The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Who was Kathleen Lonsdale?

The Irish-born scientist was a pacifist, prison reformer and crystallographer.

The Canberra Times · Sep 24, 2022

Urgent call for review into sentencing pregnant women due to health risks

Experts and campaigners write open letter to justice secretary and Sentencing Council warning of dangers of giving birth in jail

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2022

The criminals who were already serving time but couldn’t help but offend again

Cases brought before the courts include a man who brandished a homemade 'knife' and a man who launched a frightening stalking campaign from his cell

Manchester Evening News · Sep 24, 2022

Staffing shortages, violence plague Oklahoma prisons

With one of the highest incarceration rates in the country, Oklahoma has struggled for decades to properly staff its prisons

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2022

Aiden Aslin's mum told captors to 'f*** off' after they sent sick videos of him

Angela Wood, the mother of freed Brit prisoner of war Aiden Aslin, has told how she was sent sickening videos from her son's captors but she stood up to them and told them to "f*** off"

Daily Mirror · Sep 24, 2022

Ill-fated Spanish village poised to be destroyed a third time

Settlers who restored abandoned village of Fraguas face prison if they can’t pay €110,000 to demolish it

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24, 2022

Feds blast drug kingpin’s bid for NY prison release due to stress headaches, need for vegan diet

NEW YORK — Queens drug kingpin Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols’ bid for early release from prison due to stress headaches was blasted Friday by federal prosecutors, who said the convict’s migraine problem “is not an extraordinary and compelling reason” to be given a get-out-of-jail-free card.

Tribune News Service · Sep 23, 2022

Michael Carneal killed three fellow students in 1997. He’s still hearing voices. Should he get parole?

The Kentucky State Parole Board is about to decide the fate of an inmate who walked into his school 25 years ago, at age 14, and opened fire, killing three and injuring five. He’d be one of the few school shooters to walk free, writes Sheila Flynn

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

N. Dakota guard fired over suicide of man serving life

A North Dakota prison guard was fired over the suicide of a man who was serving life sentences for killing four people

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Vaiko urges Centre to release Sri Lankan nationals from Karnataka prisons

They were cheated by agents in Sri Lanka, he says

The Hindu · Sep 23, 2022