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 ...

Women make up about 10% of Singapore’s prison population. And inside the walls of Institution A4, at the Changi Prison Complex, are about 800 female inmates, incarcerated for various offences.

Female Prison Officer locking a Cell Door Using a Metal Padlock in a Jail in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Close Up. Full HD. Female prisoners stand behind metal bars in prison cells, give ...

A Hong Kong government lawyer has urged a court to dismiss an activist’s judicial challenge against a prison rule barring women inmates from wearing shorts in summer, saying individual ...

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 ...

An exclusive excerpt of Acid Queen by Susannah Cahalan, which tells the untold story of Rosemary Leary and her life with the ...

Australia's adult female prison population has increased by almost a third over the past decade. Advocates say there is a lack of gender-specific support to help women as they transition back into ...