The Latest Breaking News from Prison

A federal judge has sentenced a San Diego man to 18 years in prison for piloting a small vessel overloaded with 32 migrants that smashed apart in powerful surf off San Diego’s coast last year, killing three people

Filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi spoke to Salon about the landmark case in Asian American social justice

South Korea will pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong with a year left on his sentence for bribing a president in a corruption scandal that toppled her government

The man in his 30s had been taken to hospital on Wednesday morning for treatment. He was then brought back to the prison, where he died in the medical unit.

This blog is now closed

The Arrernte man says he was on his way to prison until boxing taught him the balance and discipline he needed to get his life on track and become a mentor for others.

Lawyers have been unable to communicate with some clients in Darwin prison due to power outages, adjourning court appearances as the number of people on remand skyrockets.

An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases

A prominent prison reform advocate has added a guilty plea on a federal firearms charge after a state court jury convicted him last month of felony vandalism for disguising himself as a construction worker to hide guns, handcuff keys and hacksaw blades inside the walls of a Nashville jail under…