From inside a women’s prison in Oklahoma, a domestic violence survivor began collecting other prisoners’ stories of abuse.

A former Hygiene fire captain was sentenced Friday to 55 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting five women, two of ...

A bill that would allow pregnant women sentenced to incarceration to defer their sentences until after the birth of their ...

Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples ...

City leaders and stakeholders have begun soliciting input and considering options but recognize that years of planning lie ...

Taiwanese drama Sunshine Women’s Choir topped Malaysia’s box office earlier this month, marking the strongest showing by a Taiwanese film here in ...

Michigan's only women's prison faces scrutiny over mold, poor medical care, and inmate deaths. Some state lawmakers are demanding action.

The new Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women is designed as a “more humane” replacement to an embattled facility closing after 112 years in operation.

U.N. officials urged Afghan authorities to rescind the decree, which also criminalizes criticism of the de facto leadership ...

The department's own numbers show it has fewer wheelchairs than the number of inmates with prescriptions for them, says ...

Months after a woman in state custody died from a treatable infection, Michigan lawmakers from both parties raised concerns over what they described as systemic failures at the Huron Valley ...

Former employees and whistleblowers testified Tuesday before a House Oversight Committee hearing in Lansing, raising serious ...