Overcrowding has resulted deteriorating conditions for inmates, reaching the threshold of inhumane and degrading', Irish ...

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the country’s prison service SNAI announced on Monday.

The prison service is at breaking point due to an overcrowding crisis. That is one of the findings from the Irish Penal ...

Magilligan prison in Co Derry is "running at capacity" with nearly 100 prisoners now sharing cells and authorities considering "shorter term accommodation options" to ease pressure, it has emerged.

Prison service bosses took home pay and bonuses worth more than £6m last year despite the crisis, which has led to dangerous offenders being mistakenly released, The i Paper can reveal. Former His ...

A "plain gap" in the law must be closed after the revenge killing of a former, Parliament has been told. Armed robber Elias ...