The Latest Breaking News from Prison

The Top Court directed that the "caste" column and any references to caste in undertrial and/or convicts' prisoners' registers inside the prisons shall be deleted. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Supreme Court has struck down the provisions of state prison manuals that faciliated allotment of work to prisoners on the basis of their castes and classified denotified tribes as habitual offenders. Calling these practices “unconstitutional”, the court also laid down guidelines to prevent caste-based discrimination in prisons, Livelaw reported. 

A former Singaporean cabinet minister has been sentenced to a year in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of receiving illegal gifts, in a rare criminal case involving a minister in the Asian financial hub

A Montana man has been convicted of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Former deputy Benny Caluya started his law enforcement career in 1979 and faces 10 years in prison if convicted

The indictment charges 68 defendants, some of whom could face life in prison if found guilty

More than a dozen MS-13 gang members and associates have also been charged in connection to the attack

Moreover, some prisons in the state are operating with up to 70% of prison guard positions unfilled as shortages continue

‘I will not be taking my son to prison to meet his grandfather,’ Joanne Kelly said in a trailer for ‘R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey’

A federal court has rejected Alex Murdaugh’s request to throw out his 40-year sentence for stealing from clients and his law firm

The prison overcrowding crisis in the UK has shown the public what researchers and those working in criminal justice have known for years: prisons are unsafe for those serving time and working there.