The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Basketball star in Russian prison begs Biden for help

WASHINGTON: American basketball star Brittney Griner asked US President Joe Biden to free her from a Russian prison in a handwritten letter Monday, portions of which were made public by her family.

Bangkok Post · Jul 5, 2022

Priti Patel calls for police to use new powers against protesters after fuel duty slowdown hits motorways

Road-block activism risks prison term after law change

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

El Salvador woman's 50-year jail sentence outrages abortion rights group

A woman in El Salvador has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for aggravated homicide in a controversial case in which authorities argued she had killed her baby after giving birth, while her defenders said she had suffered a miscarriage.

Reuters · Jul 4, 2022

Josef S: 101-year-old man appeals conviction in Nazi guard case

He was convicted last Tuesday of more than 3,500 counts of accessory to murder and sentenced to five years in prison

Evening Standard · Jul 4, 2022

The Founders Loved Jury Trials. Almost No One Gets One Anymore.

John Adams called jury trials part of the "heart and lungs of liberty." Today, defendants are often punished for exercising that very right.

Reason · Jul 4, 2022

Virginia law stops early inmate releases, angering families

A last-minute amendment to Virginia's budget has blocked the planned release this summer of hundreds of inmates

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

What is the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and what will it change?

It came into force last week

Nottingham Post · Jul 4, 2022

A look inside the ‘Disneyland’ prison Ghislaine Maxwell hopes to spend her 20-year sentence in

Lauryn Hill, ‘Queen of the Mean’ Leona Helmsley and Orange is the New Black author Piper Kerman have all done time at FCI Danbury

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

Intersex woman lodges complaint after being taken to Yatala Labour Prison for men

An intersex prisoner, who identifies as female, was placed in a male prison where she was exposed to "ridicule" and "cruel and degrading treatment", a South Australian tribunal hears.

ABC News · Jul 4, 2022

Faces of seven people jailed in Merseyside this week

An overview of people sent to prison for crimes linked to our region

Liverpool Echo · Jul 4, 2022