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

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

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 ...

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

Overcrowding, violence — and a mentally-ill female prisoner who 'had not had access to a shower for four days' — among issues ...

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

Families told the Joint Prison Oversight Committee on Wednesday that the hope of parole is the best incentive for good ...

But, in fact, it's an iconic Scottish landmark that has taken the dubious title of the busiest attraction in Europe. Edinburgh Castle has been ranked the busiest destination on the continent. The ...

Nagpur: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has admitted that jails in Maharashtra are severely overcrowded, with 12,343 excess ...

Mass detention isn’t merely a step along the way to achieving Trump’s goal of mass deportation. Mass detention is also the ...

CHANDIGARH: Punjab jails are currently housing a record 38,000 prisoners approximately, the highest in the state’s history.