All news on the topic: Prisons

Youtuber Ruby Franke admitted to torturing her children including kicking her son while wearing boots, holding his head under water and smothering his mouth and nose with her hands, all why telling him they were acts of love

Emma Borowy, 32, suffered from schizophrenia and had an obsession with witchcraft - she stabbed Roger Leadbeater, 74 in August as he walked his dog in a Sheffield park

Ruby Franke, who once gave parenting advice on her channel "8 Passengers," has admitted to four counts of second-degree child abuse. Dressed in jail clothes, she expressed deep regret and sorrow for her family and children as she pleaded guilty

Lucy Letby became the fourth woman in Britain to be handed a whole-life order after she was convicted of killing and deliberately harming babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital

Ian Stewart was part of a gang that smashed their way into 22 banks and Post Offices stealing £1.3 million. He had been released from jail on licence and was found dead after breaking the conditions

Former prison officer Ruth Shmylo says she was afraid for her safety as she stood trial at Cardiff crown court accused of misconduct after allegedly striking up a relationship with ex-inmate Harri Pullen

Ruth Shmylo, 26, is accused of having a five-month fling with drug dealer Harri Pullen, 25, while working at a category B prison. Shmylo, of Treforest, Pontypridd, denies misconduct in a public office.

Police have not revealed how convicted pedophile Robert Yancy Jr managed to escape from the Texas jail but he drove away from the scene with his mum who was later arrested, authorities say

Steven Yinger has been convicted of murdering his roommate Jorge Diaz-Johnston after strangling him and then stuffing his body into a rubbish bin in Florida

A couple fought off a trio of home invaders after the armed robbers pushed their way into the property and demanded to know the whereabouts of a safe, with two of the three attackers now jailed

Lloyd Neels, 36, punched Sean Sadler in the head before he kicked the baby killer at least twice inside HMP Birmingham before he was dragged away by prison officers

Arthur Collins is in HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire – which prepares inmates for release by teaching them how to be baristas. A source said he was moved there as a reward for good behaviour

Killer Steve Wright, 65, who is serving a whole life sentence for the murder of five prostitutes, was originally arrested on suspicion of killing Victoria in July 2021

The killer, Robert Alton Harris, was executed in 1992 after spending 13 years on Death Row, and the last words he uttered before he died were chilling — a grim poem he concocted

Deja Taylor was found guilty of neglect after her six year old son took a gun to school and shot teacher Abigail Zwerner at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News in Virginia

Ruth Shmylo, 26, from Pontypridd, is accused of having phone sex with Harri Pullen and having an 'inappropriate relationship' with the inmate instead of reporting his advances

The notorious cleric Abu Hamza claims he should be released from Colorado’s supermax prison ADX Florence - known as the Alcatraz of the Rockies - under compassionate grounds

Robert Reynolds, 29, threw boiling water over another inmate at HMP Winchester, before attacking and then raping the man, who was in his 20s in July 2021, when the attack took place

Coronation Street's Bernie Winter is leaving the cobbles this Christmas, leaving fans devastated. But what is actor Jane Hazlegrove's life like off-screen?

A self-confessed psychopath who was once imprisoned for second-degree murder has shared access into his 'predatory' mind – and the results are chilling

Ruth Shmylo, 26, is standing trial for allegedly engaging in an 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate Harri Pullen whilst she was working at HMP Parc in Bridgend, South Wales

Navin Jones, 8, was found covered in bruises and starved with his bones visible in disturbing photographs at his Peoria, Illinois, home, the trial for his murder has revealed

Ruth Shmylo, 26, was working as a prisoner officer and Harri Pullen was a prisoner at HMP Parc in Bridgend. She is now on trial for misconduct in a public office

Here are three reasons why James Bulger's killer Jon Venables had his bid for freedom rejected by a Parole Board and it means that he will spend at least two more years in jail

Jon Venables and Robert Thompson took toddler James Bulger from a shopping centre in Liverpool and brutally murdered him before trying to blame each other for their sick crimes