Judge lifts stay of execution for death row’s only female inmate

A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the only woman on federal death row to be executed before President-elect Joe Biden takes office. The ruling, handed down Friday by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, concluded that a lower court judge erred when he … Read more

Kim Kardashian’s visit with death row inmate Julius Jones brings hope to his family and supporters

Kim Kardashian’s visit with death row inmate Julius Jones brings renewed hope to his family and supporters… after Oklahoma AG calls her out By Glenn Garner For Dailymail.com Published: 01:59 GMT, 29 November 2020 | Updated: 01:59 GMT, 29 November 2020 Kim Kardashian is preparing to add lawyer to her already diverse résumé, as she completes … Read more

Officials admit plan for tougher sentencing for worst offenders will cost £385,000 per inmate 

£1bn bill to keep serious criminals in jail for longer: Officials admit plan for tougher sentencing for worst offenders will cost £385,000 per inmate An extra £1billion will be spent to keep serious criminals in prison for longer Sexual and violent offenders will serve at least two thirds rather than half a term Justice Secretary … Read more

Prison diversity officer, 51, ‘had inappropriate relationship with inmate at Wormwood Scrubs’

Prison diversity officer, 51, ‘had inappropriate relationship with inmate and failed to report he had mobile phone behind bars’ Former HMP Wormwood Scrubs officer Pamela Belonwu, 51, is set to go on trial She is accused of having ‘inappropriate’ relationship with inmate Clifton Thomas Alleged relationship said to have taken place between January and March 2019 … Read more

Prison officer, 26, had sexual relationship with inmate serving life

Prison officer, 26, had sexual relationship with murderer serving life sentence at HMP Swaleside for deliberately running over and killing father-of-three, court hears Kerianne Stephens, 26, was employed at HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey  She admitted misconduct in public office over having affair with Louis Tate, 34 But she denied charge relating to … Read more

Hogtied inmate yells ‘I can’t breathe’ more than 20 times before his death in North Carolina

Harrowing footage has been released showing a North Carolina jail inmate who died after being hogtied face down as he yelled, ‘I can’t breathe,’ more than 20 times. John Neville, 56, died of a brain injury sustained during cardiac arrest which the coroner ruled was caused by ‘asphyxia during prone restraint.’ Neville had fallen off his … Read more

Child killer, 67, is the NINTH death row inmate to die from COVID-19 at San Quentin prison

Child killer, 67, is the NINTH death row inmate to die from COVID-19 at San Quentin prison making a total of 13 prisoners at the facility dying from the virus The 67-year-old was pronounced dead at an outside hospital on Tuesday  In 1994, John Beames was convicted of the torture and beating death of the 15-month-old … Read more

Prison officer, 30, is jailed after harbouring fugitive inmate lover

Prison officer, 30, is jailed after becoming ‘blinded by love’ for fugitive inmate lover who she let stay at her home when he escaped jail Chloe Jones, 30, has been jailed after harbouring an escaped convict lover Jones struck up a relationship with Philip King while working at HMP Altcourse Pair were apprehended after being … Read more

Kim Kardashian congratulates former inmate and music producer David Jassy for San Quentin mixtape

Kim Kardashian congratulated former inmate and music producer David Jassy for his new mixtape recorded at San Quentin State Prison with young prisoners. The 39-year-old reality star in a video posted by TMZ on Thursday told Jassy, 46, said that she wanted to congratulate him and ‘all of the young men’ at the prison who … Read more

Missouri inmate is executed in first since pandemic began for brutal 1991 murder of woman, 81

A Missouri inmate on Tuesday became the first person to be executed since the coronavirus pandemic took hold. Walter Barton, 64, died by lethal injection for killing Gladys Kuehler, 81, in 1991. A jury recently said that ‘compelling’ new evidence made them feel ‘uncomfortable’ about the conviction and he had long maintained his innocence.   His case … Read more