The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Canstruct loses lucrative Nauru offshore processing contract to US prisons operator with controversial record

Management and Training Corporation is set to take over running Australia’s immigration regime on the island

The Guardian - AU · Aug 16, 2022

River chief imprisoned for fishing fights for sacred rights

In the 1980s, Wilbur Slockish Jr. served 20 months in federal prison on charges of illegally poaching salmon from the Columbia River

The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022

Mountjoy prison victim Robert O'Connor funeral hears call for 'no retaliation' over his killing

Robert, 34, died five days after the attack in Mountjoy Prison

Dublin Live · Aug 16, 2022

Funeral for murdered Mountjoy inmate hears calls for 'no retaliation' from victim's heartbroken dad

Speaking out at his son’s funeral on Monday, Leo O’Connor called for no revenge attacks over the brutal killing of his son in a cell earlier this month

Irish Mirror · Aug 15, 2022

The mayor of San Francisco’s long fight to get her brother out of jail over armed robbery that turned fatal

High-profile case touches on issues including the politics of crime-fighting, state law – and one family’s journey between poverty and power. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

WNBA star Griner appeals Russian prison term amid swap talks

WNBA star Brittney Griner appealed her nine-year prison sentence imposed by a Moscow court as the US and Russia pursue talks on a possible exchange involving her and another jailed American.

Tribune News Service · Aug 15, 2022

Journalists and lawyers file lawsuit against CIA over ‘spying’ on Assange visits

The WikiLeaks founder is being held in London’s Belmarsh prison as he fights extradition to the US.

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Kremlin critic Navalny says he's in solitary confinement

Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny says prison officials ordered him to serve at least three days in solitary confinement, citing a minor infraction, in retaliation for his activism behind bars

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2022

Jailed Russian politician Navalny says he's in punishment cell

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday that prison authorities had thrown him into a punishment cell for a minor rules infraction after he tried to encourage fellow inmates to form a trade union.

Reuters · Aug 15, 2022

Thao, Kueng reject plea deal offered in George Floyd killing

MINNEAPOLIS — Ex-Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao formally rejected a plea offer in court Monday morning that would have allowed them to avoid a state trial and additional prison time from the federal civil rights sentence they received in George Floyd's killing.

Tribune News Service · Aug 15, 2022