Sri Lanka prison riot kills 26, with more than 100 others wounded
Victims with cuts and gunshot injuries rushed to hospital after fighting between prisoners from two drug gangsClashes at a Sri Lankan jail have killed...
Prison education cuts driving drug use, self-harm and violence, says watchdog
Report by HM inspector of prisons for England and Wales comes as spending on frontline education falls by up to 50%“Brutal” cuts to prison education a...
Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release
A pastor of a prominent underground church who was detained in China in October has been released, less than two months after U.S. President Donald Tr...
Founder of prominent underground church released from prison in China
Ezra Jin, founder of Zion Church, lands in the US and reunites with family who are ‘overwhelmed with joy’The founder of one of China’s most prominent ...
Seven more sentenced to prison over protest outside Texas detention center
Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison termSeven more people were sentenced to pr...
Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui sentenced to 30 years in US prison for fraud
Guo Wengui, who gained fans for criticising China’s Communist party, was found guilty in 2024 on nine charges including money launderingA US federal c...
Offenders in England and Wales who kill current or ex-partners face 10 more years in prison
Increase comes after seven-year campaign by mothers of victims for a change in the minimum sentence for domestic murderOffenders who kill their curren...
Mackenzie Shirilla Feels "Trapped in a Nightmare" in Prison, Mom Says
Mackenzie Shirilla's mom is sharing insight into her daughter's life behind bars.
After the Supreme Court of Ohio declined to hear the 21-year-old’s a...
Perpetrators of LGBTQ+ conversion practices could face prison and unlimited fines under new bill
Government draft bill to ban abusive practices in England and Wales hailed as ‘historic’ by campaigners Perpetrators of so-called ‘conversion therapy’...
Supreme Court rules that prison guards can't be sued for shaving Rastafarian's head
The Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana prisoner whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved off by prison guards cannot sue the guards under a federal law...
US supreme court blocks Rastafarian man’s lawsuit over forced head-shaving in prison
In a 6-3 opinion, the court says Louisiana prisoner cannot sue guards after he grew his hair for more than 20 yearsThe US supreme court refused on Tue...
Former Ally to Spain’s Prime Minister Is Sentenced to 24 Years in Prison on Bribery Charges
José Luis Ábalos, once a minister in the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, was convicted of bribery. The decision compounds a crisis for Mr....
