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 Federal Bureau of Prisons is changing its phone policy for Adults in Custody. During Covid, ... [+] phone minutes (up to 500 minutes) were free. The new year is bringing a change. During COVID ...

Analysts have said China's existing anti-graft crackdown has served as a tool for Xi to eliminate political rivals. Academics have called Xi's new expanded detention processes "deeply disturbing ...

Russia has assembled a fleet of hundreds of vessels to covertly ship its oil. With so many ships at sea, the idea of using some to cause havoc may be proving irresistible to the Kremlin.

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Thousands of prisoners should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding and help prepare inmates for release, a former justice secretary ...

Some 6,000 prisoners broke free from a high-security prison in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Wednesday, according to police authorities, as weeks-long post-election violence continues to rock ...

More prisoners should go to open prisons to help reduce reoffending, the man leading a sentencing review for England and Wales has suggested. David Gauke told the BBC's World At One programme the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mozambique’s police chief has said that at least 6,000 inmates have escaped from a high-security prison in ...

1:29 Mozambique protests: Police fire tear gas at biggest demonstration yet against disputed election At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on ...

More than 1,500 prisoners have escaped in Maputo as Mozambique experiences escalating civil unrest linked to October’s disputed election result.

Days after announcing $4.28 billion in student loan relief, President Joe Biden abruptly withdrew two of the plans affecting thousands of recipients. With a few weeks left in his lame-duck ...

Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique's capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of ...