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

Inside Caroline Crouch killer's new prison housing Greece's 'most hardened' criminals

Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, was jailed last month for the murder of British wife Caroline Crouch, 20, but after a revenge attack he has been transferred to a more brutal facility

Daily Mirror

Evil Scots child killer who battered young boy to death bit prison guard's hand

Convicted murderer Jordan McCready stomped on his teen victim's head so hard he was left with bruises on his feet during the horrific 2011 killing in Kilmarnock.

Daily Record

Man due to stand trial for murder of wife and kids in Dublin found dead in prison

The death of a prisoner has been confirmed by the Irish Prison Guard

Dublin Live

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

Brickbat: Language Police

Norwegian police have opened an investigation of Christina Ellingsen, national representative of the global feminist group Women's Declaration International, for saying that biological men cannot be lesbians in reference to a trans activist. In 2021, Norway amended its hate crime laws to include gender identity, and Ellingsen faces up to…

Reason

Gretna factory employee caught more than four times the legal drink-drive limit

Mark Smith could now face a prison sentence after being caught on camera committing the crime

Daily Record

Rolex Worn during WWII 'Great Escape' Sells for $189,000 in New York

A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York. The final sum for the timepiece, sold to an anonymous buyer, was less than the $200,000 and $400,000 expected by Christie's,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Townsville rapist sentenced to 13 years' jail for 'cruel, sadistic, callous' attacks on two women

A 20-year-old north Queensland man is sentenced to 13 years in prison over two attacks in Townsville that left physical and emotional scars on his victims.

ABC News

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

A look at high-profile killings by US police

A Michigan police officer has been charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head as the Black man was on the ground

The Independent UK

Man due to face trial next week for murder of family in Dublin found dead in Midlands Prison

The death of a prisoner has been confirmed by the Irish Prison Guard to the Irish Mirror.

Irish Mirror

Man accused of murdering wife and children found dead in prison

Seema Banu and her two children were found dead in south Dublin in October 2020.

The Independent UK

South Sider who was first Black Secret Service agent on a White House detail honored

Abraham Bolden broke the color barrier at the Secret Service and later blew the whistle on lax security and racism. He faced retaliation in the form of federal charges and prison time. President Joe Biden pardoned him in April.

Chicago Sun-Times

Strangeways prison week-long LOCKDOWN as cons held in cells amid 'intelligence operation'

HMP Manchester has forbidden prisoners from leaving their cells under any circumstances meaning they have been unable to exercise, eat away from their beds or even shower

Daily Mirror

Notorious Strangeways prison on lockdown amid claims inmates not allowed to shower or exercise

It is understood prisoners have been confined to their cells since June 6, with families also prohibited from visiting their loved ones until June 10.

Daily Record

5 killed by Texas escapee died from gunshots, stab wounds

A newly released medical examiner's report says a Texas grandfather and his four grandsons who were killed by a prison escapee died from gunshots, sharp force injuries and stab wounds

The Independent UK

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - AU

‘Is it really going to take a death?’: legal advocates say Don Dale must be shut down

Teenager hospitalised this week the latest in at least 54 self-harm or suicide attempts at NT youth detention centre since July 2021

Daily Mirror

Escaped prisoner on the run pops up on PODCAST to blast 'injustice' of 17 years jail

Greggor Grey escaped from HMP Sudbury in Derbyshire back in mid-May, during his time on the run he first rang up his local paper to moan about prison before now appearing on The Chop Shop podcast

The Conversation

Ukraine: British POWs sentenced to death after 'show trial' which appears to violate Geneva Conventions

Two Britons captured while fighting in Ukraine’s armed forces have been sentenced to death after what has been condemned as a “show trial”. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who surrendered to Russian forces during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, were convicted on the charge of “being a…

Manchester Evening News

Strangeways bosses explain reason for lockdown at prison as inmates confined to cells all week

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed the lockdown is due to an 'intelligence-led operation'

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Liverpool Echo

Prison on lockdown with families unable to visit and inmates 'unable to shower'

The mum of a prisoner said: "This really isn't good for their mental health"

Daily Mirror

Man who murdered pensioner found tied up in chair at home sentenced to life in prison

On November 3, Adris Mohammed broke into 78-year-old David Varlow's home and robbed him, he took his bankcard and fled, tying the pensioner up before he was eventually found dead a few days later

The National (Scotland)

New legislation proposing to reform imprisonment and bail published

NEW legislation which proposes changes to the way imprisonment is used in Scotland has been published.

Wales Online

High security jail on lockdown with inmates confined to cell 'for days'

Families have been barred from visiting at Strangeways and there are claims tensions and mental health issues are rising

The Guardian - UK

Prisoner ‘on the run’ for three weeks appears on Birmingham podcast

Greggor Grey, who has served 17 years for robbery, says he escaped because of ‘injustice and heartache’

Wales Online

Stalker fitted with satellite tracker tag after following woman for two years

Jeremy Inglis harassed his victim online, hung around her place of work, followed her in the street, and found out where she lived

Reuters

Ukraine and Navalny's allies share 'common enemy', says Kremlin foe

Top Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny will remain in prison as long as Vladimir Putin is in power and Russia's opposition and Ukraine share a "common enemy" in the Russian president, one of Navalny's top lieutenants said.

1 … 868 869 870 871

People

Babis Anagnostopoulos

38 stories

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

Organisations

AntiCorruption Foundation

10 stories

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.