The volunteer-led program at a federal prison in Truro, N.S., brings the game of chess to inmates and offers skills that could help them in their rehabilitation.

"Inmates would always say if the public ever found out what the women's federal penitentiary was all about, there would be a ...

Her aunt sent her a copy of Prison Legal News magazine, and she began reading of prison happenings and legislation. In the ...

One such friend was Patricia Wernert, who began her incarceration in 1976 on an aggravated murder charge and was originally ...

Prewitt will celebrate one year of freedom in December after her commutation from former Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. She's now ...

Whether a 14-year-old protester or an anti-war artist, anyone deemed critical of Putin's regime can be locked up for years in ...

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Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

Money from the funds is not supposed to be spent on prison operations, but the MDOC has an expansive definition of spending ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is serving a 50-month sentence for prostitution-related convictions, was pictured in a gray pullover and matching sweatpants in his first video from federal prison.

Sending women who get abortions to prison for decades. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization. These are ...

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has filed criminal charges in Shannon County against three members of the Shannon ...