John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight South Dakota will need a third more prison space than it has now by 2036, and lawmakers’ ...

Culley, 18, could be forced to raise a baby in a Georgian prison after claiming she is pregnant - the alleged Brit drug ...

CRIMINALS will be ordered to fill in potholes and collect the bins instead of going to prison, under government proposals.

The government has said it still planning to build a new prison in Bucks to help ease overcrowding in British jails.

UK prison capacity is due to reach full capacity in five months forcing the Justice Secretary to introduce emergency measures ...

"Try to think of the most troubled girls from high school, and then imagine 400 of them stuck together, in a place that is ...

The Justice Secretary will set out plans to address prison overcrowding amid suggestions criminals could be released after serving just a third of their sentences. A written statement is expected to ...

A recent class action lawsuit from the MacArthur Justice Center sheds light on how extreme heat creates life-threatening ...

On April 21, 1930, the deadliest prison fire in U.S. history occurred at the Ohio State Penitentiary, an area now known as ...

The fact that crime is flourishing in the country is evidenced by the overcrowding of prison units. The Federal Ministry of ...

“Riot” has been praised by critics and film buffs for its intensity and realism. Director Quentin Tarantino called the 1954 ...

The government's efforts to fix the prison ... with overcrowding after the number of offenders behind bars hit a new high. In ...