Almost 40 prisoners collapsed in just 24 hours and one was rushed to hospital after a batch of drugs were snuck in through ...

Russian military personnel killed five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war last month, the Donetsk Region Prosecutor's Office ...

The government's prisons minister Lord Timpson says the backlog of offenders who need electronic tags “has now been reduced ...

Parole Board members have been advised to break bad news gently to offenders seeking release from jail. The independent body, ...

Prisoners deemed "an immediate risk" to a specific person or members of the public by governors earlier this year may be released under proposals to be fast tracked through Holyrood this week. A total ...

In Bloomington, a small community of death row spiritual advisors is struggling to support the prisoners to whom they ...

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Iran is talking to the Taliban to hand over some 1,000 Afghans convicted on drug charges. The Taliban wants Tehran to deport ...

In the summer of 1944 Kathleen Oates - a Wren assigned to the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War - was ...

Hamas' acting Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday that there would be no hostages-for-prisoners ...

State Sen. Doug Steinhardt (R-Lopatcong) wants to fix the state’s “Earn Your Way Out” law that helps more people get ...

Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to ...