The Latest Breaking News from Prison

When ES Magazine met Anna Delvey: 'There were times I was not sorry'

She was the fake heiress with a knack for conning New York’s finest into paying for whatever she fancied — until she went to jail for it. Now Anna Delvey is back, appearing (ankle tag and all) on Dancing With the Stars. We revisit her interview with Susannah Butter

Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2022

Prisoner made vile threats to kill, rape and mutilate in calls from behind bars

Christopher Wardle made the threats in phone calls to his partner about her and others

Chronicle Live · Oct 27, 2022

Obsessive prisoner called ex 33 times in two days after being jailed for bugging her bedroom

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard that Gabriel Trepkos was behind bars at HMP Low Moss when he plagued his former partner with calls from his cell then sent her a letter when she blocked his number.

Glasgow Live · Oct 27, 2022

'I shot him': Call made when inmate felled

A prison officer's triple-zero call made moments after he fatally gunned down inmate Dwayne Johnstone in northern NSW has been played during his murder trial.

AAP · Oct 27, 2022

‘Zombie Angelina Jolie’ shows real face in interview after release from Iran jail for ‘blasphemy’

Iranian Sahar Tabar was originally sentenced to 10 years in prison but has now been freed

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Foreign Office minister calls on Iran to release British-born environmentalist

Lord Ahmad has called for the release of British-Iranian dual national Morad Tahbaz.

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Ex-Teamsters' boss gets 19 months in Chicago extortion case

A once-powerful labor leader in Chicago has been sentenced to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 in cash payments from the head of a film studio in the city

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Arizona prisoner to die by lethal injection, not gas chamber

An Arizona prisoner who is scheduled to be executed in three weeks for two 1980 killings will be put to death by lethal injection, not gas, on Nov. 16

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022

Britain calls on Iran to release environmentalist Morad Tahbaz

The British government on Wednesday called on Iran to release environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, an Iranian-American who also holds British citizenship, after his family said he had been returned to prison.

Reuters · Oct 26, 2022

Putin opponent loses complaint about prison confinement

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost another court battle in his effort to push back against the Kremlin’s widening crackdown on him and other dissenters

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022