The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Mum who slashed woman's face on cocaine-fuelled night out goes on the run from prison

Police are appealing for help to find Zowie Kaylie Haygarth

Manchester Evening News · Jun 21, 2022

Prisoner brandished homemade ‘knife’ in cell… whilst serving a sentence for attacking prison officers

Gary Brooks, 30, was already serving a 54 month jail term for attacking emergency workers

Manchester Evening News · Jun 21, 2022

UN: Myanmar Executions Could Be War Crimes

The Myanmar junta's plans to execute political opponents may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, a UN official said Monday. The junta said on June 3 it would execute a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent democracy activist, both convicted of terrorism, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 21, 2022

Banksia Hill inmates trash about 100 of juvenile detention centre's cells, leaving them unusable

About 100 cells at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre have been deemed unusable after being damaged by inmates, but justice advocates say troubled youths are under too much pressure at the facility.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Man who coordinated Honduras activist's murder sentenced

The man convicted last year of coordinating the killing of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Why these prosecutors are refusing to enforce criminal anti-abortion laws in their states

‘Trigger’ bans in more than a dozen states will quickly or immediately outlaw abortion without Roe v Wade protections. It will be up to the discretion of district attorneys and law enforcement whether providers will be criminally charged, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022

Cocaine fuelled mum who slashed woman's face on the run

Zowie Haygarth, 37, is wanted by Merseyside Police

Liverpool Echo · Jun 20, 2022

The 'drug grannies' thought they were on the trip of a lifetime. They couldn't have been more mistaken

In 1977, two American retirees set out on a campervan trip. When the women tried to go home, they were threatened with violence, and a three-month holiday turned into a 14-year prison sentence.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o sentenced to 22 months in prison for tax fraud in Spain

Samuel Eto’o has been handed a 22-month prison sentence and seven-figure fine after admitting tax fraud worth over £3.25million in Spain.

Evening Standard · Jun 20, 2022

Cyprus investigates prison director's blackmail allegations

Cyprus’ top lawyer has appointed an investigator to probe allegations by the country’s prisons’ director that a senior police officer had tasked an inmate to gather any information or video about her private life that could be used to blackmail her

The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022