TIL Tag: prison
126 headlines found.
- Belarus Ryanair plane arrest student Sofia Sapega jailed for six years.
May 6, 2022 - Moscow says more than 900 Ukrainian fighters from the Mariupol steelworks have been taken to a former prison colony, in a Russian-controlled part of Donetsk.
May 19, 2022 - Thousands of photos and documents from a data hack of police files, show the extent of Beijing's highly secretive system of Uyghur mass incarceration.
May 24, 2022 - Alexei Navalny has gone missing from Russian prison, say allies. Opposition leader's lawyer was told at jail 'there is no such convict here', according to close ally Leonid Volkov.
June 14, 2022 - Aung San Suu Kyi trial 'moved to prison in Myanmar's capital'.
June 23, 2022 - Giuliani associate Lev Parnas handed 20 months in prison for campaign finance fraud.
June 29, 2022 - the Biden administration has offered to exchange Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms trafficker serving a 25-year US prison sentence, as part of a potential deal to secure the release of two Americans held by Russia.
July 28, 2022 - PoW families wait for news following Donetsk prison attack that killed 50.
July 30, 2022 - Brittney Griner: US basketball star jailed for nine years on drug charges.
August 4, 2022 - STEVEN SEAGAL POSES AT RUSSIAN-CONTROLLED PRISON Where 50 Ukrainians Were Killed.
August 10, 2022 - Former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sentenced to 6 more years in prison
August 16, 2022 - Hong Kong court sentences speech therapists to 19 months in prison over 'seditious' children's books.
September 11, 2022 - Judge orders release of Adnan Syed after more than two decades in prison
September 20, 2022 - Steve Bannon given four months in prison for contempt of Congress.
October 21, 2022 - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes jailed for fraud.
November 19, 2022 - Boris Becker: Former Wimbledon champion released after serving eight months of prison sentence.
December 15, 2022 - Aung San Suu Kyi jailed for a further seven years.
December 30, 2022 - British teenager who made far-right hate videos 'influencing' Buffalo shooter jailed for 11 years
January 28, 2023 - rivalry between Wagner and Russian army 'key factor in end of prison recruitment drive'
February 11, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes wants to delay her prison sentence after giving birth to her second child
March 2, 2023 - Saad Ibrahim Almadi: Saudi Arabia releases US man jailed over tweets
March 21, 2023 - Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison end of April
April 12, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes delays start of prison sentence with last-minute appeal
April 27, 2023 - Court orders Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to go to prison
May 17, 2023 - Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes turns herself in for 11-year prison term
May 30, 2023 - Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in US prison cell
June 10, 2023 - Elizabeth Holmes' 11-year prison sentence shortened by two years
July 11, 2023 - Ex-Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from prison after 53 years
July 11, 2023 - Thaksin Shinawatra: Former Thailand PM jailed after return from exile
August 22, 2023 - Two Proud Boys members get lengthy prison terms for Capitol attack
September 1, 2023 - Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio jailed for 22 years for Capitol riot
September 6, 2023 - Six suspects in murder of Ecuador presidential candidate killed in prison, authorities say
October 7, 2023 - Derek Chauvin stabbed in prison
November 25, 2023 - Israel releases Palestinians from prison after Hamas frees 17 hostages
November 26, 2023 - Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai faces his biggest trial yet
December 18, 2023 - Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears
December 18, 2023 - Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith executed with nitrogen gas, marking the emergence of a wholly new method of capital punishment
January 26, 2024 - Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny dies, prison service says
February 16, 2024 - 'Crypto King' Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
March 28, 2024 - David McBride: Australian army whistleblower jailed for leaking documents
May 14, 2024 - France prison van attack: Huge manhunt after prison officers killed in ambush
May 14, 2024 - Murder conviction of Missouri woman overturned after 43 years in prison
June 16, 2024 - Five jailed for Ecuador presidential candidate's murder
July 13, 2024 - Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards gets suspended prison sentence for having indecent images of children
September 16, 2024 - He's the world's longest-serving death row inmate. A court just declared him innocent
September 26, 2024 - US man jailed for cloning giant sheep for trophy hunting
October 2, 2024 - Psychologist behind the controversial 'Stanford Prison Experiment' dies at 91
October 20, 2024 - Paul Pelosi attacker gets life in prison without parole
October 30, 2024 - Charles Manson admits to additional murders in unearthed prison phone call
November 14, 2024 - Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband jailed for 20 years in mass rape trial
December 19, 2024 - Trump avoids prison or fine in hush-money case sentencing
January 10, 2025 - Ex-senator Bob Menendez sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery conviction
January 29, 2025 - Suspect in Brazil Christmas cake poisonings found dead in prison cell
February 15, 2025 - Christian sect members who watched 8-year-old die get lengthy prison sentences
February 26, 2025 - Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison
April 1, 2025 - Peru's former first lady flees to Brazil for asylum after she and ex-President Humala sentenced to prison
April 16, 2025 - Ex-congressman George Santos sentenced to seven years in prison
April 25, 2025 - Trump says he's ordering the reopening of Alcatraz
May 5, 2025 - Duterte elected mayor of home city from Hague prison
May 12, 2025 - Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years in prison
May 16, 2025 - Two men behind 'senseless' felling of Sycamore Gap tree jailed for more than four years
July 15, 2025 - Turkish court convicts jailed Istanbul mayor and Erdogan rival of threatening public official
July 17, 2025 - South Korean court orders arrest of wife of jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol
August 12, 2025 - Federal judge orders closure of Trump's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration jail
August 22, 2025 - Australian triple murderer jailed for life over toxic mushroom lunch
September 8, 2025 - Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
September 12, 2025 - Missouri woman gets more than 4 years in prison for trying to sell off Elvis Presley's Graceland
September 24, 2025 - Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison in Libya campaign-financing trial
September 25, 2025 - Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison
October 4, 2025 - 'Have a great life!' Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-congressman George Santos
October 17, 2025 - Trump administration concedes Maryland father from El Salvador was mistakenly deported and sent to mega prison
November 1, 2025 - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to be released from prison pending appeal
November 10, 2025 - Fugees rapper Pras sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign
November 21, 2025 - Bolsonaro ordered to start serving 27-year prison sentence for Brazil coup plot
November 25, 2025 - Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years prison in absentia
December 1, 2025 - Trump releases fraudster executive days into prison sentence
December 1, 2025 - Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández released from US prison after Trump pardon
December 2, 2025 - Crypto mogul Do Kwon sentenced to 15 years in prison for $40 billion stablecoin fraud
December 12, 2025 - Brazilian congress passes bill to cut Jair Bolsonaro's 27-year prison term
December 18, 2025 - Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolsonaro's prison term
December 19, 2025 - Russian opposition leader sentenced to six years in prison
December 26, 2025 - Maduro jailed in New York after audacious raid and capture
January 4, 2026 - South Korea's former leader jailed for 23 years in martial law case
January 22, 2026 - Man sentenced to life in prison for 2024 attempt on Trump's life
February 4, 2026 - China critic Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison
February 9, 2026 - Key Venezuelan opposition figure Guanipa ‘kidnapped’ by heavily armed men after being freed from prison, allies say
February 9, 2026 - South Korea’s ex-president jailed for life for masterminding an insurrection
February 19, 2026 - Trump seeks $152m to reopen notorious Alcatraz prison
April 4, 2026 - Brazil's Congress approves plan to drastically cut Bolsonaro's jail term
May 1, 2026 - Thief jailed after stealing unreleased Beyoncé music from car
May 12, 2026 - Matthew Perry's assistant jailed for 41 months over actor's ketamine death
May 27, 2026 - Founder of a private company accused of mistreating ICE detainees came to the US via Ellis Island in 1953
June 7, 2026 - Jailed crypto founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks Trump pardon
June 8, 2026 - Jailed South Korea ex-president gets 30 more years for sending drones into North
June 12, 2026 - Supreme Court blocks Alabama from executing inmate with method lower court found cruel and unusual
June 12, 2026 - Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow under counter-terrorism laws
June 14, 2026 - US top court says Rastafarian man cannot sue prison guards who cut his dreadlocks
June 23, 2026 - Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
June 24, 2026 - Founder of one of China’s biggest underground churches freed, reunites with family in US
July 5, 2026 - Russian anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin detained by police
July 13, 2026 - Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
July 16, 2026 - Andrew Tate and brother arrested in US after more charges laid against them in UK
July 19, 2026 - Michelin-starred restaurateur faces jail for using ants as dessert garnish
July 22, 2026 - Anger as Berlin Pride attacker revealed to have been freed weeks earlier
July 27, 2026 - Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago
July 27, 2026 - Kohberger says he wants to withdraw plea and face trial for murder of Idaho college students
July 27, 2026 - Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years
August 3, 2026 - Reform UK would free up jail spaces in UK by sending offenders abroad, claims Zia Yusuf
August 10, 2026 - Spared execution eight times, oldest inmate in US dies at 101
August 19, 2026 - Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant Evergrande sentenced to life in prison
August 20, 2026 - Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence
August 21, 2026 - 'Moonies' church leader jailed for two years over bribery offences
August 31, 2026 - Hong Kong's Tiananmen activists sentenced to up to seven years in prison
September 11, 2026 - Kosovo’s former president jailed for 25 years over war crimes
September 16, 2026 - Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault
September 23, 2026 - Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow restrictions on transgender inmates
September 28, 2026 - Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections
October 1, 2026 - Tennessee governor suspends executions after ‘deeply disturbing’ failed lethal injection
October 1, 2026 - Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike, governor says
October 3, 2026 - Christa Pike is conscious and speaking after botched execution attempt, lawyers say
October 7, 2026 - Christa Pike discharged from hospital and returned to prison, her lawyers say
October 10, 2026 - Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur's murder
October 14, 2026 - Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson sentenced to 15 years for child sexual offences
October 15, 2026 - Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs moved to new prison after reports of a luxury lifestyle behind bars
October 17, 2026 - Kenya cult leader who told parents to starve children guilty of 191 murders
October 19, 2026 - France sees another weekend of mass protests with nearly 1,000 detained
October 25, 2026