The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Crime Files: on the run for a decade after maximum security jailbreak

John Ure, born and raised in Adamstown, was a NSW Police detective in the Hunter throughout the 1970s and early 1980s. John was involved in several high-profile cases as well as the day-to-day travails of our community. Here's his latest crime file.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 28, 2022

Judge blasts Maxwell’s ‘lack of candour’ over her finances and exaggerations over mistreatment in prison

Alison Nathan was critical of Ghislaine Maxwell’s shifting statements about her wealth and prison experience

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell Gave A Non-Apology To Victims After Being Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison

Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

Pedestrian.tv · Jun 28, 2022

Jailed Egyptian blogger entering danger zone in hunger strike - mother

The mother of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah says she is worried there could be a rapid deterioration in his health after nearly 90 days on hunger strike, despite some improvements in his prison conditions.

Reuters · Jun 28, 2022

Evil Ghislaine Maxwell 'opened the doors to hell' - read victims' statements in full

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 60, is facing up to 65 years in prison for luring young girls to massage rooms to be molested by Jeffrey Epstein

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022

Committee set up to probe suicide attempts in prison

The Department of Corrections has set up a fact-finding committee to investigate three apparent suicide attempts by members of the Thalu Gas political protest group.

Bangkok Post · Jun 28, 2022

Drug dealer kisses pregnant wife in the dock before starting six-year jail term

Bradley Heath was told he will miss the birth of his child as he was sentenced to six years in prison - his wife, Tara Heath, who appeared alongside her husband, and is 26 weeks pregnant was spared jail

Daily Mirror · Jun 28, 2022

Senegal court hands down prison sentence to opposition MP over protests

A Senegal court Tuesday handed an opposition MP a six-month suspended prison sentence for defying a ban on protests in the tense run-up to legislative elections in July. Another lawmaker and 82 other defendants tried in the same case were released.

Radio France Internationale · Jun 28, 2022

German court sentences ex-SS camp guard, aged 101, to five years in jail

A German court sentenced a former SS guard, now 101 years old, to five years in prison on Tuesday for assisting in the murder of some 3,500 people at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, bringing to an end one of the last Nazi trials in Germany.

Reuters · Jun 28, 2022

Navalny appeal rejected; another Kremlin critic jailed

A Russian court has rejected an appeal by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who contended that prison authorities illegally prevented his lawyers from bringing necessary equipment including voice recorders and laptop computers to a court session held in a prison

The Independent UK · Jun 28, 2022