All news on the topic: Prisons

As most families look forward to spending a few days together this Christmas, some are dealing with the glaring absence of their loved-ones - who are detained in Dubai

Victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime were silenced for years - but after the Syrian president was toppled by rebel forces, they can now speak out about the torture they faced

Obada Jbara was on hand after rebels seized the central prison in Hama.

The first sign that armed gang members had invaded a TV station in Guayaquil came when two masked youths appeared in the corner of the screen during a live news broadcast.

New laws to be introduced in England and Wales in attempt to reduce violence against women and girls

Next to a vandalised wire fence opposite HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, 28-year-old Beatrice Auty brushes away tears. The memories of her time inside the jail are too much to bear.

Brooklyn detention center holding 1,200 has been under scrutiny since two fatal stabbings this summer

‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars

Once the gaffe came to light at HMP Perth, the woman was kept in segregation overnight and transported to the female prison estate the following morning.

Cypriot authorities stalled for 13 years on a European Arrest Warrant filed by the U.K., where Christos Christodoulides absconded from prison. They finally let him serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest in Cyprus.

MoJ attempts to fight back against brazen deliveries that often include household items like ketchup alongside drugs

Ashley Malloy was in a relationship with inmate John Mack who was serving a four-year sentence for drug offences - and when officers raided her locker, they found cocaine and heroin

Around 1,100 prisoners have started to be released from prison early as part of a plan to ease overcrowding in prisons.

Alan Miller, 59, second person in US to be executed via controversial technique, shook and trembled on gurney

The Ministry of Justice has admitted 37 prisoners were wrongly released under Labour’s plans to reduce overcrowding in jails.

Steven Wilson was attacked after risk assessment failed to stop convicted murderer working in kitchen with access to knives

Fighting to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs out of jail after his sex trafficking arrest, the music mogul’s lawyers highlighted a litany of horrors at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he was headed: horrific conditions, rampant violence and multiple deaths.

Adam Andrews is due to be released despite leaving a baby boy with injuries so severe that he now needs round-the-clock care and suffers from about 40 seizures a day

A Swedish court overturned her previous acquittal, sentencing former Swedbank CEO Birgitte Bonnesen to 15 months in prison for making misleading statements about the bank’s inadequate anti-money laundering measures.

The Justice Ministry is reportedly considering sending criminals from England and Wales to a Baltic state.

Sentencing of Alexander Shiplyuk is latest prison term for scientists working on military programmes