The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Exclusive: Top justice experts urge government to finally end IPP sentences with a string of new measures

A 20-year-old Connecticut man has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for causing a car crash that killed a Hartford police officer and seriously wounded the officer’s partner

A Missouri judge has ordered an insurance company to pay nearly $44 million in a lawsuit involving a man whose conviction for killing a newspaper sports editor was overturned

A judge has denied singer R. Kelly’s request for furlough from prison after the convicted sex offender accused federal prison officials of plotting to murder him

Former Los Zetas cartel leader "El Hummer" has been sentenced to 35 years in prison

Two close associates of the fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” have been brought to justice in a U.S. courtroom as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on the cartel it recently designated a foreign terrorist organization

The sentencing of seven journalist marks the latest escalation in the country's crackdown on media

Dutch prosecutors have told The Associated Press that soccer player Quincy Promes was being extradited from Dubai to the Netherlands where he faces a prison sentence for involvement in cocaine smuggling

French prosecutors have requested two years behind bars for an employer in the champagne sector accused of human trafficking, exploiting seasonal workers and housing them in appalling conditions during the 2023 grape harvest.

Glitter, 81, will remain behind bars after finally admitting the danger he poses to children

The Ernakulam sub-jail erupted in cheers and a shower of flowers as Pulsar Suni, the prime accused in the 2017 Kerala actor assault case, walked free on September 20, 2024. After spending 7.5 years behind bars, Suni, a man accused of rape, was granted bail by the Supreme Court. A grand welcome…