Prisons and jails across the United States are overcrowded and understaffed, jeopardizing the safety of incarcerated people, ...

Prison reform advocates often point to the Nordic countries as examples of "how to do prison right." The low rates of ...

A recent report from the Prison Policy Initiative indicates that understaffed prisons are a symptom of American mass ...

Paraguay’s penitentiary system remains in a state of emergency for a second year, yet without tackling the root causes, the ...

overcrowded, and dangerous conditions – has become. The bottom line: The main solution to the crisis in our prisons – allotting better funding to hire more staff at decent salaries and improve ...

Governor Daniel Pruce has praised the dedication and ingenuity of prison staff in the BVI as they manage challenging conditions, including overcrowding at His Majesty’s Prison (HMP) in Balsam Ghut.

More than 80 percent of Iraq's prisons and detention centres are unfit for human habitation, according to a report released by the Justice Network for Prisoners in Iraq. The findings highlight severe ...

And given this simple reality, it’s hard to overstate just how shortsighted and destructive our state’s current prison situation – in which thousands of prisoners and security personnel must coexist ...

Drone deliveries of drugs and weapons into British prisons have become a national security threat, the country's chief prisons inspector warned on Tuesday, calling for urgent action to tackle thriving ...

A WOMAN fears for her partner’s safety in prison claiming he has not been given access to his psychiatric medication but can ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Thousands of prisoners should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding and help prepare inmates for release, a former justice secretary ...