A $5 million funding under a 2021 law toward building a modern prison system would be reallocated ... equipment are essential to ensuring the safety of the DOC staff, inmates, and the public ...

Fire is such a potent hazard that the rights of a care home resident to smoke are surpassed by the fire safety obligations of the care home, said a barrister who was involved in the prosecution of a ...

WASHINGTON—China released three Americans who had been imprisoned there for years, part of a complex series of deals the Biden administration has reached to bring home U.S. citizens from ...

New legislation reducing the automatic release point for short-term prisoners in Scotland has been passed by MSPs. Inmates serving less than four years will now be set free after serving 40% of ...

As an employer, you must ensure the health and safety of your employees in every aspect related to work. This means you must evaluate all the risks your employees may be exposed to and put in place ...

GREEN BAY (WLUK) -- Anthony Simbler was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison for his role in an ... of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and several other counts.

Five Ukrainian prisoners of war were executed earlier this month, Ukraine's Office of the Prosecutor General reported on Tuesday. The prosecutor's office said Russian troops stormed Ukrainian ...

A white Florida woman who fatally shot a Black neighbor through her front door during an ongoing dispute over the neighbor’s boisterous children was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison for ...

A new law to lower the minimum term served by prisoners who have been given short sentences has been passed in the Scottish Parliament. Most prisoners serving less than four years will now be ...

Prisoners in Scotland are being "harmed" by the cost of living crisis as inmate wages fail to keep pace with the rising costs of goods and food, according to a new report. Overcrowding also means ...

But that new era comes with a price that advocates for prisoners have described as another chapter in a well-worn practice of a private company leveraging prisoner's basic human need for ...

This has considerable negative impact on safety and the functioning of the prisons, but it should also be noted that the Irish prison estate currently has no space to safely accommodate any sudden ...