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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The Coalition has demanded that Anthony Albanese explain the circumstances behind the deal to transfer the remaining Bali ...

Prison dairy farms may hold the key to reducing recidivism by teaching inmates empathy, care, and self-regulation through ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some protesters were spared prison sentences, but several have been sentenced to at least two years in federal prison.