Pakistani security forces exchanged gunfire on Wednesday with hundreds of separatist militants as they sought to free about ...

The author said her legislation would allow prisons to continue what they have probably been doing all along but would codify privacy and safety protections for inmates and others.

A federal appeals court has tossed an Amarillo woman’s death sentence after it found that local prosecutors had failed to ...

Brittany Hall was indicted by a federal grand jury and charged with sexually abusing female inmates at Chicago’s MCC — including, The Post is told, Heather Mack.

Discover the surprising truth about women on death row in Texas, where gender, race, and ethnicity don't shield individuals ...

Israel has cut off the electricity supply to Gaza. The move has affected a desalination plant producing drinking water for part of the arid territory.

One woman was tutoring other former inmates in a post-prison program, helping them get better grades when a staff member urged her into another program that would help her with her own education.

Five of the seven women are classified as suffering “forced disappearance,” their exact whereabouts and condition unknown.

A majority of incarcerated individuals will one day return to live in the community ...

Wyoming passed a new law banning trans people from using facilities matching their gender this week.

A female correctional officer was accused of sexually abusing four women who were inmates at a downtown correctional center ...

The Winnebago-Boone County Integrity Task Force is investigating after an inmate is found unresponsive in the jail.