Women journalists are increasingly bearing the brunt of an acceleration of global crackdowns on press freedom.

Women charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a slow judicial process and prisons that may lack basic supplies.

Three alleged victims in a sexual gratification case against former La Plata County Jail Cmdr. Edward Aber testified Wednesday at the Colorado State Capitol in support of a bill aimed at preventing ...

March 8, International Women’s Day, is marked worldwide as a day to recognize women’s struggles for justice and equality. In ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says an inmate at the local jail has died after a fight with a fellow inmate two weeks ago. BCSO says the fight happened Feb. 7 at the Bexar ...

Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples with the lowest level of correctional officer staffing in Ohio. The ...

Lansing — Mold is a persistent problem inside Michigan's only prison for women, and employees made bets over whether inmates there would commit suicide, according to testimony presented Tuesday to the ...

A twisted serial sex predator who switched genders on the taxpayer dime while locked up in Canada is pushing to be transferred to a woman’s prison. Manfred Sperling transitioned from a man to a woman ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — A female inmate has died after suffering serious injuries in a self-harm suicide incident that occurred Feb. 15 at the Buchanan County Jail. The Buchanan County Sheriff’s Office ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office is facing a shortage of female deputies in their detention center that is affecting operations and federal compliance. The detention facility ...

COLUMBUS, Ind. — Indiana State Police Versailles Post is investigating an incident at the Bartholomew County Jail which resulted in the hospitalization of a female inmate. At about 1 p.m. Saturday, ...