The Latest Breaking News from Prison

The pardon of an imprisoned political dissident has been welcomed by a former Australian journalist who was jailed alongside the activist in Egypt.

Abd el-Fattah, one of Egypt’s most prominent human rights defenders, has been freed after spending more than a decade behind bars

Inmates in Ecuador fought each other with guns and explosives in a riot that left 13 prisoners and a guard dead, police said Monday.

Four prison guards have pleaded guilty in the death of a Black inmate at an upstate New York prison

Under the law, transgender people writing about their gender identity online could face 20 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Writer, who has served six years for sharing a Facebook post, was given a presidential pardon

A U.N. expert reports that repression in Russia is escalating, targeting civilians, journalists, and Ukrainian prisoners of war

After almost two decades living and working in Afghanistan, Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested by the Taliban and spent over seven months in prison. Finally free, they reveal how they feared they would die – either from ill health or at the hands of their captors. Arpan Rai reports

Cocker spaniel was being kept full-time in Magilligan prison but is now in family home after ‘free Bailey’ campaign

Zhang Zhan sentenced to four years for second time on charge often used by China to target government critics

Zhang Zhan sentenced to prison on charge of ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ in China