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

Couple get 12,640 years each for investment fraud

The Criminal Court on Wednesday handed down prison terms totalling 12,640 years each to a married couple who defrauded people into investing in a bogus savings scheme, with victims reporting cumulative losses of 1.3 billion baht.

Bangkok Post

Quick-thinking Irish prison officers hailed heroes for saving prisoner's life

EXCLUSIVE: The prisoner - whom we are not identifying - went into cardiac arrest in a prison van

Irish Mirror

Briton pleads guilty to Twitter hack that included Kim Kardashian and Elon Musk

Joseph James O’Connor was extradited from Spain to face charges which carry a total maximum sentence of more than 70 years in prison

Evening Standard

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

Prosecutors want 25-year sentence in Texas protest killing

Prosecutors want a U.S. Army sergeant who fatally shot an armed man during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Texas to be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison

The Independent UK

Female prison officer left with life-changing injuries after brutal attack in CCJ

Sources described the assault as serious and comes just days before an equally frightening shiv attack inside a prison van on Monday

Dublin Live

Bodysnatchers among prisoners in new online records of 19th-century Scotland

THREE men convicted of snatching corpses from a graveyard in the 19th century are among thousands of prisoners whose records can now be viewed…

The National (Scotland)

Prison staff downgraded suicide risk of 19yo Stanley Inman Jr prior to death, inquest hears

Stanley Inman Jr's family members say they tried to tell the jail they were concerned for his mental health but there were no effective processes for them to do so.

ABC News

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

Sir John Major warns against ‘excessive zeal’ to be tough on crime

The former Tory PM called for a stronger focus on rehabilitation.

The Independent UK

Too many offenders are being jailed, former Tory PM Sir John Major says

The ex-Tory leader argued that ‘pointless’ short-term prison sentences are being imposed where non-custodial measures would be more effective.

The Independent UK

Date set to elect new council leader as Labour look set to take over in Bolton

A meeting will be held next Tuesday to elect the leader of Bolton Council

Manchester Evening News

Police jump on gang's Audi and smash windows on M56

The gang were sentenced to a total of 13 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary

Liverpool Echo

Former Coinbase employee who tried to flee the U.S. sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the first cryptocurrency insider trading case

The former employee, Ishan Wahi, tried to leave the U.S. for India after Coinbase asked him for a meeting.

Fortune

Man, 20, found dead in prison told mum he was 'lonely' in his cell two days before death

An inquest was held today into the death of Stuart Robinson and will continue into the week

Liverpool Echo

Man imprisoned for 'annoying his mum' in fascinating 19th Century custody records

Beggar who used a pet porcupine to tout for cash was locked up as well

Wales Online

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Independent UK

2 inmates escape Philadelphia prison, undetected for hours

Authorities are searching for two inmates — one accused of killing four people — who were gone from a Philadelphia prison for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing

Manchester Evening News

Shocking footage shows teen driver dodging other cars in 80mph chase on 30mph roads

Zain Anwar was clocked by police driving at 80mph in a 30mph zone

Manchester Evening News

Hit-and-run killer who left dad-to-be for dead in the road has sentence increased

"The offence was aggravated by him callously fleeing the scene not thinking he would be picked up by the CCTV cameras."

Reuters

Indian court finds two guilty of gang-raping woman during 2013 religious riots

A court in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday found two Hindu men guilty of gang-raping a Muslim woman during communal riots in 2013 and sentenced them to 20 years in prison.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Elizabeth Holmes is rebranding herself as a sweet, devoted mother. Will anyone buy it?

The Theranos founder and convicted fraudster used a New York Times profile as a shameless PR exercise. If only other female convicts were given a first chance – let alone a second, writes Arwa Mahdawi

Daily Record

The UK island filled with human remains like a 'horror film' where visitors are banned

The island, dubbed Deadman's Island, is a historic burial site where contagious prisoners were laid to rest.

The Hindu

Court awards 20-year jail to two for gang rape of Muslim woman during Muzaffarnagar riots

A district court here on May 9 sentenced two men to 20 years in prison for gang-raping a woman during the 2013 Muzafftarnagar riots.

Manchester Evening News

Detective's warning after horror crash lands driver in jail

Deborah Cubas De Souza had no licence or insurance when her vehicle struck the pensioner on a pedestrian crossing

Manchester Evening News

Sainsbury's cuts price of two supermarket essentials in response to falling commodity prices

The supermarket giant said it is "committed to offering" customers the "best value possible"

Manchester Evening News

The prescription medicines you can now get without going to a GP

The new plans hope to put an end to long waiting times for appointments

Edinburgh Live

The notorious Edinburgh prison where beggar was once jailed for 'showing a porcupine'

Historic Edinburgh prison records reveal information on three bodysnatchers, and other people convicted of crimes including 'annoying their mother' and a beggar who 'showed a porcupine'.

1 … 567 568 569 570

People

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

Organisations

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.