A cell of just nine square metres with no toilet can hold up to three prisoners. Sometimes, one of them has to sleep on the floor due to a lack of space. This is common in Belgium, a country that has ...

ROME(AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final ...

West Virginia prisons are exceeding their capacity, and some in the state's eastern panhandle say arrests by federal ICE ...

Colorado Department of Corrections Correctional Officer David Aldana walks along the third level of cell house #8 at the Fremont Correctional Facility during a formal count at the prison in Canon City ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug ...

The Inspector of Prisons said last November that there was 'no doubt' overcrowding pressures contributed to a record 31 prison deaths in 2024 ...

THERE are 41 foreigners serving life sentences for murder in Ireland, figures show. They include Ashling Murphy’s killer ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final ...