Chairman Wontumi urges Parliament to pass new Prison Reform Act, improve inmates’ welfare and modernise Ghana’s correctional ...

Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, has called for sweeping reforms in Ghana’s prisons, including the establishment of a dedicated prison hospital, ...

Court asks state govt to upgrade CCTV network in jails in 3 months ...

The Madhya Pradesh government has formed a high-level committee to review draft rules under the prison reform law passed in ...

When Eastern State Penitentiary opened in Philadelphia's Fairmount neighborhood in 1829, it introduced a radical approach to ...

The decision has been taken as part of the state government's prisoner welfare and prison reform initiatives, under the ...

When Max Factor heir Andrew Luster was convicted of drugging and raping three women in 2003, California law considered it a nonviolent offense.

Alan Feeney was filmed describing an area as "infested" with Asian families.

Mould, broken windows, damaged flooring, and a lack of basic furniture and storage were common in some of Britain's biggest prisons, according to a new report. HM Inspectorate of Prisons said ...

In June and August 2022, Queensland woman Kimberley Smith hired a 25-tonne excavator and arranged for a team to enter the ...

Virginia voters will decide whether to automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions. Some advocates ...