The global prison population has been a topic of significant concern and study. According to the World Prison Brief, several countries stand out due to their large numbers of incarcerated individuals.

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their ...

But this isn’t a nursing home – it’s Japan’s largest women’s prison. The population here reflects the aging society outside, and the pervasive problem of loneliness that guards say is so ...

A sheriff has ruled Katie Allan and William Brown's deaths at HM Prison and Young Offenders Institution Polmont "might have ...

Newly-released figures have revealed the current number of empty cells at HMP Doncaster - Yorkshire’s largest prison - as those convicted over the Rotherham riots continue to come through ...

medium-security prison and the second largest female prison in Ireland, said: “up to 2023 the medical wing was shared with the male population so it was more difficult to offer women gender ...