A BRITISH pensioner held hostage by the Taliban has described Afghanistan’s most notorious prison as “the nearest thing to ...

I’ll be thinking of those 3,499 women in England and Wales who will be spending the day in prison. There will be colourful displays in prison libraries with pictures of Marie Curie, Oprah and ...

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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 ...

Tucked away in the Central Valley, Central California Women's Facility sits off Highway 99 between Fresno and Merced. Farmland surrounds much of the prison, and visitors are rare. The 640-acre ...

As the city of Indianapolis takes steps to redevelop the long-vacant Indiana Women's Prison property, a Near Eastside group has started a separate project to tell former inmates' stories.

The sentence ends a bizarre saga in which Range Rover-riding Brian Rodriguez, 36, in 2024 not only rented out rooms in the ...

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Maggie, a naive sixteen-year-old sent to prison, becomes the subject of a power play between rival cellmates, Cat and Brucie, over which one will be her "johnnie." She finds friendship with Angel, a ...

There were 26 women who were pregnant in custody last year, while five babies were born during their mother’s incarceration, new figures have shown. The Irish Prison Service said expectant ...

It's still the only one in a female prison in the state. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A new program at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center — the first of its kind — is preparing women ...