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

The Department of Corrections has taken steps to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses inside the state's prisons, a ...

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

A prisoner is recovering in hospital after being stabbed inside the state’s main prison – the third jail assault in five days ...

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

And the original estimate for building a 3,000-bed prison was $1.2 billion, more than two and a half times the figure given by the governor. That number is contained in documents obtained by the ...

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

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in September 2024 to 3,688 in March 2025, representing a 2.73 percent increase ...

This comes days after two inmates with a 'violent history' escaped from another minimal security institution in Ontario.