Political prisoners in India, many of whom are awaiting trial, face abysmal conditions in far-flung, overcrowded jails. Now they are threatened with infection without access to…

Prolific poacher David Berry Jr will be forced to watch the animated movie at least once a month during his year-long jail term

Apparently jailed in 2006. Rehired by same municipality in 2008. Charged again in 2015 with corruption. But Melusi Motha denies he was ever in jail

South Africa’s jails have one of the lowest percentages of women prisoners in the world – but among the highest number of men

Nearly 1 000 people, mostly suspected Islamist militants, have died in Nigerian prisons in 2013 alone, says Amnesty International.

Doctor says keeping sickly awaiting-trial prisoner in jail is a denial of his constitutional rights. Carolyn Raphaely reports.

Nine inmates were electrocuted to death on Wednesday while trying to escape from one of Cameroon’s largest prisons.