The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Help acquit me and get $20k, murderer said

A NSW grazier's killer is guaranteed to spend at least one more birthday in prison after being sentenced for her illegal plan to get off a murder charge.

AAP · Oct 12, 2022

Family of Peter Tobin victim say killer's ashes should be 'flushed down the toilet'

The 76-year-old killer and paedophile died in hospital over the weekend while serving three life sentences at Saughton Prison in Edinburgh. It is understood that he suffered from cancer for the last three years of his life

Edinburgh Live · Oct 12, 2022

Aung San Suu Kyi faces total of 26 years in prison after latest corruption sentencing

Court controlled by junta adds a further three years in jail to raft of other sentences handed to the former leader

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2022

Graft convictions extend Suu Kyi's prison term to 26 years

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has convicted the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on two more corruption charges

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Scots thug who stabbed best pal to death after PlayStation session loses sentence appeal

Dale Gardiner was seeking to reduce the eight-year prison term he received for killing William Wardrop in Lanarkshire.

Daily Record · Oct 12, 2022

Attorneys: Inmate endured 'torture' during execution attempt

An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Ex-Angels employee sentenced to 22 years in prison in Tyler Skaggs overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Angels communications director Eric Kay was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison Tuesday after being convicted of providing counterfeit oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 12, 2022

Who is Christian Brueckner? Madeleine McCann suspect and the accusations against him

German prisoner Christian Brueckner was identified as a suspect in Madeleine’s case in April this year

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

‘Botched execution’ lasted 90 minutes as Alabama inmate survived ‘torture,’ lawsuit says

An Alabama inmate on death row survived a “botched execution” lasting 90 minutes as prison workers unsuccessfully searched for his veins, according to a federal lawsuit.

Tribune News Service · Oct 11, 2022

Concerns grow as cholera spreads through Haiti's prisons

A nonprofit organization is calling on Haiti’s government to release certain inmates amid a swift rise in cholera cases throughout the country’s severely crowded prison system

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022