The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Emily Thornberry was pressed three times on Sir Keir Starmer’s record in the Crown Prosecution Service

Former Iranian Minister of Education and Tehran Mayor Mohammed Ali Najafi was released after four years in prison, following clemency from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to release thousands of prisoners last month. In 2019, Najafi admitted to killing his wife, Mitra Ostad, after a family dispute. He was initially sentenced…

Last month, thousands of people with felony convictions regained the right to vote in New Mexico, the latest in a growing number of states seeking to reintegrate residents into society by allowing them to participate in elections upon leaving prison.

Police say a Houston man declared innocent in 2021 after being convicted in a fatal stabbing and serving seven years in prison has been charged with murder

A number of prisoners have absconded the prison in the last year - located opposite the local primary school

LOS ANGELES — Walls and rules have never stopped prisoners from getting what they need. Drugs, phones and other contraband have been smuggled in by guards and visitors, flung over fences and even stashed inside hollowed-out pastries in care packages.

"It was three of them dragging him up the stairs like a piece of meat."

Shadow home secretary was unaware of ad claiming Sunak doesn’t think child sex abusers should go to prison

Bester was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2012

South African police say that a convicted murderer who faked his death to escape prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt

Manning first came to public scrutiny and was incarcerated for leaking classified information. She aims to use that attention to shed light on the struggles trans people face in U.S. prisons.