It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

His case is a testament to the necessity of compassionate release policies. A Justice Policy Institute report exposes ...

A woman will be required to pay over $100,000 in restitution and spend several years in prison for multiple cases of financially exploiting elderly victims.

United States President Donald Trump has ordered federal prisons to transfer inmates who are transgender women to men’s facilities and stop medical treatments related to gender transition.

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.

Rhonda Fleming, a female inmate in Texas, welcomed the decision after her failed legal battle to exclude trans women from women’s prisons, citing fears for her safety. Fleming claimed some male ...

In his latest assault on transgender Americans, President Donald Trump has ordered federal prisons to house transgender women in men’s facilities ... for trans women inmates to cease, ordering ...

The five incarcerated Missouri men — three from the Kansas City area — were serving sentences ranging from 10 months to nearly six years. On Monday, Todd was in a prison in Kentucky ...

Trans inmates didn't always have that choice. Previously, people were automatically assigned to men's or women's prisons based on their sex at birth. Then, in 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

The inmates who work inside federal prisons want the right to unionize like other public servants. The Canadian Prisoners’ Labour ConFederation (CPLC) and its president, Jeff Ewert, say the ...

Seven men have been incarcerated in Lancaster County Prison on a series of unrelated sexual assault charges since the beginning of the year. The charges involve incidents in Lancaster city ...