Francis is wrapping up the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain by encouraging priests and nuns to keep ministering to the Gulf kingdom’s tiny Catholic flock

The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2022

Yatala Labour Prison incident sees riot police called in with at least five people treated for injuries

SA Ambulance Service says it has taken five people to hospital with non-life threatening injuries after an incident at Adelaide's Yatala Labour Prison.

ABC News · Nov 6, 2022