The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Bureau of Prisons settles 6 million lawsuits over sexual abuse at a California women's prison, implementing reforms to prevent future incidents.

The family of an 18-year-old jailed in Dubai for sleeping with a 17-year-old girl is accusing the UK government of failing to intervene and secure his release.

Letter: Prof Rod Morgan says the last thing we should be doing is expanding the prison system as the government intends to do

The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast bribery conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás Maduro’s stepsons

Angela Singer writes: John viewed those who caused the prison riot as people in difficult circumstances

Filipina woman Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso narrowly escapes execution in Indonesia, returns to the Philippines after 15 years in prison for drug trafficking. I...

The fiasco around the “Syrian prisoner” filmed by CNN demonstrates that sometimes institutions aren’t the best judges of misinformation.

Indonesian authorities are to return a Filipina woman to the Philippines, who was on death row in Indonesia and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015, under an arrangement between the two countries

The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England have been sentenced to life in prison for murder