He has a long history of homophobic, misogynistic and racist comments delivered in a belligerent, everyman style which endeared him to many.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday reached the majority of three votes needed to convict firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a coup, making a lengthy prison sentence a near certainty.

At least 15,000 prisoners escaped from more than two dozen prisons across Nepal after mass jailbreaks as Gen-Z protestors took to the streets to protest against corruption and the government's ban on several social media apps

It was a mild spring evening in the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk, but Yekaterina Fatyanova was scrambling to pack winter clothes.

At least five juvenile inmates died during a clash with security personnel at a jail in western Nepal, while more than 7,000 prisoners escaped from different jails across the country during the violent anti-government protests.

In a swift action, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) apprehended five prisoners who had escaped from a jail in Nepal and were attempting to cross into India, officials said.

A city court in Bengaluru on Tuesday rejected actor Darshan's request to be transferred from Parappana Agrahara Central Prison to Ballari jail in connection with the Renukaswamy murder case.

Thailand's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the country's most powerful and polarising statesman Thaksin Shinawatra to be jailed for one year, ruling he improperly served a 2023 prison term in hospital.

An Australian judge sentenced convicted killer Erin Patterson on Monday to life in prison with parole after 33 years for killing three people with toxic mushrooms, capping a trial that sparked a global media frenzy.

The student has been held in Dubai's central prison since her arrest, with her family last seeing her in October.

Two remand prisoners who staged a dramatic escape from Chodavaram Sub-Jail in Anakapalli district were re-arrested within 24 hours following a swift operation by the local police.

Former Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, who is serving a life term in connection with a rape case, has been allotted work as a library clerk in Parappana Agrahara prison.

A team of Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) visited Delhi's Tihar Jail to assess the prison conditions earlier this year.

Two prisoners, Nakka Ravikumar and Bezawada Ramu, have escaped from the Chodavaram Sub-Jail in Anakapalli district of Andhra Pradesh. Their dramatic escape was caught on camera and a manhunt has been launched for them.

As a judge considers arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys over whether delusional beliefs about the legal system are enough to keep a South Carolina prisoner from being executed.

Inspector Zende is a Netflix original movie that has landed on your digital screens. The movie stars Manoj Bajpayee and Jim Sarbh in the lead roles. The film will revolve around the manhunt of Carl Bhojraj (Played by Jim Sarbh), who escaped the Delhi prison post, throwing a party and drugging his guards. Here's all you need to know.

An Iowa mother was handed down a ten-year prison sentence on Friday after she was found guilty of deliberately administering her two-year-old son insulin injections.

Vietnam will release nearly 14,000 prisoners, including foreigners, ahead of the country's national day celebrations.

A man in China has been sentenced to two years in prison after breaking into a woman's home, sedating her, and drawing her blood, an act he bizarrely claimed was for "stress relief."

Israel appears "unwilling to reach an agreement" as it has not responded to the ceasefire proposal agreed by Hamas earlier this month, Al Jazeera reported, citing Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed Dmytro Khilyuk's release.

If convicted, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr who took part in the hearing virtually from a detention facility could face a prison sentence of between four and eight years, Alvarez said.

A US judicial commission denied parole Friday to Joseph Lyle Menendez, a day after his brother Erik was also ordered to stay in prison for the murder of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion more than three decades ago.

The politician is only told that you "will not run your sachivalaya(secretariat) from a prison cell" and that is perfectly sensible, Harish Salve, a former Solicitor General of India, told NDTV amid row on bills to sack ministers who have been in jai