Families and lawyers fear for the deportees who may face indefinite detention in a prison known for human rights abuses.

She spent 12 days in detention, under what her supporters described as “inhumane conditions,” with no clear explanation as to ...

The family of a man who died while in custody in Hamilton County last year is suing both the county and Sheriff Austin ...

After killing his family in their tower block in Luton, Nicholas Prosper planned to carry out a mass shooting at his former ...

After 35 years of failing reports and climbing suicide rates, a federal judge is appointing an outsider to propose fixes for ...

Prisons are using virtual reality to help inmates cope with loneliness in solitary confinement. VR technology provides ...

It is time to start planning for a “staged withdrawal” of Fulton County jail inmates being held in the city of Atlanta’s detention center, according to a new resolution proposed by Atlanta City ...

Inmates to be jailed in police cells as prisons near capacity - Justice secretary triggers Operation Safeguard to use police cells for prisoners overnight ...

Police cells will temporarily be used to hold prisoners in a stop-gap measure to cope with overcrowding in jails, the British government said on Tuesday. The emergency action, ...

The measure comes despite thousands of offenders being released early in September, under a scheme which was designed to tackle the overcrowding crisis until 2026 ...

With fewer than 800 prison spaces left, the government will use police cells to keep up with demand. That's despite an early ...

Operation Safeguard is triggered when prisons are close to running out of space.