A man has been charged with the murder of a fellow prisoner. Tony Joynes, 47, was found dead in his cell at HMP Garth, near Leyland, on July 13 last year. An investigation was launched by police and an inmate aged in his 30s was arrested at the category B Lancashire prison later that month […]
13th March 2026 A prisoner charged with the murder of Soham killer, Ian Huntley, has appeared at crown court. Anthony Russell, 43, appeared at Teeside Crown Court via a videolink from HMP Frankland, near Durham, for a 10 minute preliminary hearing today (March 12). Russell is charged with the single offence of murdering 52-year-old Ian […]
Ian Huntley died at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary after his life support machine was switched off. Whatever you think of him, the prison system is now legally bound to follow the same meticulous process it follows for every prisoner who dies in custody — including the mandatory offer to hold a memorial service inside the […]
A former New York state prison officer convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced on Friday 19th December 2025 to 25 years to life in prison. David Kingsley also received a 25-year sentence for a manslaughter conviction in the case. He […]
A prisoner charged with the murder of a fellow inmate at a high-security prison has appeared in court. Nathaniel Reece, 44, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court via prison video-link, where a not guilty plea was entered on his behalf after he left the room partway through proceedings. He is accused of the murder of John […]
A prisoner is due to appear in court charged with the murder of a fellow inmate who was serving a life sentence. Nathaniel Reece, who is accused of the murder of John Mansfield at HMP Whitemoor, near March, has been remanded to appear at a court hearing. John Mansfield, who was 63, was jailed for […]
A former corrections officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for his role in the death of a Black inmate whose beating by a group of guards at an upstate New York prison was captured on bodycam videos. Christopher Walrath was one of six guards charged with murder in the death of Robert […]
A homophobic killer who murdered a man for allegedly making a pass at him has now been jailed again – for throttling his cellmate. Vitalie Tanga, 41, was given a life sentence last year for the ‘senseless’ killing of Alfred Mattox, who was gay, after beating him to death in his own home in 2021. […]
Fifteen New York prison officers have been suspended following the death of a man incarcerated in New York state – the second such death in a matter of months – NY Governor Kathy Hochul announced yesterday. The Governor said the state department of corrections staffers were taken off the job at her direction as state […]
Ten former US prison officers have appeared in court charged in connection with the killing of Robert Brooks, a prisoner incarcerated at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Marcy, New York, who was fatally beaten at the prison in December 2024. A US grand jury indicted six officers — Nicholas Anzalone, David Kingsley, Anthony Farina, Christopher […]