The Latest Breaking News from Prison

A former Algerian energy minister was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 20 years in prison for corruption. Chakib Khelil headed the energy ministry for a decade under the late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Sidi M’Hamed court in Algiers also issued on Thursday prison terms of between five and 10 years…

Andrew Smoggie's pictures at Manchester Pride were a breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order

A former police sergeant showed no contrition or remorse after he accessed thousands of images depicting child abuse, the judge who sent him to prison said.

Women inmates from Wales have to serve out their sentences in England.

Victoria will stop outsourcing health care across the state's women's prisons to a for-profit provider, conceding it hasn't always been up to scratch.

Four tapes mysteriously donated to a library reveal uncertainty behind the scenes of the death chamber — and indicate the prison neglected to record evidence during an execution gone wrong.

The state government will end outsourcing of health care for female prisoners to a for-profit company, admitting the current arrangement "hasn't always" fulfilled duty of care.

Collier Gwin faces up to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine if convicted

It is understood he was beaten up by successive groups of two men in his cell