In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...

As New York City’s troubled jail complex tries to improve its food, the people who cook there see a higher mission.

The 23-year-old escaped from London's Wandsworth Prison by hiding in the undercarriage of a food delivery truck.

Khalife, 23, gained global attention when he escaped from London's Wandsworth prison for three days while being held on ...

South Carolina has executed their first death row prisoner this year, Marion Bowman Jr., who has been in prison since 2002 ...

Other new laws last year related to extreme heat in schools and prisons, food waste, expanded polystyrene containers, community gardens, and native plant seeds. These and other new and amended ...

Thousands of staff at Bidfood – a company which also delivers food for the army, prisons and schools across the UK – could now be sacked and reemployed on worse terms and conditions. Workers at the ...

A rare 153 year-old Victorian law was used to haul a horse ... Where the court commits any person to prison for nonpayment of any penalty under this section, the court may order him to be ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Inspectors have praised a Scottish prison built in Victorian times for being "well-run" and its staff for their "caring and compassionate attitude". They found that prisoners at HMP Dumfries were ...