Convicts were sent to Australia to work. Their sentences stipulated they would work from sunrise to sunset, Monday to Saturday. This was their punishment but the colonial administration also viewed it ...

And then there was the smell – overcooked food, sweat and chlorine bleach. If fear had a smell, this is it. This was my first day in prison at Long Bay Gaol, a slice of Victorian-era penal ...

Two bereaved parents and 12 fellow members of an Australian religious congregation accused of killing an 8-year-old girl by ...

Bukele's crackdown on gangs has been praised by many Salvadorans for leading to a drastic drop in the murder rate, but rights groups slam abuses in prisons, saying inmates are forced to confess ...

Queensland's Supreme Court convicted 14 members of an ultra-religious Christian sect of manslaughter in the killing of an ...

The Guantanamo prison was opened in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States by Al-Qaeda. It has been used to indefinitely hold detainees, many of whom were never charged with a crime ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order reversing former President Joe Biden's ban on private prison contracts with the Justice Department. Along with this, Trump also signed an executive ...

An independent politician has raised human rights concerns with the United Nations over "terrible" jail conditions in the Northern Territory. More than 400 people have been locked up since the ...

How to watch the Australian Open on TV — In the U.S.: ESPN and Tennis Channel. — Other countries are listed here. What happened Sunday at the Australian Open? Jannik Sinner had a 6-3 ...

The US detention facility on the coast of Cuba was set up in 2002 to detain terrorism suspects following the 9/11 attacks.