Rebibbia prison, built in 1946, is Italy's largest penal institution, housing over 62,000 inmates, with a critical overcrowding rate exceeding 132%. First Holy Door opened in prison since 1,300 ...

The photo, appearing to show an emaciated individual chained up in a cell, was shared on Facebook on December 9, 2024. It was shared a day after Syria's Saydnaya prison was liberated by rebels ...

Gov. Reeves said Louisiana's infamous Angola prison under Burl Cain went from "beatings to Bible studies." What has he done for Mississippi's prisons?

PRISON OFFICIALS SAY JOSEPH TAYLOR WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON DECEMBER 5TH. HE DIED MONDAY NIGHT AT THE HOSPITAL. TAYLOR WAS SERVING TIME FOR ROBBERY CHARGES OUT OF DELAWARE COUNTY. NO FURTHER ...

The bare cell, no more than two metres across, had no bed or toilet. Four months in solitary confinement was the 36-year-old hairdresser's introduction to Iran's notorious Evin prison. The only ...

A former Webb County jailer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting and violating the civil rights of two women, the U.S. Attorney’s Office recently announced. Hector Humberto Rodriguez Jr., 28, was ...

Rejon Taylor, one of the men on federal death row, has told Newsweek he is "overjoyed and grateful" after his death sentence ...

Thanks to Pope Francis, there is a Holy Door at the Rebibbia prison. Such pilgrimages confer a plenary indulgence, the remission of temporal punishment for sins already forgiven, on those who make ...

The symbolic act of opening Holy Doors for the Church’s Jubilee Year was drastically misrepresented by some online.

Despite plans to create an extra 14,000 prison cells by 2031, the UK still faces the prospect of running out of space for inmates. The dire prediction has prompted justice secretary Shabana Mahmood to ...

Dec. 18, 2024 — Scientists have generated human stem cell models which contain notochord -- a tissue in the developing embryo that acts like a navigation system, directing cells where to build ...