Prisoner painstakingly dug a tunnel but failed to escape after getting stuck
This is the moment an inmate was found wedged in a hole during a bungled escape attempt in Brazil. Prisoner ...
Saturday, June 21, 2025
Tag: Prisons
Mahmoud Khalil requests transfer from Louisiana jail after judge blocks his release
Attorneys for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil have requested his immediate release on bail or a transfer to New Jersey to ...
Florida set to execute man convicted of raping, killing a woman 3 decades ago
A man convicted of raping and murdering 23-year-old Carmen Gayheart in 1994 is scheduled for execution in Florida on Tuesday. ...
New Orleans DA pulls out of jailbreak probe amid conflict of interest allegation
SummaryOrleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams recused himself from an investigation into a jailbreak that saw 10 inmates escape a ...
‘Tough on crime’ politics has not made us safer – the prisons crisis has forced a rethink
SummaryJustice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a significant overhaul of the sentencing system, the most substantial in a generation, aimed ...
Rapists and paedophiles could be chemically castrated in crackdown on offenders
Summary In England and Wales, plans are underway to administer drugs that dull sexual urges to rapists and paedophiles as ...
Prison officer caught on bodycam filmed kissing and hugging inmate avoids jail
SummaryTracy Boateng, a 26-year-old senior prison officer at HMP Pentonville, avoided jail after engaging in a romantic relationship with inmate ...
Southport killer ‘to be fed through hatch’ like Hannibal after prison guard attack
Summary Southport killer Axel Rudakubana, who murdered three young girls, faces heightened security measures after allegedly attacking a prison guard ...
Lawyers for man executed by firing squad in South Carolina say bullets mostly missed his heart
A recent autopsy report reveals that Mikal Mahdi, executed by firing squad in South Carolina, suffered for 30 to 60 ...
A split jury and a lie sent him to prison. Now he’s working to change Louisiana’s law
Bobby Gumpright and Jermaine Hudson's Story of Injustice In 1999, Bobby Gumpright falsely accused Jermaine Hudson of robbery, leading to ...
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