A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

More than two dozen incarcerated men were invited to participate in the father-daughter dance based on good behavior.

At some point during her writing workshops, Jennifer Eli Bowen tells her students to remember the teachers who encouraged or inspired them to become writers. Top of the list for untold numbers of ...

Africans brought to the Thirteen Colonies faced hardships and resisted slavery in their quest for freedom. Untold is a free collection of short, compelling, history videos and animations designed to ...

A Philadelphia woman who shot and killed a pregnant woman in a Wawa parking lot last year was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in a state prison. Evelena Williams, 31, of the 2500 block of South 61st ...

Australian Darcy Jenson will experience his “most memorable Christmas yet”, but for all the “wrong reasons” as he sits in isolation in Bali’s toughest jail on December 25.

According to Save the Children in Somalia, three horrific acts of violence against children occurred in the country during ...

A women’s rights organization is seeking permission from the Federal Court to challenge the government’s policy allowing transgender women to be housed in female prisons, arguing that it puts women at ...

At least 800 drug mules have been caught at UK airports this year - with Thailand's relaxation of drug laws sparking a surge ...

Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in U.S. jails or prisons. By 2023, that number was roughly 186,000, according ...

Family members of prisoners experience a form of incarceration themselves through strict rules, surveillance and emotional ...