The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers—the largest such population ...

Belgium's prisons are bursting at the seams, with overcrowding reaching critical levels despite recent efforts to alleviate the issue. In the past few months, initiatives have been somewhat ...

Barlinnie opened in Glasgow in 1882 and had a reputation as a tough prison. Two thousand rare images have been added to a site along with 180,000 records containing details of people entering the ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials Friday announced their impending search for a firm to manage the planning and construction of two prisons with a combined budget of $900 million.

The Treasury labeled prisons as one of its priority areas of ... The detailed Budget noted that the government will examine “tough alternatives to custody” to make sure sentences cut crime ...

The Treasury labeled prisons as one of its priority areas of reform under its phase two of its spending review which focuses on reforming the public sector. The detailed Budget noted that the ...

Barlinnie opened in Glasgow in 1882, and its age-old reputation as a tough prison is sustained today. Back then, inmates carried out hard labour, breaking rocks from a local quarry and punishments ...

It is Scotland’s largest and most infamous prison, with a reputation as tough as San Francisco's infamous former Alcatraz. Over its 142-year history, HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow has been home to ...

Barlinnie opened in Glasgow in 1882 and had a reputation as a tough prison. Inmates carried out hard labour, breaking rocks from a local quarry. Punishments for misbehaviour were harsh.

Three men will spend the rest of their lives in prison after a Gwinnett County jury ... but her friend thinks it was no accident ‘It’s been a tough situation’: Father of missing 20-year ...