The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Russell Causley made history as the first UK prisoner to face a public parole hearing - he was convicted of killing his 40-year-old wife Carole Packman after she went missing in 1985

Nicholas Rossi, 35, says he is being taunted with John Denver song over his possible extradition to the US

MIAMI — A former minister in the Bolivian government who has been in federal custody since 2021 was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Wednesday for laundering hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes through a Miami bank in exchange for steering an inflated tear-gas contract to a…

A judge told Chelsea Hill she had done something "incredibly stupid" in hiding drugs in children's drawings and sending them to her partner in prison

Tarek Namouz, 43, sentenced to 12 years in prison after being found guilty of funding terrorism

French Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti on Thursday unveiled a 60-point plan intended to redress some of the major problems in the sector. The recruitment of judges, simplifying the penal procedure, modernising civil law and the crisis in French prisons are just some of the contentious topics included.

Yvette and Agata were looking for their forever home in Portugal

Anthony Paine took his own life in his cell at HMP Liverpool nearly five years ago

An escaped Mexican cartel kingpin known as "El Neto" died after a shootout early on Thursday, four days after he fled prison in a violent mass break-out, authorities said.