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

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, ...

The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., Kappa Upsilon Omega Chapter visited the female inmates at the Aiken County detention center on March 20. Members of the sorority's Uplift Our Local ...