Due to concerns of overcrowded conditions in Philly's jails, 100 people, who were incarcerated ahead of trial, have been ...

The report from the Prison Overcrowding Response Group paints a stark picture of Ireland’s penal institutions. The desperately crowded conditions in many of the country’s 14 prisons pose a ...

A coalition of eight North Carolina human and civil rights groups are demanding the release of nearly 2,000 incarcerated ...

Northern Territory lawyers arguing for their clients to be released on bail are pointing to worsening conditions inside ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is to launch a review that will consider tougher punishments outside of prison in an attempt to ease overcrowding (Joe Giddens/PA) (PA Wire) This election is ...

Judge gives suspended sentence to seven men involved in ‘horrific public violence’ following lengthy delay in bringing case to court ...

“Morally wrong” indefinite jail terms which have left thousands languishing with no release date have been excluded from the government’s flagship review to tackle prison overcrowdin ...

Labour's emergency measure of releasing criminals early to ease prison overcrowding is opposed by a majority of Britons. Older people in particular do not want to see offenders let back onto the ...

The Prison Overcrowding Response Group which includes Department of Justice officials, Irish Prison Service representatives, the Probation Service, the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána was ...

The resultant effect is that prison facilities are over stretched. The following data lends credence to the problem of overcrowding in the country’s correctional facilities: Ghana Prisons ...

Mr. Marco Teixeira, UNODC Regional Representative for South Asia and Mr. Gavin Tench, Minister-Counsellor (Political and ...