In May 2018, Ruby McPeters was eight months pregnant when she was booked into Hood County jail on a probation violation.

Exactly one month into his term, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed a formerly incarcerated person to manage the facility.

After two days of testimony, a Fort Myers judge considers class action and injunction on detainee legal access at Alligator ...

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them.

Patsy King, the Australian actress who has died aged 95, found a worldwide audience as Erica Davidson in Prisoner, the soap ...

A young mountain lion causes a stir in upscale San Francisco neighborhood Pacific Heights, prompting a collaborative effort ...

Some members of the group are awaiting trial; some are serving short sentences. In the meantime, with little else to do, they have intense discussions about literature. By Liz Krieger The plastic ...

RAPID CITY — The state Department of Corrections, which has struggled to maintain workers in the past, must hire 133 staff members for the new women's prison here as it takes a new approach to drug ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

For decades, Gaza has been at the center of unending conflict. But beyond the explosions and headlines, there’s a deeper reality: widespread poverty, political deadlock, and generations growing up ...