Prisoners deemed "an immediate risk" to a specific person or members of the public by governors earlier this year may be released under proposals to be fast tracked through Holyrood this week. A total ...

The government's prisons minister Lord Timpson says the backlog of offenders who need electronic tags “has now been reduced ...

Prison dairy farms may hold the key to reducing recidivism by teaching inmates empathy, care, and self-regulation through ...

Parole Board members have been advised to break bad news gently to offenders seeking release from jail. The independent body, ...

The Coalition has demanded that Anthony Albanese explain the circumstances behind the deal to transfer the remaining Bali ...

What connects a loopy geologist, the Welsh Government and the hounding of Allison Pearson? Well, the lines between these dots ...

Dozens of people detained during protests over Venezuela’s disputed presidential election have been released, according to ...

How expansive the pardons would be, including whether they cover those accused of attacking police, will determine the impact ...

Experts say the release of some political prisoners may be an attempt by Venezuela’s autocrat to send a signal to ...

Iran is talking to the Taliban to hand over some 1,000 Afghans convicted on drug charges. The Taliban wants Tehran to deport ...

In the summer of 1944 Kathleen Oates - a Wren assigned to the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War - was ...

In Montgomery, five incarcerated workers are suing Kay Ivey and the State of Alabama in an effort to abolish slavery and ...