Crowds have descended on the notorious Saydnaya prison, which had become synonymous with arbitrary detention, torture and murder. Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility ...

The first hour-long drama produced by HBO, "Oz" remains one of the network's most acclaimed shows to this day. A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his ...

Syria braces to discover the fate of over 100,000 inmates subjected to horrific abuse as rescue teams liberate the Sednaya military prison Footage emerging from the liberation of Bashar al-Assad ...

Medieval historians David M. Perry and Matthew Gabriele illuminate what happens when a once unshakeable political and cultural order breaks down, and long-suppressed tensions flare into deadly ...

Many leaders around the world promise to be ‘tough on crime’, believing that stricter sentences and harsh prison conditions will scare off would-be offenders. But if this is the case, why does the ...