The Department of Justice (DOJ) has instructed inspectors to stop evaluating prison standards for stopping sexual violence ...

For too many women, prison is “as good as it gets”. New research based on interviews with 80 female prisoners in Western Australia reveals most of these women were “criminalised” by circumstances ...

2nd sex abuse trial for former FCI Dublin correctional officer Darrell "Dirty Dick" Smith starts Tuesday. Women who were at the prison hope witnesses are treated better this time around. Smith is the ...

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas correctional facility for women with special needs, following claims of sexual ...

California ministry sponsors compromise bill, arguing that “one community’s safety cannot come at the cost of another’s.” In 2008, while Amie Ichikawa was serving her sentence at the Central ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with fear and anguish that still haunt her. She nearly lost parental rights ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Antanina Kanavalava says her four years in a Belarusian penal colony as a political prisoner were filled with a fear and anguish that still haunts her. She nearly lost parental ...

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