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The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Forklift driver for Aldi begs not to go to prison after turning life around

He has now lodged an appeal

Nottingham Post

Sex offenders at Brixton Prison could be released without adequate efforts to halt offending

Watchdog’s warning raises concerns that efforts to improve female safety on the streets being undermined by prison system

Evening Standard

Why a 'three strikes' felon — on bail twice over — was on the streets, where he gunned down a deputy

LOS ANGELES — William Shae McKay could have been in custody Dec. 29 — in more than one case. Instead, the “three strikes” felon, already facing a life sentence, gunned down a Riverside County deputy before dying alongside a freeway in a hail of bullets.

Los Angeles Times

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Alabama ISIS bride claims she was brainwashed as she fights to return home from Syria camp

A woman who ran away from home in Alabama at the age of 20 to join the Islamic State group in Syria says she is a victim of the militant organization and hopes to return to the US even if it means serving prison time

The Independent UK

Texas executes Robert Fratta after high courts reject challenges to expired lethal injection drugs

Fratta was convicted in the 1994 murder-for-hire of his wife. Lawyers unsuccessfully challenged Texas’ routine of extending the expiration dates of its lethal drugs, a practice begun when many pharmacies began refusing to provide doses for executions.

The Texas Tribune

Police search for man wanted on recall to prison and on suspicion of theft

Ian Fletcher is well-known in the Tameside area

Manchester Evening News

Iran sentences former president's daughter to a five-year prison term

The activist daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Two more men in court over escapee killing

Three men are in custody after being charged with murdering prison escapee Nicholas Aaron Scott on January 3.

AAP

Two others charged over Tas escapee death

Another two men will face court after being charged with murder following the discovery of an escaped prisoner's body outside a Hobart home.

AAP

Two more men charged over shooting murder of escaped prisoner Nicholas Scott near Hobart

Another two men have been charged over the alleged murder of escaped prisoner Nicholas Scott, who was found shot dead outside a home north of Hobart last week.

ABC News

Nearly 40% of those in NI prison are 'unsentenced prisoners'

The figures are laid out in a new report from the Criminal Justice Inspectorate.

Belfast Live

Oklahoma prison officials: Pastor can't be in death chamber

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections says a condemned inmate's spiritual advisor cannot be inside the death chamber during his execution on Thursday

The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell is teaching ‘etiquette classes’ in prison, report says

The course also reportedly covers women’s empowerment and how to dress for a job interview

The Independent UK

Texas prisoners launching hunger strike to protest state’s harsh solitary confinement practices

Hundreds of prisoners may participate in the protest beginning Tuesday, the first day of the state’s legislative session. Texas often keeps prisoners in solitary confinement for years or decades.

The Texas Tribune

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The Guardian - UK

Protesters gather at Iranian prison in attempt to stop ‘imminent executions’

Alarm raised after two men found guilty of running over police officer are moved to solitary confinement

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal as police hunt man, 34, wanted on recall to prison

Christopher Charles is wanted in connection with a number of offences

Nottingham Post

Nottingham murderer Michael O'Brien speaks from jail as he admits: 'I hurt a lot of people'

He found out his parents had been murdered six days after he was jailed for life

France 24

Iran: Protesters denied medical care and tortured to death in secret prisons

More than 19,000 people have been arrested since protests erupted in Iran in mid-September 2022. Human rights organisations say that dozens of them have been killed in secret detention centres. But security forces are trying to cover up these deaths by threatening family members into silence or staging the deaths…

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The Guardian - UK

Julian Assange denied permission to attend Vivienne Westwood funeral

Westwood’s family say they are ‘deeply disappointed’ WikiLeaks founder was not given temporary release from prison

Evening Standard

Vile east London GP jailed for life for sexual abuse of female patients

A disgraced East London doctor who abused his position as a trusted GP to sexually abuse women and girls has been sentenced to life in prison.

Wales Online

'I shared a jail cell with a paedophile after being falsely accused of rape'

The accusation by Ellie Williams left Jordan Trengrove rebuilding his life

Daily Mirror

Iran footballer jailed for 26 years after 'execution' calls amid role in protests

Footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani has been sentenced to 26 years in prison in Iran for his involvement in the nation's protests following the tragic death of Mahsa Amini

The Independent UK

Assange denied permission to leave prison to attend Vivienne Westwood’s funeral

Dame Vivienne was a strong supporter and friend of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

Liverpool Echo

Man's chance meeting with woman on night out ruined his entire life

"I hate Elle Williams for what she has done. So many people have been affected by this"

Daily Record

Police launch probe as cars torched in car park of Addiewell Prison

It's believed the motors belonged to prison guards on the nightshift

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