Bouterse was applauded by supporters for his charisma and populist social programs. For his opponents, he was a ruthless ...

A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians and ...

On the same day President Joe Biden commuted the death sentences of nearly everyone on death row in federal prisons, NC Gov. Roy Cooper issued a smaller number of pardons and commutations of his own.

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama. Best ...

BRITS are feared to have been tortured in Assad’s sick prisons after a Tesco Clubcard and an Oyster travel card were found.

The case of Dele Farotimi, a lawyer and author, has raised concerns about the treatment of individuals by the police and courts in Nigeria, particularly in libel cases.

Christmas is a difficult time for many people, including those who are doing time in Virginia prisons, but one man is hoping ...

וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אָהַ֤ב אֶת־יוֹסֵף֙ מִכׇּל־בָּנָ֔יו כִּֽי־בֶן־זְקֻנִ֥ים ה֖וּא ל֑וֹ וְעָ֥שָׂה ל֖וֹ כְּתֹ֥נֶת פַּסִּֽים׃ Israel ...

Little did Gisèle Pelicot or the rest of France know that in the course of the next three and a half months, her plight would ...

Norulaini Supardi pleads guilty to four charges of possessing materials linked to terrorism and producing an article about ...

A Filipina woman who had been on death row in Indonesia, and who was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, arrived home ...

Author John Bardes discusses how Louisiana’s complicated history with mass incarceration began with imprisonment being used ...