The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Some prisoners, not yet tried for their crimes, have been languishing inside for over six months

The whistleblower is facing life in prison for revealing harsh debt recovery practices by the ATO.

A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a prominent former military-affairs journalist to 22 years in prison on treason charges for allegedly passing state secrets to NATO states, amid an escalating campaign to wipe out independent media.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former Hampton banker Russell Laffitte, who faces some 30 years in prison in connection with Alex Murdaugh’s alleged fraud schemes, should not have his current bond conditions relaxed, federal prosecutors said Aug. 31 in a new filing they say shows the seriousness of his crimes.

His willingness to serve time behind bars will now be put to the test after he pleaded guilty.

The lawyer of a Russian man accused of laundering more than $4 billion through the digital currency bitcoin urged Moscow on Monday to begin negotiations with the United States to include his client in a potential prisoner swap.

A new study reveals that 10 times as many people with serious mental illnesses are in jails as state hospitals

Reporter handed a record sentence for trumped-up treason charges that shocked supporters inside the court

Edward Vines wrote eight letters addressed to Maitlis and her mother expressing his “unrequited” love for her

Judge says Edward Vines showed ‘breathtaking persistence’ in his efforts to contact journalist

Teen says he was thrown in prison for more than a week after agents thought he was refusing deportation