Tasmania is a fascinating, if not often overlooked, state of Australia. But while it's small compared to Australia itself, the island is actually quite large! All told, Tasmania is roughly the same size as the island country of Sri Lanka...

The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or...

The concept of prisons as we know them today is relatively modern. In antiquity, jails served less as places of penitence and more as a purgatory before the final judgment of guilt, which was often punished either by enslavement or...

Providing a brief history of Australia is hardly possible, especially when you consider the nation's long and fraught history with Britain. Australia started as a penal colony - a place for lawbreakers to reside outside the confines of...

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted in Russia on Friday of espionage charges and sentenced to 16 years in prison. U.S officials say they are trying to secure his release along with detained Canadian citizen, and...

Paul Whelan is more worried about his safety after the prison death of Alexei Navalny, he told CBC News in an unexpected phone call from his Russian penal colony. The Canadian-born former U.S. marine is serving a 16-year sentence for...

Alexei Navalny, a longtime opponent to President Vladimir Putin who was in a Russian prison in the Arctic has died, prison officials say.

Hurricane Nicole hits Florida, the U.S. protests the moving of Brittney Griner, and, for soccer fans, the U.S. Men's World Cup team is announced. Here is everything you Need2Know for Thursday, November 10, 2022.

"The U.S. already has made mistakes, trying to solve such problems via 'microphone diplomacy.' They are not solved that way," Kremlin spokesman said.

Images show the exterior of the IK-6 penal colony, where jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been transferred (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

SHORT PROFILE of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny after he has been transferred to a strict-regime penal colony, his allies said on Tuesday, expressing concern about his safety (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

US basketball player Brittney Griner, who was sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony in August for drug smuggling, is seen on a screen via a video link from a remand prison before a court hearing to consider an appeal against...

Images show the exterior of the IK-6 penal colony, where jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny is imprisoned, near the town of Vladimir and about 250 kilometres east of Moscow (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The Penal colony IK-2 is where US' Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, is now serving...

Basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a remote Russian penal colony and has started serving her sentence (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

STOCKSHOTS of the Russian penal colony where basketball star Brittney Griner was held - upon the recent announcement of her release in a prisoner swap (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

"Brittney is doing as well as could be expected and trying to stay strong as she adapts to a new environment," her lawyers said in a statement.

Anne Fogel’s brother Marc and another American Paul Whelan weren’t part of the exchange — a huge blow to their families.