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Tetyana Bugay burst into tears as she called her sister to announce she had finally returned to Ukraine after spending over two and a half years in Russian captivity.

Letters: Dr Rod Earle calls for an end to the fixation with prison as an effective response to crime and Cassy Firth highlights the additional burden on probation staff

A former employee at a troubled Wisconsin prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into the maximum-security prison

France has accused Azerbaijan of imposing “arbitrary and discriminatory treatment” on French graffiti artist Théo Clerc, who was sentenced to three years in prison for tagging the Baku metro.

Congolese authorities were warned of a situation “on the verge of explosion” at the notorious Makala prison, which witnessed a deadly riot last week when inmates forced open locked wings, set fires and looted facilities. Letters from the prison’s director, seen by RFI, reveal the Justice Ministry was repeatedly told…

Number of people in prison in England and Wales has dropped by 2,188 in seven days, a fall of about 2.5%

Despite government assurances on the release of prisoners across England and Wales, the coming days will be filled with a familiar dread for some survivors of domestic violence, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The story of one inmate who laboured—in shackles—in fear of being torn apart from her child if they survived

The trial of health workers accused in Diego Maradona's death postponed to March, drawing global interest. Potential prison sentences and international att...

The writer could face up to seven-and-a-half years in prison for charges relating to his 2014 book about a Kurdish man who flees Turkey, which was banned there last year

Not long after Russian dissident Ilya Yashin was freed in a major prisoner swap with the West, he received a hero's welcome in Berlin, a growing centre for exiled Russian activists.