The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky has filed a class action suit against Kentucky Department of Corrections ...

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in restraints so tight that he had to have a limb amputated.

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A former San Francisco prosecutor who helped produce a first-of-its-kind criminal justice reform law in the nation leads a ...

Exclusive: Alex Chalk KC, who ushered in licence reforms for IPP prisoners, urged his successor to give fresh proposals to end scandal ‘careful consideration’ ...

Legal scholars call for applying international law doctrines to prosecute rape and sexual violence committed during the Hamas ...

Claims about a brain implant technology that compresses prison sentences into minutes are based on a concept, not actual ...

Terrorists inside British prisons are teaching organised criminals how to make bombs, according to a study. In return, ...

For countries lacking overseas territories with cheap land and flexible construction rules, the challenge is tougher. One ...

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 16 more prisoners, continuing his selective releases while also cracking ...

Last month, the Belarusian government pardoned and released 14 prisoners, but at least 60 more people were arrested on ...