The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Laura Davy, who travelled from Tasmania to take part in a protest at a coal terminal, will appeal prison sentence

James Timpson hires ex-offenders and thinks many prisoners shouldn’t be in jail, says Simon Hattenstone

A former NSW prison guard sentenced to more than two decades in jail for sexually assaulting nine women has lost a bid to overturn his conviction and sentence.

Proposal is one of several being looked at by Ministry of Justice to address the ‘acute’ prison crisis

Dana Gray gained notoriety for killing three elderly women in the 1990s. Thirty years later, she talks to Andrea Cavallier about her life without parole sentence and how female inmates are taking a backseat to men when it comes to many issues, including opportunity for rehabilitation and positive change

The request comes amid reports of dehydration, heat rash and attempts to cool down with toilet water

The New Maga Deal full of errors and omissions from former Trump adviser convicted of contempt of Congress

The new prisons minister heads the successful Timpson group, whose employees include ex-offenders

Cambodia sentences environmental activists to prison, sparking international concern over crackdown on dissent and environmental protection efforts.

PM pledges swift action on NHS and prisons, setting out agenda to reform public services and rebuild international relations

Sonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer known for her criticism of President Kais Saied, has been sentenced to one year in prison, her legal representative said on Saturday. Dahmani's sentence comes as rights organisations say that Tunisian authorities' crackdown on critical voices is "methodically annihilating" what little remains of Tunisia's…