Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Prison

State Dept: Baquer Namazi Allowed to Leave Iran

Detained US citizen Baquer Namazi has been allowed to leave Iran and his son has been granted furlough from prison, a State Department spokesperson told AFP Wednesday, confirming their release. "Wrongfully detained US citizen Baquer Namazi has been permitted to depart Iran, and his son Siamak, also wrongfully detained, has…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Drug capo among 16 dead in bloody Ecuador prison riot

The death toll from a bloody fight among prison inmates has risen to 16

The Independent UK

In El Salvador, rising inmate numbers threaten humanitarian crisis: NGO

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's war against the country's criminal gangs could generate prison overcrowding and even a violent reaction from criminals, said a report by the NGO International Crisis Group (ICG) released Tuesday.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Ex-owner of Philly pharmacy that pushed more OxyContin than any other US drug store is sentenced to prison

PHILADELPHIA — The longtime owner of a Northeast Philadelphia pharmacy that once prescribed more OxyContin than any drug store in the country has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $4 million to settle claims of defrauding the government.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Government pledges full review of Western Australia's struggling juvenile justice system

The review will focus on incarceration rates and the use of controversial punishments.

ABC News

A Jury Acquitted Them of Various Charges. They Served Prison Time for Them Anyway.

The Supreme Court may soon consider if acquitted conduct sentencing is illegal.

Reason

Nightmare neighbour who terrorised street is out of prison and WORSE, residents claim

Wealthy accountant Graham Wildin, 69, was locked up for six weeks in August after failing to comply with a court order issued in June 2021

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Nordic criminal justice: How does it differ from Australia and does it work?

From "open" prisons with commuting inmates to much shorter sentences, criminal justice in this part of the world is very different.

ABC News

Desperate families seek answers after Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 15 dead

Relatives of inmates at a prison in Ecuador where at least 15 were killed and 21 injured in a riot on Monday desperately searched for answers on Tuesday, wondering if their loved ones were among the dead.

Reuters

Elizabeth Holmes sentencing date delayed amid request for new trial

Theranos founder, convicted of fraud and facing 20 years in prison, requested new trial because of concerns over key prosecution witness

The Guardian - US

Staff at security firm G4S on alert after tax numbers and bank details posted online following hack

Exclusive: Ransomware attack on Port Phillip prison revealed in July led to data being posted in mid-September with staff told details this week

The Guardian - AU

John Gilligan facing jail after being hauled before Spanish court charged with posting drugs to Ireland

The pint-sized criminal was facing eight years behind bars - but he has now been offered a deal of just 36 months in jail if he admits to the scam

Irish Mirror

Anoosheh Ashoori’s journey from an Iran prison cell to the London Marathon

“I’m dedicating the run to the innocent people locked up in Iran’s prisons, the many lives lost during these protests, and the millions of people fighting for a better future”, said Ashoori

Evening Standard

Violent Scots rapist who abused and controlled ex-partners jailed for seven years

Rian Hood, 31, was sentenced to seven years and six months imprisonment at the High Court in Glasgow.

Daily Record

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Anoosheh Ashoori's journey from an Iran prison to the London Marathon

This time last year 68-year-old British-Iranian, Anoosheh Ashoori, was dreaming of being able to run freely in London parks while in his cell at the notorious Evin prison in Iran. On 17 August 2017, Ashoori was arrested by Iranian authorities on spying charges, which he has always denied. He was…

Daily Mirror

Coronation Street spoilers hint at return for Strictly's Will Mellor as evil Harvey

Coronation Street's evil Harvey Gaskell - played by Strictly Come Dancing star Will Mellor - caused chaos and heartbreak for Leanne Battersby and Nick Tilsley last year

USA Today Sports Media Group

Celtics host roundtable, exhibition game with formerly incarcerated people

Turns out those rumors of Boston playing a game in prison were off -- but not by that much, and for a good cause.

The Independent UK

Did Jeffrey Dahmer kill the son of America’s Most Wanted host John Walsh?

Investigator who interviewed Dahmer in prison convinced that he was responsible for 1981 murder of Adam Walsh in case that shocked America

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Al Jazeera

Kashmir police arrest suspect in murder of top prison official

Hemant Kumar Lohia’s domestic worker is the main accused in the killing, which has also been claimed by a rebel group.

Reason

Brickbat: Obviously Not Fans

A military court in Myanmar has sentenced Nang Mwe San to six years in prison after find her guilty of posting nude photos and videos on OnlyFans and other sites. More than 15,600 people have been arrested since a coup by the military in February 2021.

Dublin Live

John Gilligan to stand trial in Spain on drugs and weapons charges

The 70-year-old faces more than eight years in jail if convicted

Reuters

Prison chief killed in Indian Kashmir, militants claim responsibility

The chief of the prison service in Indian Kashmir has been murdered, police said on Tuesday, as the powerful interior minister visited the disputed Himalayan region that has been riven by a decades-long insurgency.

Reuters

At least 15 killed in latest Ecuadorean prison violence

At least 15 prisoners were killed in a prison in the Ecuadorean city of Latacunga on Monday, Ecuador's SNAI prison agency said, and another 21 were injured in the latest incident of deadly jail violence in the Andean country.

ABC News

Kingston Trey Coomer sentenced to at least 19 years in prison over death of Chikayne Heslip at Waikiki party

A man who stabbed a 17-year-old to death after a party in Waikiki, south of Perth, is sentenced to a minimum of 19 years in prison, as the victim's mother tells the court her family will never forgive him.

France 24

Ecuador prison riot leaves over a dozen people dead, several injured

A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the Latacunga prison in central Ecuador on Monday left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured, authorities said.

1 … 770 771 772 773

People

Anders Behring Breivik

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Amnesty International

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.