For each report, the prisoner's sentence is commuted by 4 days. An inmate can submit up to 12 reviews per year for 48 days of ...

Brazilian inmates reading and writing in prison library / APAC Credit: FBAC Brazil For 13 years, the Brazilian government has offered its incarcerated citizens a simple deal: read a book ...

Brazil has the world's third-largest prison population after the United States and China, with 726,354 inmates as of June 2017, according to the latest official statistics released this month.

The Department of Corrections (DoC) is floating the idea of adopting reading as one of the criteria for prisoners' early release, says Justice Minister Pol Col Tawee Sodsong.Pol Col Tawee said the DoC ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections have reported that two inmates have unlawfully walked away from a correctionial facility in LeFlore County Saturday morning.

Mr. Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on metals is not new. In his first term, the president levied tariffs on foreign steel ...

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While imprisoned and awaiting trial, Nelson was indicted in the killing of another inmate — a charge for which he was never tried. Steven Nelson, 37, and his wife, Helene Noa Dubois, and their ...

US is far away, brother. You’re going to India,' the US official told a handcuffed passenger onboard the C17 Globemaster ...

At least two people were killed Friday after a small plane crashed onto a busy road and collided with a bus in São Paulo, southern Brazil, leaving charred aircraft parts strewn along the highway.