The Trump administration's sweeping new antiabortion-related restrictions on foreign aid has had a chilling effect on ...

These rules aim to ensure safety, security and respect for human dignity, offering clear benchmarks for prison staff. Despite ...

But in 1908, 39 years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, there was Jack Johnson -- the first black man to hold the world heavyweight championship. Johnson is ...

Dozens gathered for a vigil outside Michigan's only women's prison to remember the four prisoners who've died since May and call for an investigation.

Hoath's death was one of four sudden deaths between May 13 and July 2 involving inmates at Women's Huron Valley Correctional ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. – Families and community members gathered outside the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility, demanding answers after four women died at the prison over the past two months ...

A new home for formerly incarcerated women is one of a handful in the state to help the women reenter society.

Two Ghanaian nationals have asked the International Criminal Court to examine years of xenophobic violence in South Africa.

Mwendwa Kilatya, a former inmate, secure university admission with help from the magistrate who sentenced him, turning a new ...

As immigration surges in the country, activists are going to extreme lengths to expel foreign nationals, often taking the law ...

While parliament heard horror stories about SA's prisons on Tuesday, a convicted bandit escaped custody in the Western Cape — only to be found dead hours later. The Department of Correctional Services ...