Authorities in Congo said they released 600 prisoners in the country's main prison on Saturday as part of a process aimed at ...

Some prisoners released early as part of Labour's efforts to ease overcrowding in jails have not yet been fitted with ...

Hennepin County Sheriff Dawanna Witt told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the jail is now overcrowded and exceeds that limit. Officials are ...

As prison overcrowding reaches crisis point, Melissa Todd explores the alternatives - including the “short, sharp shock” of a ...

Smith says overcrowding in the jail, which sits in downtown Franklinton, has gotten worse in recent years. With 144 beds, the ...

"Today we magistrates are at an all-time low in credibility because we have made mistakes." This was stated by the prosecutor ...

A heated argument broke out on Wednesday between Ben-Gvir and Smotrich concerning the shortage of prison spaces.

An uninsured teenage motorcyclist who killed a dog walker avoided jail because of prison overcrowding, a court heard. CJ Fitt ...

MEXICO CITY -- An attempted prisonbreak early Thursday in Honduras left two inmates dead and three injured, authorities said.

That number can fluctuate, the sheriff said, noting that he considers a population above 90% to be overcrowded and burdensome to jail operations. What led to the jail previously falling out of ...

Plans to build 20,000 extra prison spaces to cope with overcrowding have been plunged into doubt following the collapse of a ...

The government's early-release scheme will see prisoners automatically freed after serving between 40 to 45 per cent of their prison time as ministers attempt to tackle the overcrowding crisis in ...