States are building new women's prisons as addiction, tougher sentencing and high recidivism drive rising incarceration.

Scammer posed as ‘well-known adult film star’ to defraud NFL and NBA players online from behind bars, feds say - Kwamaine ...

A 19-year-old Prospect Heights man accused of sexually assaulting a former classmate during a graduation party in June should remain behind bars in the DuPage County jail while awaiting trial, a ...

GRINDING out a jail sentence is hard enough without having to brush up against some of the most demonic killers in British ...

The lives of female prisoners in the 19th Century and those experiencing the criminal justice system today are not dissimilar ...

As International Women’s Day approaches, women continue to be a fundamental part of Latin America’s organized crime groups ...

An Akron man will spend at least two decades behind bars after pleading guilty to kidnapping and raping a Springfield ...

Oklahoma man arrested after Fort Smith stabbing; victim seriously injured and suspect has a documented violent history.

Charlotte stabbing case reignites debate over repeat offenders as accused man's extensive criminal history spanning multiple ...

Hunter Diel, 26, pleaded guilty to one count of strangulation in the 2nd degree, assault in the 4th degree, and being a ...

The Alabama Solution,” a smuggled cellphone chronicle of inmate deaths, sexual abuse and deplorable conditions inside what ...