The 1973 riot had legal repercussions that smoldered in a class action lawsuit until 2001 and triggered a number of changes ...

The man released under Labour scheme on Tuesday allegedly reoffended in Sittingbourne, Kent, on the same day, and has since ...

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A Los Angeles County man who spent nearly three decades in prison for kidnapping, sexual assault and robbery convictions before DNA testing revealed he was innocent of the crimes filed suit Thursday ...

The man, 28, was among 1,700 inmates released early in a bid to tackle overcrowding in UK prisons - but was arrested on ...

More than 1,700 prisoners freed after serving 40pc rather than half their sentences in attempt to tackle overcrowding crisis ...

The adult prison population dropped by more than 2,000 in the week the Government freed hundreds of inmates early. Ministry ...

A previous report heard inexperienced officers were struggling to deal with a "tsunami of drugs" at category C HMP Hindley ...

On the cusp of freedom after spending more than three decades behind bars, John Vaesau was primed to begin his new life, just ...

San Francisco’s former district attorney is leading a class action lawsuit requiring the state to follow through on a 1973 ...

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) figures showed there were 86,333 prisoners behind bars in England and Wales on Friday. This is 2,188 fewer than the 88,521 recorded at the end of last week, when the ...