The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Victoria's youth justice system has been rocked by a spate of violent incidents, but some say taking steps like improving staffing levels could help turn the situation around.

Michael Hill is sentenced on to life without the possibility of parole for the 2020 murder of Keonna Graham

A meth cooker and his co-offender have been sentenced to between six and 10 years' jail for taking part in a large drug operation near Canberra.

An aging Japanese militant who spent more than a decade in an Israeli prison for his part in a deadly attack on the airport outside Tel Aviv showed up in Beirut at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack

Clare Roughley is already serving a prison term for stealing hundreds of thousands of pounds from her mum, dad, nan and a woman she was trusted to care for

Emmerdale legend Andy Devine, who has sadly passed away at the age of 79, admitted he was glad he was killed off and spoke about his fears of dying while still acting on the ITV soap

Gerald Smith facing a new prison term after using secret accounts to splash out on ‘extravagant’ lifestyle

Indrani Mukerjea walked out of the Byculla women's prison here on May 20 after the Supreme Court granted her bail in the Sheena Bora killing case

Afghanistan is heading back to the pre-2001 dark days of the Taliban, and Western powers were naive if they ever thought this wouldn't be the case. That's the view of Heather Barr, associate women's rights director at Human Rights Watch. As women are told to cover their faces in public…

Three different viewpoints on the UK’s system of incarceration – by Jacob Dunne, Angela Kirwin and Andy West – examine the human cost of our investment in punishment rather than rehabilitation

Adam Mosettig had only recently been released from prison when he helped himself to his mother's moneybox, which contained £2 coins she'd spent years saving