EXCLUSIVE: Prison chiefs said overcrowding posed an "incalculable risk to the effective delivery of our entire justice system ...

Vulnerable prisoners inside one of the country’s most overcrowded prisons are being put at risk, a watchdog has warned, after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years. HMP Leeds recorded the highest ...

Families, former inmates and former corrections staff packed a State House committee room to describe what they called ...

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LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug ...

A prison from which three inmates recently absconded could soon expand to help ease the national overcrowding crisis. The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has put in a planning application to build two new ...

A report finds cells being shared were often "too small to maintain decency and privacy" at HMP Doncaster [BBC] Shared cells in an overcrowded South Yorkshire prison are "often too small to maintain ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The coronavirus has breached the walls of DR Congo prisons with potentially catastrophic consequences for the overcrowded facilities, charity groups say. On Thursday and Friday, 43 prisoners tested ...

A RECORD 40 female lags are sleeping on the floor in Irish jails due to overcrowding. The prisoners must kip on mattresses ...