Italian prisons should create “love rooms” so inmates can have sex with their wives or partners, say rights activists.

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 ...

Pope Francis inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison on Thursday, bringing a message of hope to inmates and involving ...

The pope encouraged inmates to participate in the church's celebration that happens every 25 years, where people travel to Rome on a pilgrimage.

Pope Francis has inaugurated his Holy Year at Rome’s main prison, taking a message of hope to inmates and involving them in the Catholic Church’s once every quarter-century celebration which is ...

Is it any wonder that the Prime Minister of Israel would want to travel to Auschwitz to mark the 80th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation ... and nine prison sentences ranging from ...

Frequently, hip-hop artists have found themselves on the wrong side of the law and are locked up in jail or have to serve a lengthy prison bid. XXL looks at over two dozen rappers who are in jail ...

"And it’s certainly not the case for those who have been cast into North Korea’s infamous prison camps merely for owning a Bible or worshipping." Ms Blyth said: "It’s a statistic that should ...

Private prisons and other companies that provide detention services are getting ready to cash in on what President-elect Donald Trump has billed as “the largest domestic deportation operation in ...

Updated, December 2024: Rome’s avenues are awash in holiday lights, and the sweet, yeasty aroma of freshly baked panettone wafts through the quiet backstreets. The city’s fall rains have left ...