ISLAMABAD: The number of female prisoners in Pakistan has increased by 2.8%, reflecting the rising crime trends among women.

The Marshall Project reports on how the Trump administration's efforts—from mass deportation to harsher punishments for some ...

Russia and Ukraine said Wednesday they had each swapped 175 prisoners in one of the largest exchanges since the Russian ...

Ricardo Vazquez pleaded guilty to attempted first-degree murder but said in court he was acting in self-defense.

An extraordinary legal showdown took place over Trump’s invocation of an 18th century wartime act to deport hundreds of ...

Two former Colombian Navy cadets have been extradited to the United States to stand trial for allegedly recruiting active ...

The Trump administration says the group should be treated as an invading force. Critics say it’s a pretext for the ...

Trump remains steadfast in his support of the act, giving advocates on both sides of the aisle a sense of cautious optimism ...

In the United States, the non-profit organisation The Bail Project provides bail funding to thousands of people who cannot ...

Two Jacksonville brothers, Travis and Tripp Slaughter, have been sentenced to prison for hiding millions ... Insurance premiums depended on the number of people working, and prosecutors argued ...

Sliabh Liag murder couple Alan Vial and Nikita Burns are being kept behind bars just hundreds of metres away from each other ...

As Pennsylvania grapples with ways to better care for and rehabilitate the tens of thousands of people held in its prison system, a sweeping report shows ...