An Assembly bill would have expanded judges' ability to develop diversion programs for defendants trying to reform, but opposition stalled it.

The 2025 Conditions of Confinement report examined several aspects of prison life, from food service to technology to medical ...

Senior IPS officer K Ramachandra Rao faces suspension and inquiry following the surfacing of alleged sleaze videos. The ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil suit of ignoring the mental health needs of a female inmate from Schuylkill ...

The wife of an American citizen freed from Venezuelan prison after year-long detention on alleged espionage charges, reunites with husband in emotional call.

Feds charge Jacksonville woman with assaulting immigration officers in case that Gov. DeSantis and state attorney general ...

Incarcerated women at Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility find purpose and hope by creating their own newspaper.

A court in South Korea sentenced disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on Friday after finding him ...

In the context of Thailand’s upcoming general elections, scheduled for 8 February, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) highlights ...

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A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

Women’s incarceration has increased by more than 600% since 1980, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project. Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in jails or prisons in the ...