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

Martin Jones, His Majesty's Chief of Probation, warned that Labour's plans to curb prison overcrowding would be undermined by a high level of recalls. He told how for every 100 inmates released in ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

A violent mob of seven men who used weapons to trigger “horrific” disorder have been spared prison by a judge because of the jail overcrowding crisis and court delays. Avik Mukherjee ...

Former minister Neil O’Brien pushed back against a new jail being built in his constituency yet has attacked Labour for its emergency measures to deal with prison overcrowding. The brazen ...

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 ...

The Government is launching a sentencing review that will consider options to hand offenders tougher punishments outside of ...

North Carolina human and civil rights groups are demanding that state officials take action to ease prison overcrowding worsened by Hurricane Helene. (Image: Adobe Stock) A coalition of eight ...