A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas ...

Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzmán, 68, has been serving his life sentence since 2019 at the United States Penitentiary, ...

Former "Chrisley Knows Best" star Julie Chrisley weighs in on Ghislaine Maxwell's alleged preferential treatment in federal ...

Her aunt sent her a copy of Prison Legal News magazine, and she began reading of prison happenings and legislation. In the ...

One such friend was Patricia Wernert, who began her incarceration in 1976 on an aggravated murder charge and was originally ...

The decision to close the facility, at least temporarily, “is not easy, but is absolutely necessary,” Director William K.

Venezuela is entering one of its most repressive periods in years, rights monitors say, as President Nicolás Maduro faces ...

The Uganda Prisons Service (UPS) has completed a modern housing facility for female inmates at Luzira Women Prison, marking a significant milestone in the country's ongoing efforts to ease congestion ...

Instead, Ms Ní Mhurchú was outraged because a small cohort of prisoners on temporary release were classed as violent ...

Tasneem al-Hams says she was used by Israeli prison guards to pressure her detained doctor father during interrogations ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling ...