The amnesty draft law, repeatedly debated in parliament since its introduction in 2020, has been further delayed by fresh divisions that have continued since last April, amid renewed efforts to revive ...

A damp towel hangs from a barred window, a fan churns the muggy air: Inmates at the overcrowded Villepinte prison outside ...

Times was covering the May 26, 2026, Monroe County Council meeting, where disagreement over a new jail that meets Const ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday signed a corrections bill that seeks to ease chronic overcrowding in state prisons by ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event ...

A recent visit by HM Inspectorate of Prisons to HMP Winchester in Hampshire found "persistent" issues around violence and ...

South Dakota Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko spoke with Argus Leader in 2022 at the Department of Corrections campus in Pierre, discussing her vision for the state's prison system. PIERRE — ...

The number of men taking their own lives, the use of drugs and overcrowding remain significant problems at HMP Leeds, a report has found. The Category B prison, which houses almost 1,000 inmates, was ...

Eric Kania, MD, who has been a psychiatrist at Baumettes Prison in Marseille, France, for 25 years, has witnessed an increasing proportion of inmates being treated for psychiatric disorders. In an ...

It comes after Justice Minister Naomi Long warned funding pressures could delay emergency prison accommodation ...

Prison directors back action, calling conditions ‘untenable’ amid rising inmate numbers, staff shortages | Anadolu ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event ...