Twenty Sri Lankan prisoners, held in Kuwait’s Central Jail, were repatriated to Colombo yesterday (26) under the Kuwait-Sri ...

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s recent interview with Mehdi Hasan on Al Jazeera’s ‘Head-to-Head’ series has caused ...

The Welikada Prison in Colombo has been closed off for visitors until further notice. The move came after an inmate of the prison tested positive for the COVID-19 virus this morning. (07). The ...

Faced with seven homicides in the first nine weeks of the year, California prison authorities announced they have restricted inmate movement and revoked privileges such as visits and phone calls ...

Ten female inmates of the Welikada prison are, protesting on top of the roof, since this morning (13). Reportedly, they are protesting against delays in their court cases. These protesters have been ...

Privatization of prison food isn’t a new phenomenon, but it’s growing substantially. According to one market analysis, the industry was worth almost $3.2 billion in 2022 in the United States alone, ...

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been released from prison a day after a court cancelled his arrest warrant. Footage aired on local TV channels showed Yoon leaving prison on ...

Subscribe and read news in favourite messenger. The post features a photoshopped image of him behind bars, captioned, “Live scenes pale Welikada prison.” At the time, the post seemed like another of ...

After the Civil War, states—especially in the South—built a network of laws to criminalize formerly enslaved people and created a system of prison labor that sent almost entirely Black men and women ...

Tory Lanez is poised to make music history with the upcoming release of his album Peterson, a project he describes as the first in-real-time prison album. Set to debut on March 7, 2025 ...

The result is a tightly packed, thought-provoking crime thriller featuring characters less concerned with busting out of prison than they are with breaking free of themselves. In Inside ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Officers at the Auburn Correctional Facility continue to hold the line on the third day of their strike to ...