Justice and Correctional Services minister, Nelson Ramaotwana, says Botswana Prisons Service (BPS) needs a budget ofP860,008,240 to cover operational and rehabilitation of inmates, the funds he feels ...

Australian gas exploration and production company Botala Energy has secured a mining licence (ML0052/2025) for its Serowe coal bed methane (CBM) project in Botswana. This licence, granted under ...

Sunny with a high of 76 °F (24.4 °C). Winds E at 12 mph (19.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 6 to 11 mph (9.7 to 17.7 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C). Mostly cloudy today ...

Two U.S. lawmakers have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold an “urgent” hearing about the Trump administration’s decision to hold detained migrants — many of whom are seeking ...

From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...

WASHINGTON – In a video circulated last weekend by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, the new inmates of his infamous Terrorism Confinement Center were shackled by the hands and feet and yanked ...

The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these facilities as part of its mass deportation effort. The Trump administration is expected to use thousands more beds in these ...

To make a direct call to Botswana From South Africa, you need to follow the international dialing format given below. The dialing format is same for calling Botswana mobile or land line from South ...

Thousands of corrections officers at dozens of prisons have been protesting working conditions in wildcat strikes across the state. By Jan Ransom At Adirondack Correctional Facility near the ...

A pungent smell of detergent and rotten food hits me as we walk through this enormous high-security prison. Inmates press themselves up against the bars to look at us. There are no smiles, only ...