Russian military personnel killed five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war last month, the Donetsk Region Prosecutor's Office ...

The government's prisons minister Lord Timpson says the backlog of offenders who need electronic tags “has now been reduced ...

Parole Board members have been advised to break bad news gently to offenders seeking release from jail. The independent body, ...

Hamas' acting Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in remarks broadcast on Wednesday that there would be no hostages-for-prisoners ...

Experts say the release of some political prisoners may be an attempt by Venezuela’s autocrat to send a signal to ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on Wednesday pardoned 32 more political prisoners, his office said, the latest mass ...

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Prisoners deemed "an immediate risk" to a specific person or members of the public by governors earlier this year may be released under proposals to be fast tracked through Holyrood this week. A total ...

Iran is talking to the Taliban to hand over some 1,000 Afghans convicted on drug charges. The Taliban wants Tehran to deport ...

Responding to long-standing grievances from families of prisoners, the Punjab Home Department has unveiled a policy ...

Anthony Albanese has been issued a “please explain” over the details of a reported deal which will return the remaining five Bali Nine prisoners who were jailed for attempting to smuggle 8.3kg of ...

Some protesters were spared prison sentences, but several have been sentenced to at least two years in federal prison.