Prisoners cheered and punched the air as they were released early under the second phase of a scheme to free up cells in ...

Workers tell BBC they are increasingly having to put two inmates in single occupancy cells because of overcrowding.

The government introduced an AI transcription tool designed to help probation officers focus on reducing reoffending, as a ...

The Department of Justice plans to prioritize its long-standing need to reduce the federal prison population, according to a recent department memo. Federal prisons are currently at 33 percent ...

Professor Robert Weisberg is quoted on the U.S. Supreme Court Case that will decide whether California has to reduce overcrowding at its prisons. Doug Sovern of KCBS News Radio reports: The U.S.

Scotland's most notorious prison could be kept open, even though a replacement is being built at a cost of nearly £1billion.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican said an estimated 6,000 people signed up to participate in the weekend pilgrimage, including representatives from big detention facilities in Italy and prison volunteers, ...

October the 10th, 2026 – The Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights has warned that Croatian prisons are too overcrowded.