Tennessee is preparing to execute Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection for the 1988 rape and murder of 20-year-old Karen ...

Five California correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years remain employed by the state, according to a new audit from the state ...

Barlinnie jail, which has held some of the nation's most notorious killers, along with footballers, criminals and politicians, has been award A-Listed building status by Historic Environment Scotland.

The murder has led to more tumult than New York’s prison system has seen since the Attica prison uprising over five decades ago.

Around 5,000 new prison places are under construction – including in the North West, South East, South West and East of ...

As part of Government action to keep the public safe and ensure jails never run out of space again, around 5,000 new prison places are under construction in the biggest jail expansion programme since ...

A prison building boom is underway across the country as the Government presses ahead with the biggest jail expansion programme since the Victorian ...

The directors and stars of 'Alice,' 'Amal,' 'Amarela,' 'Classroom 4' and 'One Last Round' let us in on their filmmaking ...

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...

More than 30 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2024, including students performing Nazi salutes, drawing hate symbols ...

The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state ...

THE future of is uncertain as the site has been put on the market by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) who will be accepting bids from potential ...