Venezuela’s government says it is freeing large numbers of people held for political reasons after passing a new amnesty law.

Prisoners have been given their own alarm clocks to wake them up rather than having an officer loudly banging on their cell ...

After the fall of Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan regime promise amnesty and reconciliation — but for hundreds still jailed ...

Nearly 300 political prisoners held at El Rodeo I prison outside Caracas have launched a hunger strike in demanding their release, relatives said.

Venezuela has passed an amnesty law to free hundreds of political prisoners, but some rights groups and opposition members have cautiously welcomed it ...

When 78-year-old publisher Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the democratic world should have recoiled.

By outlawing indefinite solitary confinement for death row inmates, Oklahoma joins states like Hawaii, Connecticut, and New York, which have ended this practice in recent years. Some prisoners remain ...

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodríguez has signed into law an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of ...

The HOPE for Prisoners organization held its Graduation Ceremony on Friday at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department ...

Featuring interviews with former political prisoners made on location in Palestine, “Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of ...

Federal Prison camp inmates have put under immense pressure over the past two years. From Covid to lockdowns, even minimum camps are under pressure. There are 150,000 prisoners in federal custody at ...

People released from prison in Scotland are facing a mental health and substance use crisis, according to new research. The ...