A.D. Lewis, an attorney at the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit law firm that focuses on constitutional protections for trans people, estimates there are fewer than 10 trans women in federal women’s ...

A bearded neo-Nazi thrown behind bars in Germany for inciting hatred has legally changed his name and gender in an apparent bid to be transferred to a women’s prison — because he’s afraid of ...

A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.

Japanese Americans held in prison camps were allowed to return home. But much of what they'd left behind was gone: homes, ...

She was sentenced to 60 years in prison. While she was serving her sentence in the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, she took advantage of several opportunities to learn and grow her ...

Mark Radke, serving 25 years to life for killing Jeffrey Rudiger, maintains innocence after 34 years in prison.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015. (Stan Lim/The Press-Enterprise via AP,File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California woman was sentenced Monday to ...

"The Emperor has no clothes." These are the words that went through my mind the first time my client, Mozzy Clark, recounted the abuse she endured at the hands of a man she was forced to share a ...

Male inmates who were convicted of violent crimes yet were placed in a women's prison based on their gender identity – and then committed sexual offenses – could get access to those incarcerated women ...

Judge O’Toole's order allows Moe to remain in a female prison and continue hormone therapy, placing the biological rights and safety of female inmates at risk. Critics argue that this ruling ...

A heartless California serial killer eerily sang road tunes in court while his victims’ families gave impact statements ...