American school teacher Mark Fogel has been released from prison in Russia, according to US National Security Advisor Mike ...

A storm of controversy surrounds the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) as its decision to shutter SCI-Rockview, Quehanna Boot Camp, and community corrections centers (CCCs) in Greene and ...

The United Nations World Food Program said Tuesday that an aid worker has died in a Yemeni prison three weeks after his detention by the Iran-backed Houthi militias.The announcement came a day after ...

The president wants to send 30,000 immigrants in the country illegally to the Cuban naval base infamous for its role during ...

The Controller of Corrections, Nigerian Correctional Service, Ebonyi State Command, Offem Bessie, has raised concerns over the severe overcrowding at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abakaliki.

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first ...

A strategy to prevent escapes has been developed, the Department of Correctional Services has informed parliament.

Pope Francis on Tuesday reprimanded Donald Trump for starting to carry out mass deportation plans, warning the treatment of ...

A Binghamton woman has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for stealing more than $25,000 in social security ...

A police and fire response to the Bon Air youth prison prompted concern from advocates in the juvenile justice community who have been sounding the alarm on the conditions of the facility.

That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

The recommendation by Gov. Shapiro's administration comes amid longer-term national trends of shrinking prison populations.