Vietnamese woman tycoon appeals death sentence in $27 billion fraud case

A disgraced Vietnamese property tycoon is appealing her death sentence in a $27 billion corruption case, the biggest in the country’s histor...

Thai man wrongfully arrested after friend used his ID to evade jail

A Thai man was wrongfully arrested after his friend borrowed his identity to avoid prison. What started it all: The friend, only identified ...

Man accused of Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women sentenced to 8 years in prison

Latravion McCockran, the California man accused of carrying out Sacramento robberies targeting Asian women, has been sentenced to eight year...

Australian journalist jailed for 3 years in China details detention in ‘love letter to 25 million people’

Cheng Lei, a Chinese Australian journalist who has been jailed in China for three years, detailed her detention conditions in an open letter...

Army vet who attacked 7 Asian women in 2 hours sentenced to 1 ⅓ to 4 years in prison

A military veteran who attacked seven Asian women in Manhattan, New York, last year has been sentenced to 1 ⅓ to 4 years in state prison. Wh...

Vietnamese ‘Onion Leaf Bae’ noodle vendor sentenced to 5 years in prison for mocking minister

The Vietnamese noodle vendor dubbed “Onion Leaf Bae” has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for mocking a senior government o...

State charges dropped against woman who stabbed Asian teen in the head on Indiana bus

The state of Indiana has dismissed some of the charges against the woman accused of stabbing an Asian student in the head in Bloomington, In...

Woman charged with hate crime for stabbing Asian teen in the head on Indiana bus

The woman who stabbed an 18-year-old Asian American Indiana University student in the head with a pocketknife in January has been indicted a...

China sentences 6 men for abuse, trafficking of chained mother of 8

A Chinese court has jailed six men in connection to the high-profile human trafficking case of a woman that was found chained inside a hut i...

Ex-BIGBANG star Seungri set for release after serving 1.5 years in prison

Ex-BIGBANG member Seungri will be completing his prison sentence this week, effectively making the former K-pop idol a free man after servin...

Repeat offender sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Guiying Ma in NYC rock attack

Before you read: Repeat offender pleads guilty to killing Guiying Ma in NYC rock attack Guiying Ma, grandmother struck in the head with a ro...

Taraneh Alidoosti: Iran releases actor jailed for condemning execution of protestor

Prominent Iranian actor Taraneh Alidoosti was recently released on bail after being detained for criticizing the Iranian government, her law...

OnlyFans star Titus Low explains his ‘honest prison experience’ after 3 weeks behind bars

Titus Low, a Singaporean OnlyFans creator who was sentenced to three weeks in jail in October for posting pornographic images on the platfo...

First Chinese spy to be extradited to US for trial sentenced to 20 years in prison

Xu Yanjun, a 42-year-old Chinese intelligence officer, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Ohio on Wednesday for trying to steal trade s...

Japanese filmmaker sentenced to 7 years in jail by Myanmar junta

A Myanmar court has sentenced Toru Kubota, a 26-year-old freelance filmmaker from Japan, to three years in jail for sedition and seven year...

Thai protester sentenced to 2 years in prison for mocking queen with fashion show

A court in Thailand finalized the sentencing for Jatuporn “New” Saeoueng, a pro-democracy protester, on Monday. Jatuporn was charged with ...

South Korea sentences man to 4 years for sexual abuse in the metaverse

A 30-year-old South Korean man was sentenced to four years in prison for storing sexually exploitative content of minors he lured on the me...

California lawmakers reject bill that aims to stop prison-to-ICE transfers

VISION Act (AB 937) fell three votes short of the 21 it needed to pass in the California Senate on Wednesday. Introduced by Assemblymember...

American bus driver convicted of joining Islamic State gets prison term reduced

Mohamad Khweis, the first American to be convicted in a jury trial of joining the Islamic State, had his prison term reduced from 20 years ...

Thai activist sent back to prison for writing about his prison sexual experiences on Facebook

A pro-democracy activist in Thailand is facing another year behind bars after writing about his sexual experiences in prison on Facebook. ...

‘Extremely inhumane’: Japanese inmates sue govt. for notifying them of execution just hours beforehand

Two inmates on death row have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government after their lawyer argued that being notified only hours befor...

Three North Korean soldiers sent to prison camp for dancing BTS moves 

A group of North Korean soldiers was reportedly sent to a political prison camp after its members were caught dancing BTS moves. Army’s armi...

Family of California Man Jailed for 23 Years Pleads for Parole After Alleged Abuse From Guards

Loved ones of a 41-year-old man incarcerated since his teens are appealing to California Governor Gavin Newsom for parole due to alleged thr...

Chinese Drug Trafficker Escapes Death Row Using a Screw Driver, Crawling Through Sewage Pipe

A Chinese drug trafficker facing a death sentence in Indonesia has escaped from prison using the tunnel he dug akin to the movie “The Shawsh...

Wrongfully Convicted Man Reunites With Family After Spending 27 Years in Prison

A Chinese man who was wrongfully convicted for the death of two boys in the early 1990s has finally been reunited with his family after spen...

American Child Sex Offender Sentenced to Life in Prison in the Philippines

An American man was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of human trafficking in the Philippines. David Timothy Deakin, 55, was...

British Man Who Allegedly Beat Thai Wife to Death ‘Mysteriously’ Dies in Prison

A British man who was suspected of beating his Thai wife to death has reportedly died inside a prison in Thailand due to injuries from unkno...

Ex-P‌‌o‌r‌‌‌n Star Jeremy Long Pens Final Tweet Before 10-Year P‌ri‌s‌o‌‌n Se‌‌nten‌ce for D‌U‌I Fe‌lo‌ny C‌ha‌rg‌e

Masyoshi Mukai, aka Jeremy Long, revealed that he is now serving the ma‌ximu‌m se‌ntenc‌e of 10 years for his D‌UI‌ fe‌lo‌ny‌ charge that st...

Overworked South Koreans Send Themselves to ‘Fake Prison’ for $90 a Night

South Koreans who are fed up with the daily grind are turning themselves in as “prisoners” at a mock jail as a means of escape. Thousands of...

Teen Sees His Father During School Field Trip to a Prison in Thailand

The heartbreaking reunion of an incarcerated father and his teenage son during a school field trip at a prison in Rayong province, Thailand ...

South Korean Woman Sent to Prison For Secretly Photographing Nude Male Model

A woman in South Korea will be spending 10 months in prison for posting a picture of a male nude model online without permission. Also a nu...

Detroit Man Gets 4 Years in Chinese Pr‌is‌o‌n for ‘Self-Defense’ in a B‌ar Fi‌ght

Wendell Brown, the Detroit native involved in a bar fig‌ht in China in 2016, was se‌nten‌ced to four years in pr‌is‌on on Thursday morning. ...

6,600 Policemen Fail to Find Master Thief Who Escaped Prison in Japan

Terror has swept an island in Japan after a “master thief” escaped prison earlier this month. Tatsuma Hirao, who was serving a five-and-a-h...

‘Evil Twin’ Who Plotted to Kill ‘Good Twin’ Sister May Soon be Released After 19 Years in Prison

Editor’s Note: A previous headline stated she served 18 years in prison. She has in fact served 19 years. Jeen “Gina” Han ...

American Woman Finds Sad Note From Chinese Labor Prison in Purse Bought From Walmart

A note with a disturbing plea for help from a labor prison in China was reportedly found by a woman from Arizona inside a purse she purchase...

Instant Noodles Have Replaced Cigarettes As Prison Currency in the U.S., Study Finds

Instant noodles have replaced cigarettes as the most popular in-house currency in American state prisons, according to a recent study.   Th...