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SAN DIEGO—Three prisoners serving life terms for San Diego County murders allegedly stabbed a fellow inmate to death at a Riverside County prison, state prison officials said on June 24. ...

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged 100 prisoners of war from each side in the nearly two-year-old war, with ...

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia and Ukraine have exchanged about 200 prisoners of war each, the countries said Wednesday, despite tensions ...

KYIV—Ukraine and Russia on Wednesday announced their first exchange of prisoners of war in nearly five months, with ...

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT In dictatorships, prisons have long been used as places for inflicting extreme torture to break ...

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil is vowing to introduce legislation, amid pressure from the Opposition.

Hamas is due to release a group of hostages through Rafah crossing. In return, Israel will release Palestinian ...

The families of the hostages taken by Hamas gather late on Nov. 24 in Museum Plaza, also known ...

WASHINGTON—Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday, tearfully hugged their loved ones and declared “Freedom!” after ...

In this episode of America’s Hope, Kelly Wright focuses on two national programs that are helping to break ...

Convicted terrorists will be banned from taking a leading role in religious services in a new government crackdown ...

JACKSON, Mich.—When Scott Steffes leaves Michigan's Parnall Correctional Facility this month he anticipates entering a new career that ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Two sisters who survived the Holocaust as girls and moved to the United States afterward died just ...

MOSCOW—Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, ...

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the ...

TASHKENT—Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would soon propose a time for a call ...

KYIV, Ukraine—Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern ...

Two female inmates at New Jersey's only all-women prison have fallen pregnant after having consensual sex with transgender inmates, officials have ...

Northern Territory Police have stepped up their search for three men who escaped from the Barkly Work Camp ...

Commentary During the weeks between Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas I always recall warm childhood memories of the season: ...

A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all California prison workers to get vaccinated ...

Violent criminals in the United States were less likely to be rearrested if they spent more time in ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—The guard in a control room at Iran's notorious Evin prison springs to attention as ...

A small cadre of Republican lawmakers gathered outside the Department of Justice on Tuesday afternoon to air concerns ...

OSLO, Norway—Two inmates took a pair of prison guards hostage Wednesday at a Swedish penitentiary and are barricaded ...

A Bronx judge ruled on Monday that New York unfairly excluded state prison and jail inmates from access ...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed an executive order on Tuesday to allow released prisoners to vote in a move ...