A political prisoner in Cuba was released May 14 amid pressure from the United States and humanitarian groups.

A female prison warden has been charged with raping an inmate holed up inside a men’s jail. Johnesha Rucker, 28, was nabbed ...

Inmates at Ghislaine Maxwell’s low-security prison camp in Texas claim they were transferred to a higher security detention ...

A female inmate in Washington state is suing corrections officials after she says she was brutally attacked by a male-born prisoner housed in a women’s prison under the state’s gender-identity housing ...

From the ‘Queen of Cocaine’ to ‘The Boss,’ these narcas prove that in the hyper-masculine world of Latin-American drug cartels, it is sometimes the women you need to watch.

FLINT, Mich. (WJRT) - Authorities are investigating the death of a female inmate at the Genesee County Jail on Thursday. The Genesee County Sheriff's Office says the woman died from complications of ...

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing an investigation into gender self-identification policies in women’s prisons. The decision comes against the backdrop of ...

The Brooklyn jail holding Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is notorious for housing troubled inmates - as well as some famous ones. The Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC), located in Sunset Park, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A male inmate was put in a holding cell with a female inmate at the Bullitt County jail last month. In a statement, jailer Bryan Whittaker said the incident happened March 26 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two female inmates escaped jail and tried to steal a Shelby County sheriff deputy’s vehicle in the process last week before being taken back into custody, deputies say. Shkita Lewis, ...