The Western Cape High Court has found the Department of Correctional Services liable for the drowning of an 18-month-old boy in a swimming pool at the Mandela House, highlighting negligence in ...

Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says her department is committed to reviewing South Africa’s parole laws as well as the Criminal Procedure Act. This comes after police ...

As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...

Maverick recently reported on how paperwork issues resulted in the early release of three sentenced Cape Town criminals. Days later, one of them, a murderer, was detained again. This suggests that he ...

The government will construct a new fire station and purchase modern fire trucks, protective equipment, and firefighting ...

A convicted offender, Mikyle Mentoor, has been re-arrested by Manenberg Police, but his accomplice, Me-Khayle Timmie, remains ...

The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the re-arrest of one of the two convicted offenders who recently went unaccounted for ...

May 30 (UPI) -- Bernard Kerik, New York City's police commissioner on Sept.11, 2001, died Thursday at the age of 69. Kerik ...

The fatal beatings in recent months of inmates Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi by prison staff, as well as the March wildcat ...

# A 31-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after he allegedly molested his underage niece 22 times over the past two years. # The defendant, whose name is being withheld to protect the ...

Smith was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal abuse - child 12 or under. Smith was taken to the Laurel County Correctional Center.

Authorities arrested the manager of a South Florida food store Thursday morning after accusing her of hatching a scheme where ...