Authorities in Congo said they released 600 prisoners in the country's main prison on Saturday as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo said they released 600 prisoners in the country's main prison on Saturday as part of a process aimed at...

Two inmates at Khami Maximum Prison, Bulawayo, find themselves in deeper legal trouble after allegedly engaging in consensual anal sex, an act...

The Ghana Football Association (GFA), in collaboration with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), has presented various sports items...

The Reform UK member previously served as a prisons minister under the Conservative administration of Sir John Major.

By Mushfig Bayram In the first half of June, the regime arrested former prisoner of conscience Khayrullo Tursunov and about 100 other Muslim men...

More than 2,000 prisoners are receiving vocational training in prisons across Afghanistan, the Jails Regulatory Authority chief said on Monday.

Iranian media have reported that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the country’s Supreme Leader, has pardoned 1,291 prisoners, including foreign nationals and...

The number of pretrial detainees in various prisons across the country only paints a gloomy picture of the country’s justice system. By Lincoln G....

Figures released by the Scottish Government show the overall prison population has 'increased rapidly' despite the emergency release scheme.