All news on the topic: Prisons

Casey McWhorter was put to death on Thursday after killing his friend's father in a robbery. His final meal was a strange one — he requested Turtles candies, a chocolate, pecan and caramel concoction

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS Lawrence Russell Brewer was sentenced to death for his part in the murder of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, Texas, in 1998, who was dragged to death behind a pickup truck

Lantin Prison, located on the outskirts of Liege, Belgium, is under fire after its employees have allegedly organised sex orgies together after having sex while on duty

Jeremy Goodale lamented his decision of murdering his Spanish teacher to an Iowa court Wednesday before being given a life sentence with parole in 25 years

Deja Taylor's son took her handgun to school and shot Abby Zwerner in her first-grade classroom in January, seriously wounding the educator

Chenine Woods, a 37-year-old single mum from Cheshire, says she still "feels threatened" by the memory of her attacker, Frank Barham, after he was released from jail

Daniel Williams, a prisoner who was found allegedly beaten, raped and tortured in jail, shared a heartbreaking post in the weeks before he died saying he was waiting to come home

Paul Mosley helped Mick and Mairead Philpott set their home in Allenton, Derby, on fire in 2012 to frame Philpott's ex, killing the couple's six children who were inside at the time

Harold Salt sexually abused a child under the age of 13 between 1997 and 2001 and was found guilty of six counts of indecent assault and one count of rape

It has been sixteen years since schoolboy Rhys Jones was fatally shot at a mere 11-years-old after being caught in the cross-fire of a rival gang war - here we look at where the Croxteth Crew are now

Rianna Cleary was six months pregnant in the biggest women's prison in the country when she gave birth alone in a prison cell before her baby Aisha died in her arms

Venables, 41, was freed in 2001 from a life sentence for killing James Bulger, two, but was recalled to jail in 2010 and 2017 after being found with child abuse imagery

Dr Yuval Bitton was part of a medical team who saved Sinwar when he had surgery to remove a brain tumour while he was a prisoner in an Israeli jail

The fiancée of a prisoner who was allegedly beaten and raped for two days in prison, just two weeks before he was set to be released, has claimed his body was covered in cuts and bruises when she visited him in hospital

The senseless murder of little Baby P was a crime that shocked the world back in 2007, but the heartless mother who tortured him is now free to live her life

Richard Dunne and Julie King made headlines when they married after Covid restrictions were lifted in 2020. But the marriage took a terrible turn, and Dunne has now been convicted of assault

Michelle Morrison who was wrongfully convicted over the 2007 shooting of Keith Brown celebrated her college graduation one year after her release

Erin Patterson, who was accused of murdering three lunch guests after they dropped ill shortly after eating her beef Wellington pie has listed her holiday home for sale

Dimitri Fricano, from Italy, admitted to killing his girlfriend Erika Preti after they had a row over messy eating on holiday in Sardinia - but Turin Surveillance Court has released him from jail as he is 'incompatible with prison'

Following his release from prison, David Tatum will have to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board in any state or jurisdiction where he lives or works

Twin brothers Marvin and Michael Berkeley were front and centre during the rise of the Fallowfield Mandem, both delighting in playing the gangster on the bloody streets of Manchester

Mason Sisk brutally shot his dad, stepmum and three siblings in the head in a case described as being “draped in unmitigated evil”

Ted Bundy, one of America's worst serial killers, was put to death in 1989 in front of 42 witnesses after admitting to the gruesome murders of more than 30 women during the 1970s

Alex Piatt-Green paid over £500 in bitcoin to buy two grenades from an arms dealer in the US and have them shipped to his home in Redditch, Worcestershire

Prosecutor Paul Greaney KC has accused James Witham, 41, of trying to be the 'fall guy' for his co-defendants in the murder trial. Ashley Dale was shot dead in August last year