It does sound like our initial denial got some traction,” budget committee chair Rep. Emily Sirota said. “But we’ve not seen ...

The National Bureau of Statistics has released figures that confirm what anyone who has visited a Nigerian prison already ...

Greece plans mass early release of inmates with state-funded ankle monitors to ease 25% prison overcrowding while expanding facilities.

Wait a moment.” (Prison Officer) At 10 a.m. on the 29th of last month, in the first-floor women’s detention area of Hwaseong Vocational Training Prison in Gyeonggi Province, the intercom in the prison ...

This is Room 6, inmate number 000. My head has been hurting since yesterday. Could you check my blood pressure?” “…Please wait.” At 10 a.m. on the 29th of last month, the first floor of the female ...

The Montana State Prison is at the end of a long and winding road in Deer Lodge. It’s in the middle of nowhere, past the town ...

Punjab's prisons are bursting at the seams, and the consequences are no longer confined to administrative discomfort. With ...

Iowa House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a "tough on crime" legislative package that would impose a mandatory 20-year ...

Colorado lawmakers voted Wednesday to send millions of dollars to the state’s overcrowded prison system, one week after a key ...

Exclusive: Union claims some offenders are deliberately breaking probation terms in order to deal drugs in jail ...

Prison population grew 7.1% in 2024, with property crimes and short sentences driving overcrowding; Five provinces exceed the ...

Kerala Budget 2026 prioritizes new jails for overcrowding & prisoner welfare. ₹47 Cr for modernization. Education, pensions, ...