Russia

Jailed Kremlin critic Ildar Dadin's jail term quashed

Russia’s supreme court has overturned the conviction of jailed opposition activist Ildar Dadin and ordered his release.

22/02/2017

World News

Brazil jail riot sees hundreds of inmates escape

At least 150 inmates escaped from a prison in Brazil on Tuesday after a mass a riot broke out.

24/01/2017

Brazil

Brazil's brutal prison violence prompts government action

Brazil's prison violence prompts government action

17/01/2017

USA

Guantanamo: ten more prisoners freed

Analysts say it is part of a push by outgoing President Barack Obama to reduce the inmate population before he leaves office.

16/01/2017

Brazil

Death toll rises in latest prison violence in Brazil

At least 27 inmates have now thought to have died in the latest violence to erupt in a Brazilian prison.

16/01/2017

Spain

Mass rally calls for end to Spain's dispersion policy for ETA prisoners

Tens of thousands of people rallied in the Basque city of Bilbao to demand that jailed members of ETA serve out their sentences closer to home.

15/01/2017

Russia

Russian serial killer admits to killing 81 women

Mikhail “The Werewolf” Popkov already serving a life-sentence for murdering 22 women, admitted to police he murdered 59 others

11/01/2017

Brazil

More beheadings in latest jail violence in Brazil

Another prison uprising in Brazil has left four more people dead.

09/01/2017

Brazil

At least 31 killed in Brazilian prison 'drug gang revenge attack'

At least 31 inmates are killed in a Brazilian prison in what is believed to be a drug gang revenge attack.

06/01/2017

Brazil

Another prison riot claims lives in Brazil

It comes only five days after 56 inmates were slaughtered in the country's worst prison massacre in more than two decades.

06/01/2017

Brazil

Mass escape after prison riot in Brazil claims 56 lives

Over 100 prisoners are on the loose and 56 have died after two rival drugs gangs ran riot in a Brazilian prison.

04/01/2017

United Kingdom

Riot officers regain control of British jail

Police have regained control of one of Britain’s biggest jails hours after a huge riot broke out.

16/12/2016

Russia

Activist's allegations of torture by Russian prison guards spark Moscow protest

Russian opposition activist Ildar Dadin claims he is being beaten, repeatedly tortured and threatened with rape and murder in Karelia penal colony in the northwest of the…

01/11/2016

Haiti

More than 170 inmates escape Haiti jail

More than 170 inmates have escaped a jail in Haiti following a mass break out.

23/10/2016

World News

Mass breakout from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison

Prisoners still on the loose following escape from Sao Paulo psychiatric prison

18/10/2016

Germany

Germany: Outrage over suicide of Syrian terror suspect

German officials are under fire over the suicide of Syrian terror suspect Jaber Albakr, whose death deprives authorities of precious information.

13/10/2016

Russia

Prisoner release flounders between Kyiv and Russian backed separatists

The so-called Minsk Agreement implemented to end the war between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian forces is floundering on many levels

12/10/2016

USA

Orange is the new black - pot noodles are the new tobacco

Instant ramen pot noodles are replacing tobacco as currency among prisoners in the United States according to study which blames reduced spending on prison food.

22/08/2016

USA

Trumps claims Obama "lied" about cash for Iran's US prisoners

The US State Department has admitted for the first time that a 400 million dollar cash payment made to Iran ordered by a tribunal was withheld until four US prisoners were…

19/08/2016

Syria

Appalling accounts of death and abuse in Syria's prisons

Amnesty International says the conditions amount to "human rights abuses"

18/08/2016