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A new report argues that the notorious program squanders taxpayer money while keeping people imprisoned without justification or recourse.

It's the war on drugs all over again, folks...

Exclusive: the human rights lawyer, temporarily released from jail on medical grounds, describes her love for her family, and why she keeps going despite brutal treatment at the hands of the regime

Many prisoners are homeless after release but former inmate and probation worker want to fix that

In the 1970s, the photographer began teaching in a progressive US women’s prison and made moving portraits of many of the inmates. Looking back, he sees how many of them actually felt safer in prison

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.