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In a landmark ruling a Kenya court rules that prisoners will be allowed to vote in the referendum on a new constitution.

California's budget crisis and overcrowded prisons have led to a new reality for thousands of convicted felons: parole is getting ...

State officials are trying to maneuver between saving money through early-release programs and maintaining the public’s sense of safety.

The U.S. has transferred a dozen Guantanamo detainees to Afghanistan, Yemen and the Somaliland region.

Switzerland will accept a detainee from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba after the United States requested the Alpine country and other states to house prisoners.

A dozen prisoners escaped jail through a tunnel they dug from their cell to the outside in western Afghanistan, police said Saturday.

In the first glimpse of him since his capture more than three years ago, a thin but healthy-looking Israeli soldier said in a video released Friday that he is being treated well by his Palestinian captors and appealed to Israel's leader to bring him home.

An Obama administration task force has so far cleared 75 of the remaining 223 Guantanamo prisoners for release as part of its effort to close the detention camp, a military spokesman said on Monday.