Learn all about Australia's penal colony history at the Unesco World Heritage Site-listed Port Arthur in Tasmania.

North Korea is the world's "most dangerous place to follow Jesus", where Christians are thrown in prison camps and executed for their faith, according to a global report released today.Timothy Cho, ...

The UK’s most prolific sexual predator in history, Indonesian former student Reynhard Sinaga, has been beaten up in prison – proving how inmates convicted of sexual assault risk brutal retribution ...

A new book detailing the life of one of Australia's most charismatic criminals also serves as a commentary on the media, the ...

The mercurial billionaire and Donald Trump confidant has claimed on X that “hundreds of thousands” of “little British girls” ...

The breakout of fires in the middle of LA's winter has caused anxiety here in Australia, which has a comparatively small ...

More than one in every 20 Wadeye residents is in jail, making it one of the most incarcerated communities in Australia.

Harold Shipman is suspected of killing more than 250 people over two decades. How did he get away with it for so long?

The coroner found Simon Cartwright’s death from a peptic ulcer in Silverwater jail was “preventable” and a result of ...

Punjab government has operationalised free legal aid committees across all 43 prisons in the province to ensure no underprivileged prisoner is deprived of legal representation. The initiative ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — A Bloomington man will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after being sentenced Monday for a deadly New Year’s Eve shooting in Normal five years ago. Dewon Griffin, ...

As the Australian prison population ages, the demand for end-of-life care and treatment for chronic illness is set to increase. Prisoners who are transferred to a hospital for palliative care can ...