The investigative minds at How to Survive investigate harsh Russian prison environments and the survival strategies inmates ...

U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions ...

WASHINGTON – Wearing his only well-fitted suit, Harold Jezler pushed through a crowd of government officials, journalists and executives inside a ballroom blocks from the White House. The ...

Russia, which has a massive prison network inherited from Soviet labour camps, has one of the world's largest convict populations, though that number has been decreasing in the last 20 years. View on ...

When a nation faces a massive crisis, every available resource is pulled into the fight. Everyday life shifts, and sometimes the most desperate people are the first ones called to step forward.

A better cell, a hospital stay or early release -- everything can be bought in Russian jails, as corruption revelations have shown. Yelena Fedoseyeva, a former inmate at Prison Camp No. 7 near the ...