They came from all over Syria, tens of thousands. The first place they rushed to after the fall of their longtime tormentor, former President Bashar Assad, was here: Saydnaya Prison, a place so ...

Probation officers may not be able to properly monitor thousands of prisoners due to be released early next month to tackle the overcrowding crisis, a watchdog has warned. Staffing levels and ...

Aaron Spolin, a former McKinsey consultant, signed up thousands of inmate clients by stoking families' hopes for release.

Myanmar frees almost 5,000 prisoners in new year’s amnesty but no sign of Aung San Suu Kyi - Thousands released in holiday amnesty as Myanmar reels from civil war and a devastating earthquake ...

Grimaldi left the chaplaincy in the Secondigliano prison in Naples — where he served prisoners for 23 years — to coordinate the 230 priests who care for the nearly 62,000 prisoners throughout ...

At least seven prisoners 'disappear' All have a similar profile Move follows express trial for U.S. reporters Prominent lawyer says swap with West looks close MOSCOW, July 30 (Reuters) - A number ...

A 2019 report by Washington’s Department of Corrections found that after a body scanner was installed in one prison, the average number of strip searches conducted in one month fell from nearly ...

After rebel forces overran Damascus on Saturday, toppling the government of President Bashar al-Assad, thousands of prisoners stumbled out of Syria's nightmarish prisons, suddenly freed after ...

A number of Russian dissidents and people convicted for their opposition to Moscow's war in Ukraine have disappeared from Russian prisons in recent days, in what rights activists say is a possible ...