The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement ...

Indigenous legal experts and advocates were not shocked by the findings, but say it shines a light on systemic issues that ...

A man who shot two acquaintances whom he had held resentments against for years was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison ...

The lawsuit alleged "systemic mistreatment" of inmates, including torture in some cases, when they were placed in solitary ...

Washington state proposes transferring juvenile offenders to adult prisons due to overcrowding, but faces opposition for ...

A Colombian court on Monday sentenced former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso to 40 years in prison for crimes committed ...

A judge has sentenced a man to life in prison for the 2024 murder of Alexander Lo, the brother of Kai-Ji Adam Lo who is ...

Edilson Torres has been buried in his hometown after dying in a Venezuelan prison. He was held since December on what his ...

Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand. No passport required, just a virtual ...

Several dozen Guatemalan prison guards were being held hostage by inmates in three prisons Saturday following apparently ...

A Morgan County circuit judge sentenced a husband and wife to life in prison Wednesday for beating their 3-year-old daughter ...