The amnesty draft law, repeatedly debated in parliament since its introduction in 2020, has been further delayed by fresh ...

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

Some countries spend millions trying to address the crisis, yet prisons continue to suffer from poor hygiene, inadequate ...

HM Inspectorate of Prisons said cleanliness had improved at HMP Leeds The number of men taking their own lives, the use of drugs and overcrowding remain significant problems at HMP Leeds, a report has ...

The inspectors met with officials, reviewed detention conditions and examined existing oversight mechanisms designed to safeguard human rights.

New inspection of the Bicester facility finds drug availability leading to increases in violence.

By John Kellner The state does not have a “prison crowding” problem. It has a prison under-capacity problem. This is a ...

California’s prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded, and a federal judge has seized control of medical care. Governor Schwarzenegger and Democrats have agreed to spend $7 billion on improvements, ...

If there's one constant in Oklahoma, it is chronic overcrowding of this state's jails and prisons. The state builds them, the state fills them and then, when facilities spill over with people, the ...

The notorious Unit 18, a makeshift youth detention facility within the adult Casuarina Prison, has sat empty for at least a week while other WA prisons are bursting at the seams.

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 ...