The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Surveillance footage shows Alabama corrections officer Vicky White at hotel hours before prison break

Corrections officer Vicky White stayed at the Quality Inn for two nights prior to vanishing with inmate Casey Cole White

The Independent UK · May 9, 2022

Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che: ‘I can breathe in the fresh air of freedom’

The rights activist and his wife talk about his five years in a Chinese jail and her efforts to secure his release

The Guardian - UK · May 9, 2022

Man who attacked rival Dublin gang member with 'big-ass machete' sentenced

Martin Cunningham has been in prison since April 2019 after his bail was revoked by the High Court and has therefore served more than the three years to which he was sentenced

Dublin Live · May 9, 2022

Prisoners fuming after sugar ration cut as jail bosses put them on health kick

A report out into the jail from inspectors from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) last week revealed how prison chiefs previously handed over 1kg of sugar-per-inmate each month

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2022

Dog catches prison smuggler by sniffing out tennis ball secretly stuffed with drugs

PD Harry used his amazing fetching and sniffing skills to track down a tennis ball that was filled with drugs, after a man was spotted throwing items over a prison wall in Suffolk

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2022

Boris Becker ‘complains about prison food’ as tennis star shocked by lack of hygiene

Tennis star Boris Becker has reportedly found it tough going in the early stages of his prison sentence after complaining about the food and lack of hygiene at HMP Wandsworth

Daily Mirror · May 9, 2022

Hammer attack on caravan park owner sees retired dentist jailed for two years

An 81-year-old former dentist is sentenced to two years in prison for attacking the owner of a Tasmanian holiday park with a hammer in an act of "revenge".

ABC News · May 9, 2022

Brickbat: Time Is on His Side

Weatherford, Oklahoma, police officer Jeremy Anderson has been charged with neglect to perform a duty and larceny after being arrested for stealing 99 fentanyl pills from the police department's evidence room. He faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The suspect originally arrested with the pills was charged…

Reason · May 9, 2022

Glasgow gangster target of prison 'napalm' attack amid bully and threat claims

Vicious Matthew Grady was sentenced at Hamilton Sheriff Court last week for the attack on John Hardie amid claims he was being threatened by the thug currently serving 20 years for plotting to murder Steven 'Bonzo' Daniel.

Glasgow Live · May 9, 2022

Sex offender caught after prison release

A sex offender has been sentenced to four years' jail after being caught with child exploitation material just months following his release from prison.

AAP · May 9, 2022