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Joe Exotic will move to Mexico if his new fiance isn't allowed to stay in the US when they are released from prison.

Fellow inmates at HMP Wandsworth included prolific sex offenders and terrorists, he said.

The crime group has terrorised parts of Latin America, and the ex-president’s exaggerations may just empower it more

The United States, Germany and France have called for the release of a Chinese human rights lawyer and his wife who were sentenced to prison this week

A court in Russia’s far-eastern city of Vladivostok has convicted a former U.S. consulate worker charged with cooperating with a foreign state and sentenced him to four years and 10 months in prison

Julius Damiano Deangilo Trotter sentenced to life in prison for killing two Vietnamese tour leaders in Las Vegas. Trotter plans to appeal his conviction an...

IPP sentences were introduced in 2005 to prevent serious offenders who did not warrant a life sentence being released when they still posed a danger.

TOKYO: A revised Japanese traffic law took effect on Friday, introducing prison terms and fines for cyclists who use their mobile phones or ride while under the influence of alcohol.

As part of a sweeping two-year investigation into prison labor, The Associated Press found that correctional staff nationwide have been accused of using inmate work assignments to sexually abuse incarcerated women, luring them to isolated spots, out of view of security cameras