The Latest Breaking News from Prison

'James Bulger's murder took place almost 30 years ago but it feels like yesterday'

Jon Venables' release from prison after torturing and murdering two-year-old James Bulger seems "unnecessarily cruel with an extra layer of hurt", Voice of the People says

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

An Alabama prison official and the inmate she was escorting are missing

Vicky White left a detention center with an inmate Friday morning and neither has been seen since. White was escorting the inmate, held on capital murder charges, to a courthouse for a hearing.

WEKU · Apr 30, 2022

Maximum security jail housing killers giving criminals yoga classes and dinner parties

The unit has been set up at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire where inmates include the evil Suffolk Strangler and past residents include Charles Bronson and Abu Hamza

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

Appeal for help as police hunt for Oldham man, 24, wanted on recall to prison

Blplop Dey, 24, has links to the Coldhurst and Westwood areas

Manchester Evening News · Apr 30, 2022

Robber who targeted elderly and frail women has boiling water poured over him in prison

Dean Kenyon was held in custody for a robbery after a 79-year-old victim was left with lifelong injuries, but in jail he had scalding water poured on his legs and arms

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

BBC blunder sees presenter say 'Boris Johnson has spent first night in prison'

THE Prime Minister is a law-breaker, but he hasn't been sent to prison...

The National (Scotland) · Apr 30, 2022

A laughing perv, a burgling mum and a man who sleeps with an axe... these are the faces of Manchester's newest prison inmates

The criminals handed prison sentences in April

Manchester Evening News · Apr 30, 2022

Narnia fairytale garden opens in Co Down for children impacted by cancer

It was designed to enhance the lives of children dealing with cancer to help with their mental health, self-confidence

Belfast Live · Apr 30, 2022

'Beatle' Gets Life Sentence for ISIS Beheadings

Alexanda Kotey, part of the ISIS kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles," was sentenced to life in prison Friday, with relatives of victims addressing him and another member directly in the US court. Kotey, a 38-year-old former British national, pleaded guilty in September, admitting his role in the deaths of…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 30, 2022

Return to jails in Kerala in 2 weeks: SC to those on parole

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed prisoners out on interim bail or parole in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic to report back to jails in Kerala within two weeks.

The Times of India · Apr 30, 2022