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Drumming up media attention has been critical in ensuring Gershkovich's release, advocates say.

Sam Bankman-Fried has been slapped with a 25-year sentence for defrauding numerous individuals who believed in his fake crypto empire, but many are unhappy with the "short" sentence. Others are demanding that all the donations he made to political campaigns be returned.

It marked the latest prison violence in Guayaquil -- the port city that has become a dangerous hub for cocaine exports to neighboring countries.

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Learn about the rise in Americans detained in Russia, U.S. efforts for their release, and potential prisoner swaps in the context of strained relations bet...

The US journalist was seized by officials and charged with espionage, and friends and family say he has kept his spirits up

Pope Francis washes and kisses women inmates' feet at Rome prison, emphasizing service and humility during Holy Thursday ritual.

Learn about the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX, due to financial misconduct, resulting in a 25-year prison sentence.

A fourth person has been charged in connection with an ambush that allowed a white supremacist Idaho prison gang member to escape as he was being discharged from a Boise hospital. Tia J. Garcia, 27, of Twin Falls, owned the car that inmate Skylar Meade and his accomplice, Nicholas Umphenour,…

At least two prisoners were killed and four injured in an overnight revolt in an Ecuador prison, from which one of the country's most feared gang leaders escaped in January, authorities said Thursday.

Jehanabad jailbreak: Former Naxal commander Ajay Kanu reflects on his past, transformation, and aspirations after serving 18 years in prison.