The Latest Breaking News from Prison

A dozen members of Congress — a vast majority of whom are former lawmakers — have received pardons.

Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to giving actor ketamine in month before overdose death in Los Angeles in 2023

Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 44, was one of five people federally charged after the October 2023 death of 54-year-old Friends star

A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang has been sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country

Georgia prison officials have scheduled an execution for Stacey Humphreys, who was convicted of killing two real estate agents in 2003

Derek Chauvin is serving a 22-and-a-half-year prison sentence for the murder of George Floyd

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on alleged affiliates of the Tren de Aragua gang

Release of ‘untested and unproven allegations’ could imperil her chances of a fair trial in the future, Maxwell’s attorneys say

Charity director warns ‘more deaths will follow’ unless government changes tack and closes women’s prisons

A court in Tizi Ouzou, in eastern Algeria, on Wednesday announced a ten-year sentence in the appeal trial of French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, accused among other things of "glorifying terrorism". Arrested in May 2024, he has been detained since his trial in June, when he was originally sentenced to…

INTERVIEW: The award-winning director has endured imprisonment and censorship by his country’s leaders, who insist his movies are ‘anti-government propaganda’. Days before he was sentenced to further prison time, he spoke to Adam White about his new film ‘It Was Just an Accident’, and why making art always trumps dire…