Legislators advance bills for a new prison and to help closed sawmills, but the debates include property taxes.

Too many women are being remanded to custody, including those who are severely mentally unwell who should be receiving treatment in the community, according to a new briefing published today (23 April ...

The chief prison guard removed from Tires women’s prison, where a strike has been called today, is suspected of “sufficiently serious offences” that have led to disciplinary proceedings, according to ...

Junmyung Lee, a 32-year-old Korean man residing in Dedham, was sentenced to one year in prison, to be followed by one year of ...

A women's prison in the UK saw a spike in violence at the same time tofu was taken off the menu. HMP Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire saw an 'increase' in assaults on staff, fights and bullying ...

Black women have long been at the forefront of history, breaking barriers, pioneering movements and shaping the world.

Relatives of Anfal campaign victims visited the ill-reputed Nugra Salman prison near the Iraq-Saudi borders, along with a ...

As President Trump seeks to make good on his campaign pledge of removals of migrants, the U.S. immigration detention system ...

On his cell phone, detectives found more than 600 images of minors engaged in sexual conduct, including children under age 12 ...

Another smuggled drugs behind bars for her locked-up lover while others had relationships with inmates who were jailed for murder. These are the female prison officers and bosses who were supposed to ...

The law is challenging for the courts and the Irish Prison Service, he believes, since there is, potentially, a safety issue for women inmates housed alongside a male-bodied prisoner. Currently, a pre ...