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Joe Outlaw hit out at his ‘soul destroying' indefinite jail term as he stands trial for climbing on the roof of maximum-security HMP Frankland

MoJ figures show 10,568 assaults on staff in the last year, while number of people dying in jail rose by almost a third

From 1976 to 1977, David Berkowitz – better known as the notorious serial killer “Son of Sam” – terrorized New York City. Nearly five decades later, The Son of Sam Tapes, a gripping new three-part Netflix docuseries premiering July 30, revisits the killings through prison recordings and interviews with survivors.…

Membership of the direct action group is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Too many government officials see dissent as the worst crime imaginable.

The 43-year old will be sentenced on 19 September after he was convicted last week for serious sex offences involving two young men

An Australian appeals court has dismissed a prosecutor's attempt to imprison a former police officer who killed a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun

A Russian strike on a military training camp killed at least three Ukrainian soldiers on Tuesday, following an overnight offensive in the south that killed a pregnant woman and a dozen prisoners.

NSW prosectors’ appeal fails as judges say non-custodial sentence for ‘error of judgment’ is adequate