Four months in solitary confinement was the 36-year-old hairdresser's introduction to Iran's notorious Evin prison. The only people she saw were her interrogators. She thought that she would "die ...

The history of a simple jail building in the Bay of Islands reveals the ways early settler New Zealand viewed itself, and ...

Carol remains tragically relevant today, as the same myths about wealth and poverty continue to fuel societal cruelty.

Today when politicians are retreating from helping the poor and growth offers no panacea, we need another Dickens to inspire ...

So on this Christmas Day, let’s be a Scrooge. Let’s take stock and revel in what is good, and seek guidance for what can and ...

Inside Syria's notorious Sednaya prison, dubbed the "human slaughterhouse", Sky News saw the conditions that people were kept in until the fall of the Assad regime. Sky News' lead world presenter ...

The Justice Department has been ordered to pay almost $116 million to 103 women who say they were abused at the now-closed Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, dubbed the "rape ...

A father and stepmother were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for torturing and killing their 10-year-old daughter in England. Urfan Sharif, 42, got a minimum term of 40 years and his wife ...

Lawyers for the victims said it was the largest deal of its kind reached with the federal Bureau of Prisons. By Orlando Mayorquín The federal government agreed on Tuesday to pay about $116 ...

The Bureau of Prisons will pay 103 sexual assault survivors at FCI Dublin nearly $116 million. This is the largest settlement by the BOP in US history. This settlement is different from a class ...

The father and stepmother of a severely abused 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England were sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for murder. Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool ...