Women charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a slow judicial process and prisons that may lack basic supplies.

Judges rejected a transgender woman's complaint that her court-ordered placement in an all-gender treatment facility is ...

The lives of female prisoners in the 19th Century and those experiencing the criminal justice system today are not dissimilar, a charity worker has said. An exhibition at Newcastle Cathedral is ...

Female prisoners are being treated as “pawns for political gain”, a lawyer has said at the start of a legal hearing over the Scottish Government’s policy on the treatment of transgender prisoners. The ...

Sento, a mother of two, was serving a one-year prison sentence until a few days ago. On this International Women’s Day, her ...

Matthew Roy stands in front of the Maine Correctional Center last month. His wife, Katie Mountain, is one of several women ...

Four female inmates from a Goodyear prison were hospitalized Sunday morning after suffering seizures. The exact cause of the seizures was from illicit drug use, according to the ADCRR. An additional ...

The number of self-harm incidents at a women's prison in Surrey has increased by nearly 20% in a year, a report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said a high turnover of prisoners at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007 (photo credit: RONEN ...

A RECORD 40 female lags are sleeping on the floor in Irish jails due to overcrowding. The prisoners must kip on mattresses ...

Canada’s prison service is converting a historic heritage building in downtown Edmonton from a prison for men into one for ...