A Samoan man sentenced to prison for burglary and theft spent nearly five more years behind bars than he needed to because of an administrative error, according to a report.

Police in Samoa say they have captured one more prison escapee with 15 of around 29 who staged a mass breakout from the Tanumalala prison last night still at large.

Published Jul 08, 2020 at 12:14 PM EDT Updated Jul 08, 2020 at 12:25 PM EDT. By ...

A Commission of Inquiry investigating corruption at Samoa's Tafaigata prison will begin next week. Sine Lafaialii, counsel assisting in the investigations, says sexual misconduct, mismanagement ...

The Commissioner of Samoa's Prison Services, Taito Edward Winterstein, has resigned as government moves to place the administration of Samoa's prisons under the Police Department.

Serial criminal and three-time prison escapee Lauitiiti Tualima is behind bars, for now at least. Photo / Channel 9. It's billed as an idyllic South Pacific tourist paradise, but Australian couple ...

Samoa's prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has blamed unfit and overweight prison guards for the recent spate in breakouts from Tafa'igata prison. The prime minister has suggested that ...

Evelyn Langford 49, of Copperas Cove, Texas, was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $260,000 in restitution for her convictions for wire fraud and bribery, announced U.S. Attorney ...

OAKLAND, Calif. » A former government official for American Samoa has been sentenced to federal prison for bribery. Evelyn Langford was sentenced Friday in Oakland to nearly two years behind bars.