Estonia's Tartu Prison may soon house up to 600 Swedish inmates under a proposed agreement aimed at alleviating Sweden's ...

The most overcrowded prison is Limerick Women’s Prison at 159% capacity, with 89 people in custody, and a bed capacity of 56 ...

COMMENT: A new trial to tackle violence behind bars will only exacerbate the problem and put prisoners and guards at greater ...

The trial will see Tasers issued to a national specialist unit after three officers were attacked by the Manchester Arena ...

The Department of Correctional Services reveals alarming statistics on prison overcrowding, with over 57,000 remand detainees ...

The Irish Prison Service should, the trust argued, have the power to release remand prisoners who have been denied bail by ...

The number of inmates in prisons across Punjab, including Lahore, has reached alarming levels, with occupancy rates exceeding ...

The Northern Territory's four Aboriginal land councils have issued a rare joint statement, accusing the NT government of ...

Kerala’s prisons housed 10,271 inmates as of March 31, 2024, far exceeding the sanctioned capacity of around 8,000 and reflecting an overcrowding rate of approximately 128 per cent, which raises ...

Oklahoma's Department of Corrections has officially ended the use of private prisons by acquiring the Lawton Correctional and ...