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

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.

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

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, ...

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 — ...

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 ...

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

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 ...