AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge’s rebuke of Texas housing prisoners in lockups without air conditioning stopped short of ordering a fix before summer in what has become of one the country ...

Ahead of Eid Al Fitr, all 86 prisoners detained over rent-related claims have been released in Dubai. Dubai Rental Disputes Center, with the support of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum ...

The mass release also serves a practical role in reducing prison populations while reinforcing social stability.

From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, March 26 (Reuters) - A Russian military court on Wednesday handed down long prison sentences to 12 members of Ukraine's Azov regiment, which led the defence of the city of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A man who was jailed for a life-threatening firearms offence has escaped from prison. Brian Odour, 34, failed to return to HMP Springhill in Buckinghamshire on Tuesday, according to Thames Valley ...

A Japanese man who spent more than 40 years on death row until he was acquitted last year has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation, a court said on Tuesday – roughly $85 for each day he was ...

By Hilarie M. Sheets The Center for Art and Advocacy, a nonprofit that assists artists who have served time in prison, will inaugurate its first physical space on Thursday. The hub, in the Bedford ...

A man convicted over a fatal knife attack had been let out of prison the same day as part of the government's early release scheme. Lewis Bell, 26, was stabbed to death in a dispute over drugs on ...

Ukrainian prisoner of war lost 40 kilograms in Russian captivity A Ukrainian national guardsman lost 40 kilograms after spending more than a thousand days in captivity as a prisoner of war in Russia.

Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a lengthy prison bid. XXL looks at over two dozen rappers who are in jail ...