The prison population across Ireland now exceeds 5,000 in a system with bed capacity for over 4,600, leaving the Prison ...

John Swinney is facing renewed calls to remove trans-identified male prisoners from women’s jails after the Supreme Court’s ruling on the ...

Across the U.S., some people with mental illness wait months in jail for court-ordered competency evaluations, with little to ...

Bryan Stirling has a reputation as a moderate and dedicated public servant who has adroitly navigated crises such as a deadly ...

PRISON officers are still facing disciplinary action if they call male transgender inmates “he” or “him”, MSPs were told. Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay made the ...

A 40-year-old inmate at Hardeman County Correctional Facility was stabbed 60 times in an open dayroom in a fatal attack.

Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration (1978 AIR 1675, 1979 SCR (1) 392) is a landmark Supreme Court case concerning the rights of prisoners in India. The case originated from a letter written by Sunil ...

A man used his final words to appolgize to the family of a young woman who he strangled and stabbed. Moises Sandoval Mendoza, ...

The US Supreme Court denied Mendoza’s request for a stay of execution, clearing the way for his lethal injection. His ...

A recent report from the Justice Department calls the activity inside Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) facilities “unconstitutional” ...

Friends and family of Ricardo Prada Vásquez say he has "disappeared" as his name has not been found in any records produced ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — The families of prisoners have new hope as Tennessee lawmakers crack down on CoreCivic. A bill is ...