The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Memphis man Joshua Dotson sentenced to 261 years in prison for multiple murders after admitting guilt in five deaths.

The Rebuilding Futures Alliance has been launched to offer former inmates the chance to learn a skilled trade in the transport sector.

Despite enduring five months of imprisonment in 2024, environmental activist Paul Watson remains more determined than ever to combat illegal whaling. Recently granted honorary citizenship by the city of Paris, he eagerly anticipates sharing his message at the UN Ocean Summit in Nice this June.

SHORT-TERM Scottish prisoners in their hundreds will be given early releases in a bid to tackle overcrowding.

Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous activist, is set to be released after Biden commuted his sentence, sparking mixed reactions.

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier is set to be released from a Florida prison Tuesday

Former crime boss Bassam Hamzy is due to be sentenced for directing the sale of methamphetamine while being held in a maximum-security prison for murder.

David Gauke, former Conservative justice secretary, has said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee-jerk’ policy response to show government action

David Gauke’s major review of criminal sentencing blames posturing ‘tough on crime’ politicians for the prisons crisis

Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds

The Independent Sentencing Review said longer jail terms have been a ‘knee jerk’ policy response which has led to an overwhelmed system.