Virginia residents are growing more aware of the likelihood of consequences for driving while high on marijuana and are more ...

Throngs of Syrians rushed to the facilities to search for loved ones who had disappeared into the prison system during the 13-year civil war. No prison is more infamous than Sednaya, just north of ...

Syrian rebels have freed prisoners — including toddlers — from a notorious, jam-packed prison dubbed the “human slaughterhouse,” where the Assad regime allegedly used an “iron press ...

Crowds have descended on the notorious Saydnaya prison, which had become synonymous with arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility ...

A convicted felon from San Francisco was arrested after escaping a high-security Central Valley prison almost eight years ago, officials said. Eric Pree, 55, was serving a 101-month prison ...

On Wednesday, at Sednaya, a political prison in Syria, hundreds of people prowled the grounds. It was the third day after an astonishing rebel offensive deposed Bashar al-Assad, who had ruled as a ...

“And I’m not persuaded that I haven’t just heard more of it.” He sentenced Mr. Zeitlin to 10 years in federal prison, and a $8.9 million fine. Mr. Zeitlin shuffled out of court, shoulders ...

Syria braces to discover the fate of over 100,000 inmates subjected to horrific abuse as rescue teams liberate the Sednaya military prison Footage emerging from the liberation of Bashar al-Assad ...

Lancaster County Commissioner Alice Yoder raised concerns Tuesday about a proposed bidding process for the new county prison, saying it could limit the types of programs and services inmates would ...

As part of a new policy for people with gender dysphoria, prison medical staff ranked the women’s breast size using a scale designed for adolescents. Those whose breasts were deemed big enough were ...

Controversial plans for a new prison have been given the go-ahead by the government - despite being rejected by planning inspectors twice. The new 'super prison' will house 1,715 inmates on the ...

Shabana Mahmood will today publish a 10-year prison capacity strategy, which she says will ensure there is always space to lock up criminals. This includes opening four new prisons over the next ...