Alvaro Mendoza Sillerico spent more than 40 days in hospital before he died, a coroner tells a jury.

Kala Daniel found himself trapped in awaiting trial for six long months in a Nigerian correctional centre. Initially healthy, Daniel began serious coughing within weeks of his incarceration, only to ...

South African prisons are famously overcrowded. Prison populations are believed to exceed capacity by an overall 33%, although that number jumps to over 200% at some facilities, according to recent ...

Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death, after HIV, from an infectious disease. Around the world, there are about 9 million new cases a year and around 2 million deaths, according to the World ...

Relatives of Ecuadoran inmates regularly flock to the prison gates to await news of their loved ones after outbreaks of violence The Ecuadoran army was deployed to 19 prisons in 2024 to control drug ...