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

These notorious prisons located throughout the U.S. can still be visited today for those who are drawn to the macabre and ...

A Human Rights Watch report said three Miami detention facilities subject people to inhumane, at times life-threatening, ...

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

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

A report by Human Rights Watch on Florida immigration detention facilities said they are overcrowded and filled with unsafe ...

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

Prison staff responsibilities in the NT are set to be privatised further, with Department of Corrections employees told the ...

The Department of Correctional Services says 40% of the prison population is serving sentences of 15 years or more.

The annual report on penal statistics in prisons by the Council of Europe identified Ireland as one of 15 countries in Europe ...

Research of closed adult prisons in 2022 found inmates in overcrowded cells are 19% more likely to be involved in an assault over a one-year period, compared to those who stay in cells that are ...