Tehran (VOA) — A group of female inmates in Tehran's Evin Prison launched a hunger strike on Sunday to mark the second anniversary of nationwide...

Facts are beginning to emerge following an alleged flood-induced prison break on Tuesday that saw more than 400 inmates escape after flood waters...

The Nigerian authorities say more than 270 inmates are now known to be missing after escaping from custody when severe flooding damaged a prison in...

Prisoners fled when the walls of their jail collapsed in the country’s worst flooding in two decades

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison left 129 people dead, including some who were shot and others who died in a...

According to a United Nations report cited by Reuters, over 260 female prisoners were sexually assaulted during a mass escape from the central prison...

According to a United Nations report cited by Reuters, over 260 female prisoners were sexually assaulted during a mass escape from the central prison...

ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour has said 45 people who were formerly incarcerated by the police with respect to marijuana possession, have had this...

Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison...

When Russians started being arrested for opposing the Ukraine offensive, Maria felt the same kind of fear she guessed her ancestors, victims of...