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‘We do not want to see further deaths in custody,’ federal minister for Indigenous Australians says

Cecilia Brenda Agüero has been charged with the homicide of five babies in 2022 and the attempted murder of eight mor

Joshua Euan, 37, remains a fugitive and is being sought by law enforcement

A court in Kenya has sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for facilitating the 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex that left 21 people dead

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case – now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

An annual report by the Independent Monitoring Board said concerns about drugs also rose in 2024.

The Ministry of Justice said this is the first time a direct link has been drawn between increased violence behind bars and the overcrowding crisis.

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy remains jailed in the Philippines after bail denial. Netizens highlight harsh prison conditions as the influencer faces serious legal trouble abroad.

Head of monitoring boards urges justice secretary to suspend rollout of Pava in England and Wales

Supporters of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have been gathering outside her Buenos Aires apartment and in the Plaza de Mayo for the past week after the nation's highest court upheld her sentence in a corruption case. Fernández was found guilty of illegally directing state contracts to a…

As Israel presses its aerial attacks on Tehran, concern is growing over the fate of foreign nationals and Iranians seen by rights groups as political prisoners imprisoned in the capital who have no chance of fleeing to safety.