States are building new women's prisons as addiction, tougher sentencing and high recidivism drive rising incarceration.

Sento, a mother of two, was serving a one-year prison sentence until a few days ago. On this International Women’s Day, her time behind bars has come to an end ...

Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.

Ex-inmate claims Ghislaine Maxwell befriended a convicted murderer in prison while being considered 'the lowest of the low' by fellow inmates at FCI Tallahassee ...

A man who may spend the rest of his life behind bars says it’s where he’s found the most personal freedom. “Seeing gay masculinity presented in context, both through the teenage lens, and the prisoner ...

Carmen Mejia, a Honduran immigrant who was sentenced to life in prison for the 2003 scalding death of an infant in her care, was formally declared innocent in an Austin courtroom on Monday. “I’m now ...

A 42-year-old man from Portage has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually exploiting two ...

"My account of what happened has never changed," the actress insisted in a statement ...

A man who took part in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from elderly victims across 10 states, including one St. Louis ...

An analysis of how systemic neglect, school discipline policies, and adultification bias push Black girls into Louisiana’s juvenile justice system long before adulthood. The article explores the ...

A 52-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in prison for his role in the abduction and sexual assault of a woman from a Huntington Beach street. Florentino Contreras Bacilio of Long ...

A Roanoke woman will spend eight years behind bars in federal prisoN.