The Inspector of Prisons has described conditions in Irish prisons as "inhuman and degrading" and says overcrowding has contributed to the increase in deaths in custody.

Too many inmates are living in crowded conditions at a prison, inspectors have said. Inspectors, who visited HMP Hewell in Worcestershire in June, said new prisoners were not given work, training or ...

Overcrowding and poor healthcare contributed to a 50 per cent increase in prison deaths last year, according to a damning ...

The Legislature’s special oversight committee on Nebraska’s justice system recommended Monday that the state begin to plan for the possibility of a prison overcrowding emergency that could trigger the ...

A convicted sex offender mistakenly released from a London prison has been arrested after more than a week of freedom ...

Overcrowding and staff shortages are highlighted at a Scottish prison as a new report “paints a sobering picture” of the ...

"It is not my fault," sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif said when police re-apprehended him following his mistaken release ...

The Scottish Parliament has approved plans drawn up by the country’s Government for a third round of early releases to ease ...

Chronic overcrowding is “paralysing” the Scottish prison system and undermining efforts to rehabilitate prisoners and keep them safe, a ...

A report by the European Union Agency for Asylum has revealed that Nigeria’s custodial centres are battling “escalating security challenges.”The report, sighted by Sunday PUNCH, was published in ...