Palestinian campaigners call on Israel to provide adequate health care services to the Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A Washington, DC prosecutor has opposed the release of inmates amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iranian scientist held in US says ICE will let COVID-19 kill many: Report

The suicide of several inmates in the US state of New York illustrates how the country’s prison system fails to ensure the safety of prisoners in solitary confinement.

An Iranian woman held in Australia for two years over alleged violation of US sanctions has been released.

At least 40 inmates were killed in four jails in northern Brazil on Monday, authorities said, in the latest wave of violence to rock the country's severely overpopulated and dangerous prison system.

Ayatollah Khamenei agrees to pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of Iranian prisoners.