The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Man tells wife he's in love with his mother and they have 'mind-blowing' sex

They could face 15 years in prison and be added to the sex register for life over their incestuous relationship.

Irish Mirror · May 8, 2022

Orange County piano teacher sentenced to 100 years to life for sexually assaulting young students

A former Orange County piano teacher convicted of sexually assaulting and molesting child students over nearly two decades was sentenced Friday to 100 years to life in prison, prosecutors said.

Los Angeles Times · May 8, 2022

Syrians in Berlin seek release of loved ones after presidential amnesty

For ten years, Rojin Derki hoped her brother Mohammad was still alive and would one day be released from a Syrian government prison after his arrest in 2012.

Reuters · May 7, 2022

A Michigan law from 1931 would make abortion a felony if Roe falls

The law could put doctors, and even patients, in prison for up to four years. And the state's attorney general says she can't stop local prosecutors from enforcing it.

WEKU · May 7, 2022

Life in prison for stealing $20: how The Division is taking apart brutal criminal sentences

Part two: The New Orleans’ civil rights division reckons with a case involving an egregious sentence – and a policy that has punished the city’s poorest for decades

The Guardian - US · May 7, 2022

Thieving mum cries 'my dad's going to die' as she's sent to jail

Lisa Fletcher and then partner Lee Owens stole £1,285 from a small business in a targeted burglary but now her prison term means she may not see her dad alive again

Liverpool Echo · May 7, 2022

Should child killers be given a second chance and the opportunity to be rehabilitated?

The heart says no but the head can’t make up its mind and it’s very frustrating.

Daily Record · May 7, 2022

Woman who poked holes in condoms handed six month prison sentence

A court found the woman guilty of sexual assault, with the judge giving her a six-month suspended sentence for purposefully damaging her partner’s condoms.

Daily Record · May 7, 2022

Judge denies Kim Foxx’s bid to let inmate out early under new state law

Judge Stanley Sacks said he didn’t believe 55-year-old convicted burglar Charles Miles had shown himself to be rehabilitated while in prison and expressed skepticism over whether the state’s constitution would allow him to effectively commute the remainder of Miles’ sentence.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 6, 2022

Man gets 55 years for fatal 2017 shooting of Indiana officer

A man convicted of fatally shooting an Indiana police officer who came to his aid following a car crash in 2017 has been sentenced to 55 years in prison

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022