The closure of the country's main prison for housing sex offenders has been recommended as a top priority by a group ...

The North Bay and District Jail is “severely” overcrowded with three inmates to a cell, frequent facility lockdowns and high ...

When Flathead County Justice of Peace Eric Hummel decides whether an individual charged with a crime will be held in the Flathead County Detention Center, he starts by checking the capacity of the ...

A staggering number of people in Wisconsin prisons have mental illnesses and committed non-violent crimes. A new bill could ...

As figures shown in parliament outline the level of overcrowding in Western Australia's prisons, the Justice Department says ...

Indonesia's Ministry of Immigration and Corrections has announced that a new correctional facility that could house up to ...

The problems include frequent lockdowns, three inmates in cells for two or bunking in broom closets, mould and getting the ...

A recruitment campaign is under way to hire 300 new prison officers in full-time positions. The new officers will help ...

Rome’s sweeping new security decree looks set to put more people behind bars, but overcrowded prisons can’t cope.

With Trump pushing for mass deportation, the ICE detention center in WA has been filling up and briefly exceeded its capacity ...

Conditions deteriorate in South Georgia’s Stewart Detention Center as the number of people detained increases.