The UN’s top expert on torture on Thursday criticised overcrowding in Senegal’s prisons, warning that it could spark violence ...

The committee, which comprises additional chief secretaries of the finance and home departments, A. Jayathilak and Subrata ...

Michael Stoney said new early release laws were necessary for staff and inmates at Barlinnie prison in Glasgow ...

Urgent reform is needed to avoid another prison overcrowding crisis as rising numbers of people being recalled to prison is ...

The NT government is pressing ahead with plans to fast-track major projects and address overcrowded prisons in the second day of parliamentary sittings. Meanwhile, Indigenous Territorians have ...

And everybody has a right to feel safe.” “I firmly believe that the overcrowding of prisons has led to the understaffing of prisons,” Charles said. The solution, according to him ...

Overcrowding in prisons can be dealt with through measures, like: adoption of non-custodial sentencing options for minor offences; operationalisation of parole and probation system; shifting ...

Staff at a prison have described working conditions as "unacceptable" and called on the government to take action. The Prison ...

State’s advocate Savita Yadav strongly opposed bail citing Shaikh’s 20 criminal antecedents and the risk of witness ...

JOHANNESBURG - Some prisons have more foreign prisoners than locals as cells burst at the seams. More than 22,000 foreign nationals occupy South African prisons, with 690 of those serving life ...

Originally intended as a modern facility, the prison now faces severe overcrowding and substandard living conditions. According to the Department of Prisons, it has a capacity of 200 inmates but ...