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.

When any royal visits a prison, the governor inevitably chooses only the most trusted residents to take part in any meet-and-greet. So, when Princess Anne came to HMP Erlestoke in Wiltshire in ...

A new batch of prisoners of war returned to Ukraine late on October 18. Buses brought a total of 95 soldiers back from Russian captivity. The Ukrainian president's office released footage showing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Though he is provided with a straw mat, Matthew says he prefers to sleep on the concrete floor of his cell in the maximum-security wing of Singapore’s Changi Prison. “It’s more cooling that ...

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 ...

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, ...

Packed with prisoners, the Cap Arcona was anchored in Lübeck Bay in the Baltic Sea when an aerial attack just hours before liberation killed nearly everyone on board. The ship's improbable ...

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 ...