The First Step Act (FSA) drastically changed the way federal prisoners could reduce their sentence and increase the amount of time they spend in the community at the end of their sentence.

Political as well as criminal prisoners in Germany during the Cold War era were forced to build flatpack furniture for IKEA. The revelations came to light in Swedish and German media reports more ...

One prisoner let out today under the government's early release scheme celebrated by saying "big up Keir Starmer". But Number 10 did not see the funny side of the situation - with the prime ...

Organizations such as Fight Toxic Prisons and Jailhouse Lawyers Speak have worked tirelessly to hold officials accountable, pressure prisons to evacuate people and stockpile supplies when needed, ...

As more than 1,000 prisoners are released across the UK on Tuesday, the prisons watchdog has warned that it is "inevitable" that some will re-offend, as ITV News UK Editor Paul Brand reports Up to ...

The government is releasing 1,100 more prisoners early, as part of its emergency plan to ease overcrowding in jails in England and Wales. Offenders serving more than five years are being released ...

A man leaves HMP Liverpool covering his face with his blue hood and carrying a black hold-all Credit: PA Wire/PA Images Another 1,100 prisoners are due to be released early next week as the ...

Of the 2,734 IPP prisoners still incarcerated, more than 700 have served over 10 years longer than their minimum term. At least 90 IPP prisoners have taken their own lives. Successive governments ...

Russian forces last month executed nine Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Kursk region, according to reports, in acts of brutality that appear to be a new tactic for Moscow in the war since it ...

Mr. Naji is an Egyptian novelist, and the author of the memoir “Rotten Evidence: Reading and Writing in an Egyptian Prison.” He wrote from Las Vegas, where he is in exile. Shortly after I ...