The Latest Breaking News from Prison

It’s a wonder I’m alive: Azam Khan after walking out of prison

RAMPUR/LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan stepped out of the Sitapur jail on Friday after spending over 26 months in judicial custody, a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a cheating case. Later, after reaching home in Rampur, as thousands of supporters gathered outside his house…

The Times of India · May 20, 2022

Man sentenced to 24 years for setting Big Sur wildfire that killed 12 endangered condors

LOS ANGELES — A man who was convicted of setting a wildfire in Big Sur that burned 125,000 acres, seriously injured a firefighter and killed 12 endangered California condors was sentenced this week to 24 years in state prison.

Los Angeles Times · May 20, 2022

Fyre Festival creator has put together team to ‘come up with ideas’ for new entertainment ventures after early prison release

NEW YORK — Billy McFarland is all fyred up.

Tribune News Service · May 20, 2022

Bill pushes feds to notify families of sick, dying inmates

New legislation in the Senate requires the Justice Department to establish guidelines for the federal Bureau of Prisons and state correctional systems to notify the families of inmates if their loved one has a serious illness, a life-threatening injury or if they die behind bars

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

Inside violent prison where husband killer of Brit mum Caroline Crouch is held

Helicopter pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, was jailed for life on Monday for murdering his British wife Caroline Crouch, 20, for hanging her rescue puppy Roxy from the bannisters of their Athens maisonette

Daily Mirror · May 20, 2022

Facing Life: the project showing the cracks in California’s incarceration system

A documentary follows the paths of eight people who served decades of their life sentences behind bars, only to be released with no resources

The Guardian - US · May 20, 2022

Russian soldier who killed innocent grandad smirks when told of possible prisoner swap

Russian Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, shot Ukrainian civilian Oleksandr Shelypov, 62, dead with an AK-47 as he pushed his bicycle home in Chupakhivk, just days into the invasion in February

Daily Mirror · May 20, 2022

SP leader Azam Khan released from prison

Supreme Court on Thursday used its powers under Article 142 to grant Azam Khan interim bail

The Hindu · May 20, 2022

Children carrying weapons at most violent prison in England, inspectors warn

A report says there were 105 assaults among children and 82 on staff in just six months.

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022

Ex-deputy gets 18 years after detainees drown in locked van

A deputy in South Carolina whose police van was swept away by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, drowning two women seeking mental health treatment trapped in a cage in the back has been sentenced to 18 years in prison

The Independent UK · May 19, 2022