The incident took place following a Russian offensive near the city of Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast, according to local ...

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

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

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

Experts say the release of some political prisoners may be an attempt by Venezuela’s autocrat to send a signal to ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday pardoned 32 more political prisoners, his office said, the latest mass ...

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

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

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

Anthony Albanese has been issued a “please explain” over the details of a reported deal which will return the remaining five Bali Nine prisoners who were jailed for attempting to smuggle 8.3kg of ...