When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

We have massive numbers in our prisons, and this constitutes an ongoing threat,” the Syrian Democratic Forces commander, Gen.

A winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Wednesday at 3:29 p.m. valid from 8 p.m. until Thursday noon. The advisory is for Northern Stillwater, Red ...

Iran's top judicial authority has pardoned two journalists who uncovered the death of a young woman in police custody that triggered nationwide protests in 2022, the judiciary's news outlet Mizan said ...

Nelson Mandela walked out of prison as a free man after 27 years, marking a golden moment in history. On this day in 1979, ...

Canadian human rights lawyer and former justice minister Irwin Cotler has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his ...

File Photo The Iran-backed Houthis, have turned the Dutch Embassy building in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, into a secret prison ...

HASSAKEH, Syria (AP) — Men of various ages and nationalities sit silently in their cells, a small window in the metal doors ...

A former British soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial and was later convicted of spying for Iran has been sentenced to more than 14 years behind bars ...

Two Iranian men convicted of membership of the People's Mujahedin opposition group, outlawed by the Islamic republic, are at imminent risk of execution after being transferred to a different prison, ...