THE Nigerian Correctional Service, on Wednesday, said that the number of prisoners on death row had risen from 3,590 in…
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GUANTANAMO Bay inmate Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi has been repatriated to Tunisia, the US Department of Defense says. He was…
A MAN in the United States has been awarded $50m in damages after being wrongfully convicted of murder in the…
SRI Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and released them from jails across the…
ZAMBIAN President Hakainde Hichilema has pardoned 588 inmates in various correctional facilities across the country. The freed prisoners include 11…
SIX Zimbabweans, all suspected armed robbers, escaped from custody while on transit on Monday morning after their accomplices engaged South…
IRAN supreme leader has pardoned or allowed a reduction in jail sentences for “tens of thousands” of prisoners, including some…
TWO high profile inmates have escaped after spraying chilli powder in the eyes of guards escorting them back to prison…