All news on the topic: Prisons

George Floyd was killed after he was restrained by officers, with one keeping their knee on his neck for almost 10 minutes as Mr Floyd repeatedly told them he "can't breathe" and that they were "going to kill" him

Ellie Jacobs, 19, from Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire, was jailed for five years after admitting the manslaughter and child cruelty following the death of five-week-old Archie

Police in Ohio and Kentucky have been warned an escaped killer fled prison on Monday - Bradley Gillespie is serving two life sentences for butchering a couple in 2016

Lisnevin Training School Borstal in Millisle, Northern Ireland, opened in 1973 but closed down in 2003 due to allegations of neglect, abuse, and overcrowding

Dad-of-four Jamie is a shadow of his former self and ten years after running his thriving business the drugs addict pounds the streets in search of his next heroin fix

Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Eric Wilkerson, one of the best players in Kent State's history, will spend more than a decade in prison after admitting his part in the death of Brian Weems III

Attorneys representing the family of Fulton County Jail inmate Lashawn Thompson, 35, have said he suffered 'extreme neglect' by prison staff after Thompson was allegedly 'eaten alive by bugs'

Jake Fahri, then aged 19, attacked Jimmy Mizen at a London bakery in May 2008, grabbing a glass baking dish before smashing it into the youngster's face causing a fatal injury to his neck

Sarah Spurrell, 44, accused Sussex police of treating her as a “complete and utter joke” after the vicious assault in January 2004 - she only found out about Bellfield’s confession, allegedly made earlier this year, when she was told this month by ITV News London

Horrific paedophile Sidney Cooke, 96, has failed in his 11th bid for freedom after the Parole Board decided he still poses a "very high risk of serious harm to children"

David Hunter, a 75-year-old retired coal miner from Northumberland, is standing trial in Cyprus for premeditated murder after a plea deal on the lesser charge of manslaughter collapsed

34-year-old Anthony Michael Corrado allegedly beat his grandma to death in her gated community Naples home before calling a housekeeper to help him clean up his bloody crime scene

Leo Goatley represented West after she and her husband were first arrested in 1994 at the home where they raped and killed many of their victims - and he has now urged her to 'find redemption' by confessing

Timothy Schofield, younger brother of TV star Phillip Schofield, was sentenced to 12 years in prison at Bristol Crown Court earlier today, after being convicted of 11 sexual offences involving a child at Exeter Crown Court last month

Nathaniel Rook, 52, failed to arrive to his probation appointments and was jailed for two days and subjected to a two-month curfew before promising to engage with prison services

Reyna Elizabeth Flores-Rosales was sentenced for torturing, starving and killing her six-year-old son who was having issues over potty training

Natalia Arno, head of the Free Russia Foundation, claims she returned to find her hotel door was mysteriously left open and the “smell of cheap perfume” before falling ill

Peter Nash, 47, has been jailed for a minimum of 40 years for the murders of his wife Jilly Nash, 43, and their 12-year-old autistic daughter Louise last September

Jessica Camilleri faced a murder trial in Sydney, Australia, in 2020 but was found guilty by a jury of manslaughter over the death of her mum Rita at their home

Roxana Ruiz was sentenced to six years and two months in prison for "excessive use of self-defence" after she strangled the man who broke into her home, threatened and raped her

Stephen Ling stabbed Joanne Tulip 60 times before carving images including swastikas and crosses into her body in a horrific attack at his home in Northumberland

Dana Mustapha, from Cheshire, was described as having a look of "evil excitement" on one of several occasion when he was spotted pulling down his trousers, a court heard

Benjamin Schreiber said his death when his heart stopped meant his life sentence should be considered served but judges have disagreed

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been locked in a long-running feud with entertainment giant Disney for more than a year since Disney publicly condemned a bill which would restrict lessons on sexuality in classrooms

Marques Walker, now 17, filmed himself rapping, dancing and smoking while on remand for stabbing Jermaine Cools, 14, seven times with a zombie knife in November 2021