LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A federal court Tuesday imposed a cap on California prisons to ease overcrowding the court said violates prisoners' constitutional rights.
BELGRADE, Serbia, April 21 (UPI) -- More than 10,000 inmates are locked in Serbia's prisons -- about 4,000 beyond their capacity -- a Justice Ministry official said.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control is updating guidelines regarding the spread of tuberculosis in U.S. prisons and jails, which show high rates of the disease.
SACRAMENTO, June 27 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered the state legislature into special session to deal with the state's overcrowded prisons.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 20 (UPI) -- California prisons are becoming Islamic fundamentalist breeding grounds, the Los Angeles Times reports.
AMMAN, Jordan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A Jordanian government committee, in a report released Thursday, said conditions in the country's prisons is deplorable and violates human rights.
