All news on the topic: Prisons

Prince Andrew continues to reel from the recent release of court papers that named him 67 times as they revealed the names of people associated with rapist and trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

HMP Polmont Young Offenders Institution, where Katie Allan, 21, and William Lindsay, 16, were found dead in their cells just a few months apart, has been described as 'worse than adult prison'

Ecuador's most dangerous drug lord Jose Adolfo Macias Villamar, alias Fito, has escaped from the high security Guayaquil prison. He is head of Los Choneros linked to El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel

Desiree Figueroa entered a guilty plea which stipulates she must testify against her mother Clarisa Figueroa, who is accused of strangling 19-year-old Marlen Ochoa-Lopez with a cable

Russian citizens tell of their harrowing journeys to flee the country to avoid being drafted to Putin’s sprawling army - as its war against Ukraine continues

Documents unsealed by a Manhattan judge have given a glimpse into the world of paedophile and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, including who he associated with - though the inclusion of names does not necessarily indicate any wrongdoing

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is enjoying her first tastes of freedom after over eight years in prison - but the 32-year-old child abuse advocate has now had her TikTok account hacked for the first time

Blanchard planned the murder of her mother who claimed her daughter had debilitating illnesses with her ex-boyfriend

Angel Island in San Francisco Bay was a processing station for hundreds of thousands of immigrants, some of whom spent years trapped on the island with others losing their lives there

Robert Mills and his son Jack Mills have been banned from owning animals after they patched up their dog's wounds using superglue following an illegal fox hunt

James O'Rourke has appeared before the High Court numerous times after he was locked up for the murder of Neil Carney, and recently admitted he killed again while behind bars

Zara Aleena's aunt has accused Belmarsh of a coverup after it was revealed neither the prison service nor Cabinet ministers knew anything about killer Jordan McSweeney behind-bars affair

Gypsy Rose Blanchard - who conspired to murder to her abusive mother in 2015 - speaks about forgiveness and returning to normal life in an exclusive UK interview with the Mirror

Oscar Pistorius has served just half of his sentence for murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, who was shit and killed at his home in Pretoria, South Africa

Oscar Pistorius has served nine years for the murder of his partner Reeva Steenkamp at their home in Pretoria, South Africa on Valentine's Day in 2013

Oscar Pistorius' family have gathered for an emergency summit to plan the Olympian's life and how to keep him safe as he's released from prison after eight and a half years

Angela Montgomery, 50, insisted that the cats roaming through her neighbour's flat in York actually belong to her, with CCTV footage showing her trying to lure them outside

Andy Neal, now 46, was arrested in October 2018 when Dubai police raided the family home while his two children were present, accusing him of being a drug trafficker

The former Olympian Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of the manslaughter of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013 - today he was released from prison

British-born June Steenkamp spoke out ahead of Oscar Pistorius' release after serving only half of a 13 year sentence for murdering model Reeva Steenkamp in 2013

Gypsy Rose Blanchard suffered a life of abuse and torment before plotting the murder of her own mother - and now she says she wished she had taken a different course of action

Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen syndrome by proxy, which caused her to make up illnesses like leukemia, genetic disorders, epilepsy and other harrowing conditions she forced Gypsy to pretend she had

Noel Thomas was sentenced to nine months in prison after being wrongly convicted in the Post Office IT scandal currently being highlighted in a new ITV drama - here he tells how it still affects him and his family to this day as their fight for justice continues

It's now emerged that hundreds of former post office workers had been mistakenly accused of stealing, with dozens convicted in court and others jailed

Georgia Harrison has undergone a huge hair transformation after it was reported Stephen Bear could be freed from prison despite only serving 11 months of his 21 months sentence