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Three years ago the Southern African Kingdom of Lesotho started distributing condoms in all its male and female prisons. The aim was to curb the spread of HIV in its...

A Florida man who was spotted standing through his sunroof while driving on a busy expressway told police that he would rather get locked up than go home to his...

UN investigators have for the first time declared the violence against Rohingya Muslims in northern Myanmar to be a campaign of genocide. In a damning final report from their fact-finding mission, observers said Myanmar’s commander-in-chief and...

Ninety-two prisoners have escaped from a prison in Gambella regional state in Western Ethiopia, state media, Ethiopia News Agency reported on Tuesday. John Umod, Chief Police Inspector of Gambella City...

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar began releasing more than 9,000 prisoners on Wednesday, with many drug offenders among the first to walk free, but just two political detainees, after the president...

By Paul Wanjama on 9 April 2019 - 7:27 pm The prisoner who is serving the third year of his twelve-year jail sentence, is a paralegal and the fellow inmates fondly...

COLUMBUS-The powerful Ohio Parole Board operates largely behind closed doors: Initial hearings are not open to the public. Records are kept secret. Full board meetings are open to the public...

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir authorities imposed restrictions on civilian movement in parts of Srinagar’s downtown area, while high speed internet was shut off in the Kashmir Valley after a protest...

MOSCOW, April (RAPSI) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill on imprisonment of up to 20 years for organizing, leading criminal gangs and participating in such networks into...