Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...

The number of people dying by suicide inside North Carolina state prisons is raising alarms. Three men died in January, a loss of life that ties the record for suicides inside state prisons in a ...

For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security prison facility in Chino, has been abusing his patients, according to a civil lawsuit ...

A Henderson County woman will spend at least 10 years in prison for killing her boyfriend, according to officials.

A Pittsburgh man was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 25 years in prison for his conviction of sex trafficking.

One of President Trump's first executive orders impacts transgender inmates incarcerated in federal facilities. It's just one in a series of actions signed by Trump that target the trans community.

KHADEJEH NIKOUYEH Knikouyeh@charlotteobserver.com The number of people dying by suicide inside North Carolina state prisons is raising alarms. Three men died in January, a loss of life that ties ...

Chief prisons inspector Charlie Taylor has urged for more to be done urgently to help women behind bars cope (Andrew Milligan/PA) A lack of “basic care” for women in prisons causes such ...

By Shaila Dewan and Amy Harmon President Trump has ordered federal prisons to house inmates who are transgender women in men’s facilities and halt medical treatments related to gender transition.