Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the number of jail places cannot keep pace with the number of offenders ...

A complaint filed by the Legal Aid Society and others accuses the state prison system of holding mentally ill and disabled people in isolation despite a law against the practice.

Luton airport is ‘unable to cope’ with immigration demands as high number of travellers from Eastern Europe are detained ...

During World War Two, this haunting site was home to more than 7,500 interned Japanese Americans and was 50% more crowded than New York City.

She says one of the aims of prison is rehabilitation but current conditions lead to "trauma and re-traumatisation" which will ...

Venezuela’s overwhelmed justice system leaves women spending months in cramped, overcrowded detention centre cells. Photographer Ana María Arévalo Gosen is shining a light on their lives.

Representative Justin Humphrey is sharing his concerns after a lawsuit on behalf of seven inmates at the Great Plains ...

The bill not only calls for tougher drug trafficking penalties, it would also make fentanyl education a requirement in the classroom.

The overcrowded prison system which houses some 40,000 inmates nationwide also faces a scarcity of potable water.

They burned police stations and hospitals, opened fire on the main international airport that has remained closed since early ...

Conditions at the busiest airport immigration detention centre in England and Wales are ‘unacceptable’, a watchdog has warned ...

The most coveted ticket at this year’s Venice Biennale was entry to the Giudecca women’s prison on an island in the lagoon, ...