The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Robert Mawdsley has been in solitary confinement since 1979 and is Britain's longest serving prisoner, having been caged for 47 years for the murder of four men in the 1970s

Larry Ray convicted in April of sex trafficking and racketeering stemming from abuse of young women at Sarah Lawrence College

Chicago psychologist Alan Friedman is among experts who reviewed a 1997 prison exam and are challenging the belief that Manson was schizophrenic. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the 1969 killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles.

A court in northern France has sentenced 14 Sri Lankan nationals to prison for operating a people-smuggling ring across Europe – part of a continent-wide attempt to crack down on the lucrative criminal networks.

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

An ex-prison guard claimed he owned a Doig original he bought for $100 and accused the artist of lying when he said he didn’t paint it

David Crosby knew his days were numbered at least several years before his death was reported Thursday.

Today marks the (already twice extended) deadline for Australia to meet its international obligation to implement torture prevention bodies. The role of these bodies is to monitor treatment and conditions in places where people are deprived of their liberty, like prisons and detention centres.