Tackling prison overcrowding by the early release of inmates is being put ahead of victims' and public safety, a charity has ...

The UN’s top expert on torture on Thursday criticised overcrowding in Senegal’s prisons, warning that it could spark violence ...

The sentencing follows a shooting that took place inside of a nightclub on North Front Street in April of last year.

So is it time to ramp up efforts to find an alternative to prison, particularly for those who are sentenced to a year or less ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Karson Reitz was sentenced Thursday in connection to a 2021 fatal double shooting at a Roosters ...

Lawmakers presented legislation that would allow the state to borrow an additional $500 million to build two prisons, ...

Nigeria’s most well-known prison, Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, is located in Apapa, Lagos State, and is named after the ...

A judge handed down a 20-year prison sentence Wednesday for a man who opened fire during a dispute over seating in a crowded ...

The bill moved to the full House of Representatives for consideration, passing the House Judiciary Committee with 8 votes in ...

Urgent reform is needed to avoid another prison overcrowding crisis as rising numbers of people being recalled to prison is ...

Kudos to University of Guam students who have come up with viable recommendations on how to help solve the island’s decades-long prison overcrowding, most notably moving the nearly 70 adult ...

Michael Stoney said new early release laws were necessary for staff and inmates at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow ...