Operation Safeguard is triggered when prisons are close to running out of space.

A majority of Senate Republicans initially sank the bill on a 16-16 vote, but after nearly two hours of uncertainty, the bill ...

The number of prisoners in England and Wales has reached a six-month high, despite thousands of inmates being released early ...

West Mercia's police stations are ready to hold prisoners to help ease overcrowding if needed, according to the region's ...

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KFGO/KVRR) — Grand Forks County Commission has approved a letter of intent to help relieve overcrowding at North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Unused space in ...

The Montana Department of Corrections is looking at four different locations for a new women's prison, due to the current one ...

The British government announced that police cells will be temporarily used to hold prisoners as a temporary measure to combat prison ...

The number of offenders behind bars soared to a six-month high despite Labour's controversial decision to release thousands ...

As a result of the ongoing mass arrests, El Salvador now has the highest incarceration rate in the world. The proportion of its population that El Salvador incarcerates is more than triple that of the ...

President Prabowo Subianto's plan to build a prison on a remote island for corrupt individuals could improve Indonesia's ...

Mozambique's prime minister on Monday asked the newly appointed director-general of the National Prison Service (SERNAP) to act to reduce overcrowding in prisons and to humanise the services, in ...

(THE CONVERSATION) El Salvador President Nayib Bukele framed his offer to house “dangerous American criminals” and “criminals from any country” as a win-win for all. The fee for ...