Speaking to Metro, Rob’s brother Roddy Russell said the sentence has had such a devastating effect on his younger sibling’s ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota man was sentenced to more than 33 years in prison for stabbing his wife to death during a Bible study session.

Some of the 1,700 prisoners due to be released 40 per cent of the way into their sentence on Tuesday were filmed being sprayed with sparkling wine as they tasted freedom either days, weeks or ...

Hundreds of prisoners have walked free today, in the first phase of an early release scheme to tackle severe overcrowding. The prison population in England and Wales hit a record high last Friday ...

federal Judge Jacquelyn Austin said the government can restrict free speech rights in areas it controls that aren't public and the media doesn't have special rights to access prisoners.

Following the harsh economic situation and high cost of foodstuff in the country, the Federal Government has approved a 50 per cent increase in the feeding allowance for inmates in Nigeria ...

It's the third time in three months that the authoritarian leader has pardoned prisoners. The names of those released haven't been published but include seven women. Lukashenko's press service ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Most of those killed died in a stampede, authorities said Tuesday. Early assessments showed 24 inmates were ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientists recently announced they are developing autonomous underwater robots that they will use to study uncharted areas deep below arctic ice caps. They are ...

A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were shot dead by "warning" gunshots as they tried to escape from the overcrowded Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa early Monday, Congolese Interior ...

Activists alleged the death toll was higher but did not provide a figure. A provisional assessment showed that 24 inmates were fatally shot by “warning” shots fired by guards as they tried to ...