Concerns have been raised by a report into the prison death of a 31-year-old Torquay woman. Amy Cross died three hours after ...

Smith, a 28-year-old woman and inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), was viciously attacked on August 7 ...

Overcrowding and poor healthcare contributed to a 50 per cent increase in prison deaths last year, according to a damning ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As climate change exacerbates the risks of extreme heat across California, the state’s prison officials plan to embark ...

Three more women have claimed they were victims of the state’s most notorious transgender prisoner, a female advocacy group ...

FORT HOOD, Texas (KWTX) - U.S. Army Sgt. Greville Clarke, sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting four women at Fort Hood, was found dead in his prison cell on Sept. 19, the Army confirmed ...

Almost four out of 10 inmates surveyed by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons said it is easy to access drugs. Some prisons ...

The number of women in Tasmanian prisons has dramatically risen by 43 per cent in just two years, with female inmates said to be suffering amid population pressures.

After years of complaints about hot temperatures inside prison cells, California is finally embarking on a plan to cool some cells. But it’s only a test, and it will only help a fraction of inmates.