Female ex-political prisoners from a Belarusian penal colony describe freezing cells, rotten food, psychological abuse, and ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling ...

Italy's parliament on Tuesday approved a law that punishes femicide with life in prison. The vote coincided with the ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is closing a California lockup that was once home to Al Capone and Charles Manson over concerns about crumbling infrastructure, including falling concrete that threatens ...

The decision to close the facility, at least temporarily, “is not easy, but is absolutely necessary,” Director William K.

After being sentenced to more than 10 years in state prison, Kristina Chambers will join the small population of incarcerated expectant mothers. For pregnant women spending time in prison, the Texas ...

INDIANA — Discussions about how to reduce crime are constantly happening in communities across the state of Indiana. One nonprofit that works in women’s correctional facilities in Indianapolis, ...

A new safe house is opening in Rockford, Illinois, to support women returning from prison. The facility will provide housing, treatment, and employment services to help women reintegrate into society.

The attorney representing the Jane Does plans to appeal the decision. The lawsuit named the governor and more than three dozen people with the state prison system, from the director to corrections ...

Incarcerated women in Massachusetts will now have the chance to further their education and lower recidivism rates. Boston College is working with the Massachusetts Department of Correction to expand ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A $500 million lawsuit claiming Michigan’s women’s prison was engaging in “state-sponsored voyeurism” has been dismissed. Washtenaw County Probate Judge Julia B. Owdziej granted ...

Gov. Phil Murphy and other officials broke ground this week on a new women’s prison in Burlington County that will replace Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, the state’s only women’s prison. The new ...