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Longer sentences and court backlogs push 25% of prisoners in England and Wales into shared cells, adding to drug-use and violence

The IPP scandal should not be seen in isolation. It is all part of today’s politics by vilification

Wall is currently serving a seven-year sentence for aggravated burglary with intent.

Dozens of rappers have been arrested in Iran since the rise of hip-hop in the country in the early 2000s. But the death sentence pronounced on April 24 against the rapper Toomaj Salehi marks a turning point in the Iranian regime’s intolerance of artists with a political message. Exiled rap…

A federal lawsuit asserts that the Texas agency terminated a state prison clerk who refused to remove a head covering in line with her Ifa faith.

`After being arrested for "her choice of clothing and support for women's rights" in November 2022, Manahel al-Otaibi has been sentence to 11 years in prison.

The WNBA star and former Russian prisoner tells all in a New York Times profile

The doctor is said to have been taken prisoner from a hospital in Gaza.

A Saudi court has recently sentenced women's rights activist Manahel al-Otaibi to 11 years in prison in a "secret hearing", according to two human rights groups who denounced the ruling as contradictory to the kingdom’s “narrative of reform and women’s empowerment”.

Dr. Adnan Al-Bursh's death in Israeli custody raises concerns over detainee treatment and escalates tensions in Gaza.

Former nurse Heather Pressdee sentenced to life in prison for killing patients and attempting murder by administering lethal doses of medication.