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 ...

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 ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - State lawmakers are looking for ways to prioritize health and safety in state-run prisons. This comes after the U.S. Department of Justice released an investigation that ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - State lawmakers are looking for ways to prioritize health and safety in state-run prisons. The Department of Justice recently released a scathing report on ...

The climate inside Hawaii's correctional facilities is at a tipping point with inmates running the show and guards overworked and underpaid. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Accuser Details Alleged Sexual ...

SOUTHERN Ill. (KFVS) - More Illinois lawmakers are calling on the state to take action amid safety concerns inside state prisons. Representatives David Friess, Charlie Meier and Bill Hauter held a ...

Proposition 6, the ballot measure that would have amended the California Constitution to prohibit involuntary servitude in prison, failed. That’s troubling. Do voters really believe forced ...

Hundreds more prisoners are to be set free early under plans that the SNP has been warned pose a risk to public safety. Under emergency legislation published at Holyrood on Tuesday, between 260 ...

The prison service is starting to recategorise the security risk of offenders to ease capacity pressures, Sky News understands. It involves lowering or reconsidering the threshold of certain ...

A new (18 November 2024) research report from the Sentencing Academy shares the findings from a survey of public knowledge and attitudes on two key questions: Who’s in prison and what’s the purpose of ...