Prisoners who have been sentenced to a jail term of less than 3 years are allowed to vote in Queensland state and local elections, as well as Australian federal elections and referendums. You may vote ...

A prisoner died at hospital one day after being injured in an altercation with prison officers. In a media release , the T&T Prison Service confirmed that Akino Purcell died at the Arima General ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A fugitive who escaped a Puerto Rican prison 40 years ago was apprehended in Florida. "My team’s skill is unmatched at every level; even if your crimes don’t start ...

Cuba has released 553 prisoners under a Vatican-mediated agreement, despite the collapse of a United States pledge to ease sanctions in return. The island nation’s highest judicial authority ...

Britain’s most dangerous prisoner, Robert Maudsley, has gone on a hunger strike inside his isolated cell at the UK’s Wakefield Prison after some of his possessions, including a PlayStation, were ...

A man who escaped from a Puerto Rican prison almost 40 years ago has been ... tipped off Lee County law enforcement to the escaped prisoner's possible whereabouts in Fort Myers, as well as his ...

Said to have been held in solitary confinement since 1983 at HMP Wakefield, Robert Maudsley holds the controversial title of the UK's 'most dangerous prisoner' due to his grisly behaviour behind bars.

So, the more prisoners in a private prison, the more funding the prison gets. Public prisons receive funding from tax dollars, meaning information about the prison must be made public to show how ...

Yolanda Saldívar, a San Antonio native, was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility ... that Saldívar "feels like she's a political prisoner at this point," adding, "Enough is enough." ...

No fewer than 150 prisoners have been transferred from Okere ... raising serious concerns about prison security. One victim unknowingly became romantically involved with an inmate, Perez Ekiyor ...

A prisoner is recovering in hospital after being stabbed inside the state’s main prison – the third jail assault in five days. Eastern Adelaide CIB detectives are investigating the “serious ...