Many well-off inmates carry out illegal activities inside prisons by bribing a section of jail staffers.

Narsingdi jail break exposes security lapses in prisons

Overcrowding in prison also dehumanises inmates by stripping them of their basic rights such as a proper space to sleep.

Focus more on deradicalising ex-militants, increasing surveillance

The human rights situation in Bangladesh is better than the United States in many instances, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today (April 14, 2022) dismissing the report of the US on human rights issues in Bangladesh.

Jail inmates of different foreign nationalities often have to languish in prison beyond their conviction period due to the cumbersome process of securing their release.

What is it like spending the formative early years in one of the most overcrowded prison systems in the world? What protections are there in place to ensure they develop like any other child?

Barcelona soccer star Lionel Messi has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after a court in Barcelona found him guilty of three counts of tax fraud, a statement from the court said on Wednesday.

The High Court directs the prison authorities to admit Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna to Ibrahim Cardiac Hospital in Dhaka immediately for his treatment.

A woman has managed a chance to ‘reunite’ with her imprisoned husband bribing her way through prison guards. Successful for a brief period of time, she got caught in the act.

At least 272 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,500 people injured after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades.

A man who returned to Bangladesh four years ago from a Pakistani prison, where he spent 15 years on suspicion of being an Indian spy, died Thursday, his family says.

Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt is released from a prison in the western Indian city of Pune.

Otis Johnson was locked up in jail for 44 years and was recently released from prison to find the world he left behind has vastly changed.

Taliban militants have stormed a jail outside the central Afghan city of Ghazni, killing at least four policemen and freeing more than 350 prisoners.

As prison populations surge in the UK, with overcrowded cells and repeat offenders, the opposite is happening in the Netherlands.

The execution of a Pakistani man convicted of manslaughter has been postponed hours before he was due to be hanged, prison officials say.

At least 30 prisoners and 10 guards have died in a prison break in Iraq.

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed is jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of terrorism for ordering arrest of a judge when he was in power in 2012

A prison in India is installing cable connections to allow prisoners to watch the Cricket World Cup after they argued it is a "fundamental right".