Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said extending technology such as electronic tags would see the creation of a 'prison outside prison' for non-dangerous offenders. The sentencing review will seek ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Multnomah County's sheriff is sounding the alarm as two jails in the Portland area are nearing capacity. In a report to county stakeholders this week, Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O ...

A four-day riot in a jail in the southern Turkish city of Adana ended Thursday after inmates released 13 prison guards they were holding hostage. "The riot is over and the hostages are freed ...

A human rights group called on Thailand to fully investigate three soldiers for the "horrific" death of a Myanmar migrant on the border earlier this year, saying they had tortured and beaten the man.

TOKYO (Reuters) – A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a Japanese documentary filmmaker to 10 years in prison for violating sedition and communications laws, a Japanese foreign ...

Myanmar is mired in crisis as conflict escalates, with criminal networks “out of control” and human suffering at unprecedented levels, a United Nations report has warned. UN special envoy for ...

Record prisoner numbers mean most Western Australian jails are bursting at the seams and failing to meet minimum international standards, the prison watchdog says.

A Cambodian activist and former monk has been sentenced to four years in prison after he was convicted on charges ... one spot above Venezuela and one place above war-torn Myanmar. “These arrests are ...

A longtime Rikers Island correction officer needed six stitches to close a gaping gash over her eye Friday, after allegedly being bashed in the face by a violent inmate at the notorious city jail.

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