Qarchak Prison, located southeast of Tehran, is Iran's largest women's detention center. Calls to close the facility have ...

In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up ...

This is the first installment in a new InvestigateWest series called “Guarded by Predators,” exposing rape and abuse by Idaho ...

The decision sends the state back to the drawing board, the latest setback in a yearslong effort to build a new women’s prison.

California Institution for Women received bachelor's degrees through Cal State LA's Prison Graduation Initiative, marking the ...

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The Montana Department of Corrections last week issued a request for communities across the state to say whether they are interested in hosting a new women’s prison after months of discussions over ...

That’s the way Butte-Silver Bow will respond to a “Request for Information” the Montana Department of Corrections sent in its ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from The Illinois Department of Corrections. Seven women filed federal lawsuits Wednesday against Logan Correctional Center staff members they said ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Two years after its groundbreaking, Governor Larry Rhoden toured the new women’s prison in Rapid City on Monday. The medium-security facility, located on North Creek Drive ...

Morrison has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attacking the female prison officer [Norfolk Police] A man has been jailed for attacking a female prison officer after she finished her shift. The ...

Ms Allan has refused to make any public comment on the placement of the sex offender, anonymised in court records as Hilary Maloney, who was arrested after he agreed to become the “slave” of an ...