A violent mob of seven men who used weapons to trigger “horrific” disorder have been spared prison by a judge because of the ...

Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson told the City Council on Monday that the jail has far more inmates than it's capable of ...

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

The PC government is demanding changes to the Criminal Code to make it even harder to get bail and is not sweating the impact ...

WA's prisons watchdog puts the government on notice over the "bleak" situation inside Hakea Prison, which is buckling under overcrowded conditions.

The Prisons Department today underscored the importance of the proposed house arrest law as an alternative sentencing option ...

A prisoner freed early under the emergency scheme to stop jails running out of places was picked up in a black Rolls Royce by ...

Jason Hoganson, 53, whose face and neck are covered in tattoos, was freed last month under Sir Keir Starmer’s prisoner-release scheme to free up space in overcrowded jails. Hoganson, an actor who ...

It's indescribable." Regina Coeli is a teeming microcosm of the major problems plaguing Italy's prison system today -- severe, systemic overcrowding and rising suicide rates. They've festered for ...

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 ...