At issue in the civil case is whether punishments for prisoners who refuse to work are so coercive that they actually force ...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo accepted the resignations of three top security officials Wednesday as the fallout from ...

Five men have been found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting young girls - one of the victims was a girl of 14 who ...

Gang leader’ Jerome Booysen and co-accused face close to 40 counts ranging from conspiracy to commit to money laundering, murder and corruption ...

Police say 13 inmates and one prison guard have been killed and another 14 people injured in clashes between rival gangs in a jail in Ecuador. People living near the prison in the southwestern city of ...

An Oneida County jury began hearing testimony Tuesday at trial of three former correction officers implicated in beating ...

Two explosions have rocked different parts of Ecuador, just hours after a vehicle exploded in a port city, killing one person ...

The Western Cape High Court has ruled that the correctional services ministry is liable for damages after an inmate was ...

Ksoo and his co-defendant Leroy Whitaker, also known as ATK Scotty, were sentenced to life for the January 2020 murder of ...

Dr Timoti Te Moke has experienced childhood abuse, addictions, gang life and repeated prison stints. But, he says, it’s the ...

Victims were abused by men who were known to the police, but the force is accused of failing to properly investigate ...

ONE of the first acts of interim President of Peru Jose Jeri on Saturday was to lead a series of raids on prisons holding ...