Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Migrant Smugglers Sentenced To Decades in Prison For 2022 Texas Tragedy That Killed 53

Authorities who discovered the trailer on June 27, 2022, found 64 migrants inside. Forty-eight were already dead, and 16 others were taken to hospitals, where five later died.

Latin Times

Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal

Classroom commandments, the FBI's Most Wanted, and a phone book artifice.

Reason

We don't know where they are, say families of French prisoners in Iran

The families of French prisoners held in Iran are anxiously awaiting news of their whereabouts following the ceasefire between Iran and Israel on 24 June.

Euronews

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Woman in ‘concentration camp prisoner’ outfit questioned by police

Images of the protester were widely shared on social media

The Independent UK

Police question woman who wore ‘concentration camp prisoner’ outfit at protest

Images of the protester circulated on social media, showing the woman dressed in striped clothes with the symbol of Islam sewn on to her shirt.

Evening Standard

South Texas Doctor Jailed for 25 Years Over Multimillion‑Dollar Scam

A South Texas doctor has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for running a massive healthcare fraud scheme involving kickbacks and false billing.

International Business Times UK

Samurai sword murderer gets life in prison for a rampage that killed a London schoolboy last year

A man who was armed with a samurai sword when he murdered a London boy on his way to school has been sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyer delivers closing arguments at sex-trafficking trial

The music mogul could face life in prison for racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution

The Guardian - US

Video shows ‘underground bunker’ couldn’t save Ecuador’s most wanted drug lord, now facing US extradition

Is he going to the US next?

We Got This Covered

Brickbat: Minimum Effort

Former Santa Cruz County, Arizona, Treasurer Elizabeth Gutfahr was sentenced to 10 years in prison after she pleaded guilty to… The post Brickbat: Minimum Effort appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Two Men Sentenced To Life In Prison For Murder Of 15 Y.O. Cassius Turvey

Two men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey in 2022.

Pedestrian.tv

Russian photographer gets 16 years prison for Soviet-era bunker details

Grigory Skvortsov, who denies wrongdoing, will serve his sentence in a maximum-security prison camp.

Al Jazeera

Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts has been the buzz of the nation

The Independent UK

Bambi behind bars? Police discover fawn trying to break into jail in Georgia

Watch as a baby deer tries to squeeze through a fence to break into a prison in Georgia.

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Sports Illustrated

Rays SS Wander Franco Found Guilty for Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Dominican Republic

His two-year prison sentence is suspended.

Bored Panda

Three Men Who Brutalized Two Victims And Left Them In Toolbox Receive 30-Years Long Prison Terms

"The law is not severe enough."

Texas Observer

Moonlighting Midland Prosecutor Means Freedom for Samuel Sanchez

“He just cried. He was just overwhelmed with emotion.”

Evening Standard

Family ‘terrified’ after parole board recommends killer can move to open prison

The family of Gemma Simpson said her killer, Martin Bell, should serve his full sentence in a maximum security jail.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The National (Scotland)

'Strength has emerged': Ex-Iran prisoner looks back on life in notorious jail

WHEN Anoosheh Ashoori was manhandled into a car and taken to the notorious Evin Prison in Iran in August 2017, he was told he was being taken to the…

The Independent UK

Urgent manhunt for three escaped prisoners on the run for days

Police call on public to help in search for trio who fled HMP Springhill – but warn people not to approach them

Newslaundry

Myanmar to Maui, 2025 Emmys recognise global journalism frontlines

Investigative reports on attacks on American officials, on the activities of a gang born in a Venezuela prison on US soil, and the migrant crisis in Europe were among the stories that won big at the first night of the 2025 News and Documentary Emmy Awards on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Vietnam ends death penalty for 8 crimes, may spare real estate tycoon

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case

International Business Times

Ecuador's Most-wanted Gang Leader 'Fito' Captured

Ecuador's president announced Wednesday that the country's most-wanted fugitive, Los Choneros gang leader "Fito," had been recaptured over a year after his escape from prison triggered a wave of violence.

The Independent UK

Notorious gang leader recaptured more than a year after prison escape

Fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, also known as Fito, is wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States

The Guardian - US

Plan to open California’s largest immigration jail sparks outrage

Ice and CoreCivic, a private prison contractor, to transform shuttered 2,500-bed prison in California City

1 … 140 141 142 143

People

Fernando Villavicencio

65 stories

Daniel Anjorin

63 stories

Jack Steven James Brearley

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Metropolitan Police

1,354 stories

Amnesty International

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.