Prison populations reveal a great deal about how societies handle crime, justice, and social challenges. Some countries face ...

When most people imagine prison, they picture bars, razor wire, and isolation. But around the world, some prisons operate ...

The former president was convicted of attempting a coup. If the legislation survives an expected veto, he could be ...

The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from ...

Joran van der Sloot has reportedly tried to take his own life nearly 20 years after Natalee Holloway’s disappearance shocked ...

BRASILIA — Brazil's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to slash the prison term of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who ...

Discover why punishment-based prisons fail, and how psychology offers a more humane and effective path to justice.

Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a US federal judge on Wednesday to set ...

Police are searching for a convict who has escaped from prison. The public have been warned they should not approach Liam ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families ...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. — Maryland State Police are investigating after an inmate died while in custody at the Maryland Correctional ...

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski gave his first interview since being released from a Belarusian prison after more ...