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According to the nonprofit human rights advocacy group Foro Penal, more than 130 political prisoners have been released in Venezuela since Jan. 8, while about 700 people remain behind bars.

A retired Venezuelan general serving a prison sentence in the United States says interim leader Delcy Rodríguez and her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, consolidated power inside Venezuela years before the capture of Nicolás Maduro, acting as what he called "the true architects of the Venezuelan dictatorial regime."

Exclusive: Philanthropist and criminologist Lady Edwina Grosvenor, whose godmother was Princess Diana, says prisoners’ children are ‘forgotten’ victims as she launches university scholarships to help young people impacted by a justice system which she says is an ‘expensive failure’. Amy-Clare Martin reports

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Group breached grounds of HMP Wormwood Scrubs leading to arrest

Group allegedly blocked staff from entering HMP Wormwood Scrubs and threatened police officers

A bill introduced by Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly is drawing criticism over proposals to eliminate mandatory minimum prison sentences for a range of violent felony offenses.

The transfer of senior Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq has reignited pressure on European governments to confront the long-deferred issue of bringing home and prosecuting their citizens.

A driver has admitted causing the death of Marcus Fakana in a north London crash following a police pursuit, months after the British teenager returned from nearly a year in a Dubai prison. Fakana’s case had drawn international attention and protests, making his death a tragic coda to a life…