The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Prisoners returned to jail smuggle in zombie drug Spice under insoles of trainers

The ruse to stash Zombie drug Spice in their shoes is believed to have been used scores of times by freed prisoners being recalled because of a breach of licence

Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022

Blakelaw convict re-called to prison after attacking two police officers

Konnor Kesson was found hiding between wheelie bins before flooring one constable by punching him in the mouth and hitting another with his head

Chronicle Live · Aug 6, 2022

‘Absolute evil’: inside the Russian prison camp where dozens of Ukrainians burned to death

Entrepreneur Anna Vorosheva accuses Moscow of murder after spending 100 days in the Olenivka detention centre

The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2022

GoFundMe scammer who used story of homeless vet gets 5 years

A New Jersey man who made up a story about a homeless veteran helping out his then-girlfriend and used the tale to solicit $400,000 in online donations has been sentenced to prison

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

Sentencing Monday in hate crimes case over Ahmaud Arbery’s murder

ATLANTA — The three men convicted of Ahmaud Arbery’s murder will face a federal judge Monday to learn their sentences in the hate crimes case over the 25-year-old’s slaying.

Tribune News Service · Aug 5, 2022

Brittney Griner's 9.5-Year Sentence Is Harsh Even By Russian Standards

It is unclear if, or when, she could be freed by a prisoner exchange

Reason · Aug 5, 2022

Democrat defeats incumbent Republican in Memphis DA race

A Democratic lawyer who pledged to make abortion prosecutions under Tennessee’s “trigger law” an extremely low priority in the county that includes Memphis has defeated the incumbent Republican district attorney who refused to say whether she would go after doctors who perform the procedure

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

Wife of man left unable to speak 'horrified' teen attacker could be free in weeks

Harry Furlong, 18, was found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on care worker Alan Willson on Easter Sunday last year but he is set to leave prison just months after his conviction

Daily Mirror · Aug 5, 2022

The Angola 3's Albert Woodfox, who survived decades of solitary confinement, dies

A wrongful murder conviction forced Woodfox to spend 43 years and 10 months in solitary confinement at Louisiana's Angola Prison. He has died at the age of 75.

WEKU · Aug 5, 2022

Brittney Griner has been sentenced to jail time in Russia. Could a controversial prisoner swap bring her home?

Brittney Griner's fate could depend on a man imprisoned thousands of kilometres away — an international arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" who could be offered up in a prisoner swap deal between the US and Russia.

ABC News · Aug 5, 2022