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Sean Phipps, 51, failed to return to HMP Leyhill in South Gloucestershire after being released on a temporary licence to visit Bristol on June 1.

Sending the prince to the 1930s school in a remote part of north-east Scotland was later referred to as 'not the best decision' by the Duke of Edinburgh after Charles struggled to fit in and called it a 'prison sentence'

Marvin Magallanes was sentenced for the killings of Sabah Alsaad, 49, Onosai Tavita, 52, and Danny Pham, 27

Experts say harsher parole rules won’t stop violent crime

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation may immediately resume shutting down a prison in Northern California, a judge ruled this week, dismissing a lawsuit by a rural town that sought to stop the closure.

After being stranded in Niger for almost two years, a group of LGBT+ asylum seekers in Niamey is growing ever more desperate in their hopes for resettlement. While navigating a country marked by intolerance towards LGBT people, they feel propelled to take more active action and demand the United Nations…

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin may be in jail, but he refuses to be silenced

The former Paralympic sprint champion is serving a sentence of more than 13 years for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steekamp

A French court has sent a father-and-son dentist team to prison for years for needlessly removing teeth from hundreds of patients and fitting expensive dental bridges that left many disfigured and in pain.