The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Glasgow Barlinnie boss says keeping drugs out of prisons 'impossible' due to inmate demand

Sean McFedries, head of operations at HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow, said that although 'everything was being done' to prevent drugs in the prison it was 'impossible' to stop all of them getting in.

Glasgow Live · Jun 22, 2022

Brooklyn Center to pay Daunte Wright's family $3.25 million to settle wrongful death lawsuit

Former police officer Kim Potter is serving a 2-year prison sentence for his killing.

Axios · Jun 22, 2022

‘A disturbing picture’: use of excessive force endemic in Victorian remand centres, says ombudsman

Report finds officers failing to use body-worn cameras and incidents often occurred in prison ‘CCTV blind spots’

The Guardian - AU · Jun 22, 2022

Former Colombian rebel leaders recognize role in kidnappings

A group of former leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, say the guerrilla organization was responsible for war crimes, including the kidnapping of thousands of civilians for ransom and also holding politicians as hostages for several years in the hopes of exchanging them for imprisoned rebels

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Louisiana bill criminalizing abortion providers if Roe falls signed into law

Under Louisiana's new "trigger" ban, providers would face up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000.

Axios · Jun 21, 2022

Who are Blockade Australia, and why are some members facing charges that carry up to 10 years in prison?

Police say they feared for their lives, protesters say they were startled by armed men in camouflage who refused to identify themselves. What happened in Colo on Sunday, and what has it got to do with NSW's beefed-up protest laws?

ABC News · Jun 21, 2022

The Guardian view on criminal record checks: the case for second chances

Editorial: Rules that force people to disclose decades-old convictions, including for non-violent offences, should be changed

The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022

Number of former prisoners who re-offend within a year falls

The figures were published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for its most recent estimates of prison re-offending

Irish Mirror · Jun 21, 2022

Former politician accused of burning ex-police officer husband to death

The 66-year-old allegedly told a dispatcher she believed her husband had died after ‘starting a fire and burning himself’

The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2022

Vladimir Putin critic shares grim punishments from inside maximum-security prison

Alexei Navalny - Vladimir Putin's strongest political opponent - was jailed by the Kremlin at the start of 2021 upon returning to Russia after being poisoned with the novichok nerve agent while visiting Siberia in 2020

Daily Mirror · Jun 21, 2022