The world spends hundreds of billions yearly to punish offenders, with little return beyond more crime and less hope. DW examines how private contractors, organized crime gangs and inmates exploit ...

The Trump administration said the facility would provide about 400 beds and described it as part of a broader endeavor to ...

A 40-year-old man who was part of a ring that installed card-skimming devices on ATMs in Westfield and Chicago has been ...

ICE opens "Louisiana Lockup" at Angola prison to detain criminal illegal migrants, including murderers, rapists and gang ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted the former president of trying to cling to power after losing the 2022 election, including a ...

Tyler Robinson, accused of Charlie Kirk’s murder, is now likely to face life behind bars in Utah’s most dangerous and unsanitary prison, where scabies, mosquitoes, drug smuggling, and violence run ...

US President Donald Trump appears to have quietly backed away from having his name tied to one of America’s most infamous ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after Brazil's Supreme ...

A Canadian living in Houston, Jack Kasjaniuk, was sentenced to over 11 years for his role in a cocaine trafficking operation, with plans to deport him after his prison term.

U.S. District Chief Judge Beth Phillips sentenced Aaron Wayne McKie to one year and a day behind bars after a federal jury found him guilty of nine counts of wire fraud and one count of money ...