The Latest Breaking News from Prison

R. Kelly reportedly got engaged to one of his alleged victims before his sentencing

R. Kelly was convicted of multiple sex-trafficking crimes in September and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last month. But before he was sentenced, one of his alleged victims claimed the two are actually engaged, and that he's anything but an abuser.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 11, 2022

Execution halted as court questions whether Ramiro Gonzales should have been sentenced to life in prison

The jury sentenced Gonzales to death after a prosecution expert testified that he posed a future danger to society. The expert now says his data was wrong.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 11, 2022

His murder conviction overturned, Jason Roberts still faces armed robbery charges after release

Monday's acquittal on charges of murdering two police officers has brought an end to 22 years of imprisonment for Jason Roberts, but there are further court appearances to come in his future.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Ferne McCann's acid attacker ex 'gets engaged' behind bars just days after TV star

Towie star Ferne McCann's ex boyfriend Arthur Collins, who is in prison for an acid attack, is engaged to a businesswoman and plans to marry her later this year, it has been reported

Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2022

Protests last July brought Cuba worldwide attention, but the human rights crisis continues

A year after the largest anti-government demonstrations in Cuba in several decades, hundreds of people remain detained, waiting for trials or in prison for chanting pro-freedom slogans.

Miami Herald · Jul 11, 2022

HMP Nottingham remand prisoner was murdered after he had asked to move away from cellmate

He was strangled by shoe laces and stabbed with a piece of plastic cutlery

Nottingham Post · Jul 11, 2022

Glasgow man who shot and killed mum and step-father likely to spend rest of his life in US prison

Derek Connell is a native of Shawlands and as a child moved to California with his mother Kim Higginbotham and her American husband Christopher, where he shot them both to death in a violent rampage.

Glasgow Live · Jul 11, 2022

PC Andrew Harper's killer, 20, caught downing homemade booze inside high-security prison

Henry Long, 20, was jailed for 16 years in 2020 for the manslaughter of PC Andrew Harper in 2019 - he was jailed alongside his pals Albert Bowers and Jessie Cole, 18 at the time

Daily Mirror · Jul 11, 2022

Commentary: Women in prison and under court surveillance will suffer under new abortion bans

As state abortion bans snap into effect after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, one group who will be most affected seems to be least discussed: women under criminal court control.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 11, 2022

Edinburgh prisoners to receive training for drug that counters heroin overdose

Over 300 prisoners at HMP Edinburgh are being primed to take on special training to apply naloxone, which has been rolled out to treat those suffering a heroin overdose

Edinburgh Live · Jul 11, 2022