About 40% of women in Dóchas prison at any time are on remand pending trial, visiting committee found

The prison population hit a record high in August amid fears jails are on the ‘point of collapse’.

The prison population hit a record high in August amid fears jails are on the ‘point of collapse’.

A Lagos State Chief Magistrate Court in Ogba has ordered the remand in prison custody...

Opening statements are scheduled Thursday in the trial of a mentally ill man who shot and killed 10 people at a Colorado supermarket in 2021.

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

Thousands of prisoners in British jails were due to be released early on Tuesday, as part of government moves to ease overcrowding. Recently released...

There are now more people in the country's jails than there were before 477 prisoners were released early