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Serving a life sentence, an incarcerated journalist has launched two prison newspapers and helped fellow inmates find self-worth and purpose.

A Russian court says it has convicted Alsu Kurmasheva, a Russian-American journalist for the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, of spreading false information about the Russian military and sentenced her to 6½ years in prison following a secret trial

From Judge James Donato's opinion Wednesday in In the Matter of the Request Extradition of Artt (N.D. Cal.): In 1992, the United States, at the request of the United Kingdom, initiated extradition proceedings in this District against Kevin John Barry Artt and other individuals who had escaped from a prison…

Inspector says monitoring after short sentences could be stopped and youth services could take on some cases

Kyiv has freed 3,800 prisoners early to plug gaps in its army as military outfits compete to attract suitable convicts

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A lawyer will admit to bringing tobacco and painkillers into a Sydney prison but has not responded to accusations she was also caught smuggling cocaine and ice.

Rob Rinder’s nuanced look at the penal system through the ages unearths horrifying revelations – from conditions so bad they caused a riot, to the cruelty current inmates face

An inquest into the custody death of an Indigenous teen has been told the government must act lawfully and stop locking youths in their cells for long periods.

The 2012 canoeing champion turned Extinction Rebellion activist tells Donald McRae about the parallels between sport and activism, and the urgency of the climate crisis

In Mayor of Kingstown season 3 episode 8, an attack on the prison changes the dynamics and Tracy turns to Mike for help.