Just a few months back, Leia, a stray Pitbull mix, was found roaming around Neville Island without tags or signs of an owner.

Fifty-four women and their families sued county jails alleging dangerous conditions behind bars. These are their stories.

Supervisors want action after Mission Local reported that women held in a San Francisco jail were allegedly strip searched en ...

ATHENS — One morning in the courthouse, Selina Watts messaged her boss in tears. Drug court demanded another test, and she wouldn’t make it to work on time. She feared the job she’d just landed would ...

After years of criticism, calls for change and the installation of a new warden, there are still problems with serious ...

LONDON, Dec 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17% in a decade, despite leaders' pledges to put fewer women behind bars for petty crimes and the ...

A strip search of a woman in the La Plata County jail usually went like this: undress, lift your right breast so a deputy can look underneath. Lift your left breast. Show behind your ears, in your ...

Fifty-four women and their families sued county jails alleging dangerous conditions behind bars. Here is a look at their cases.