A special court in Maharashtra’s Thane district sentenced a man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault of a six-year-old girl. Special judge D S Deshmukh found the ...

The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) is seeking to recuse itself from the consolidated habeas corpus petitions filed by ...

The functioning of the judiciary reveals that it has exercised its powers in creative ways and devised new strategies to ensure the protection of human rights of prisoners. In recent decades, the ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Jailed former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte appeared Friday by videoconference before judges at the International Criminal Court, days after his arrest in Manila ...

The Social Justice Center has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Georgia’s Administrative Offenses Code, arguing that it ...

The Kentucky State Police arrested a Canada man and his wife on charges of unlawful imprisonment March 9 after receiving a call from a person for whom they were guardians.

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared by video link before judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The appearance comes days after his arrest in Manila on murder ...

Recently, there has been a spate of protests that aim to draw attention to poor conditions and perceived safety issues within New York State correctional facilities. As a community, we ...

A Guatemala appeals court overturned the house arrest decision of journalist José Rubén Zamora on March 4, according to a statement published by Amnesty International on Wednesday. Following the ...

Australia's youngest convicted murderer will soon be freed from prison after the state of NSW unsuccessfully tried to keep ...

Again and again the Trump White House has turned to a 73-year-old legal statute to defend its immigration crackdown. But what ...