The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Dumfries prison officers receive bravery awards for stopping man leaping from bridge

Susan Findlater and Fiona Smith were honoured in a ceremony at HMP Dumfries with framed certificates for meritorious conduct for saving the man

Daily Record · Jul 13, 2022

‘Vulnerable teen’ used by group to keep cocaine in his bedroom

Khalim Reynolds committed two Class A drug offences by the time he was 18

Wales Online · Jul 13, 2022

Convicted sex offender slashed 17-year-old's throat on bus in brutal attack

Hamid Akhonzada said he 'heard the voices in his head telling him to stab somebody'

Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022

US inmate Casey White, who escaped with help of prison officer Vicky White, charged with her murder

Casey White is charged with the murder of prison officer Vicky White, who led him out of jail in handcuffs before the pair went on the run.

ABC News · Jul 13, 2022

ICE banned from using contractors to arrest immigrants at California jails, prisons

A California lawsuit has ended with a settlement that bans U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials from leaning on private contractors to arrest immigrants at state prisons and jails and send them to deportation proceedings.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 12, 2022

LeBron James wouldn’t blame Brittney Griner for not wanting to live in the U.S.

LeBron James seems to wonder if fellow basketball star Brittney Griner will want to live in the U.S. again if she’s released from the Russian prison she currently calls home.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Inmate charged with murder of jail official during escape

A prisoner who prompted a nationwide manhunt when he disappeared from an Alabama jail has been charged with killing the jail official authorities said helped him escape

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

AP Exclusive: Venezuela jails 3 Americans amid US outreach

Three Americans were quietly jailed in Venezuela earlier this year for allegedly trying to enter the country illegally and now face long prison sentences in the politically turbulent nation, The Associated Press has learned

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Sex offenders will be chemically castrated in Thailand under new law

Rapists and paedophiles judged capable of carrying out further attacks after their release from prison in Thailand may be offered a reduced sentence if they take a testosterone-lowering injection

Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2022

Powerful jammers to block 5G network calls at Parappana Agrahara

Home Minister makes surprise inspection at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison

The Hindu · Jul 12, 2022