A Nigerian man, Jonathan Biodun, who was incarcerated over a ₦1,137,000 debt, has regained his freedom after compassionate ...

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that a staggering 53,254 inmates across various custodial centres in ...

A Nigerian man jailed over a ₦1.137 million debt is set for release after an influencer raised funds to clear his debt.

Announced by Justice Minister Nasser Al-Sumait, these amendments aim to tackle the growing issue of non-payment by solvent debtors, which has contributed to a rise in bad debts and negatively impacted ...

Peltier, 80, left Coleman penitentiary in an SUV, according to a prison official. He didn't stop to speak with reporters or the roughly two dozen supporters who gathered outside the gates to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — New York State is preparing to send the New York National Guard to staff prisons across the state where correction officers have gone on strike, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ...

Two women debtors ended life in Ramanagara district and a woman and man died by suicide in Belagavi district in Jan. The bereaved son of the Belagavi woman had in his police complaint said that ...

But the government has confirmed to the BBC a rule change that means Raja's eligibility to serve the rest of his sentence in open prison kicks in this year, rather than 2029 as his victim once ...

Two upstate prisons were thrown into chaos Monday when corrections officers launched illegal strikes to protest their work conditions after a violent uprising at one of the facilities last week.

However, in this case, only the grandmother leaves the community for work or to sell their farm produce because the husband is serving a prison sentence — life imprisonment, 20 years of which ...