A new HBO documentary set for release later this year exposes the violence inside Alabama prisons using leaked cellphone ...

The Northern Territory's soaring prison population has broken a grim new record. More than four and half thousand people are ...

Hundreds of prisoners including violent and dangerous thugs are set to be freed early in a 'shameful betrayal of victims'.

Shortages of prison staff, mental health problems among inmates, and overcrowding, fuelled by court delays, have pushed the ...

A 37-year-old Liberian, Gebah Massaquoi, recently released from the Monrovia Central Prison, has decried the deplorable and overcrowded conditions at the facility. Massaquoi, who spoke to journalists ...

The new jail to replace Barlinnie will not solve prison overcrowding as it has a lower capacity a Glasgow MSP has said.

Despite having some of the nation’s lowest crime rates, Idaho incarcerates more women per capita than any other state. Women ...

BEATRICE – The new Chief Justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court gave his first State of the Judiciary Address to state ...

An estimated 260 to 390 inmates are expected to be eligible for release, with the Scottish Prison Service managing the ...

According to the Justice for Prisoners Network, women in Iraqi prisons face rampant sexual assault and harassment, often ...

As the Finocchiaro Government grapples with overcrowded prisons and watch-houses, the Country Liberal Party is planting an ...