The Ministry of Justice can't explain more than half of the disproportionate representation of Māori women among those sentenced to prison.

Pregnant women prisoners are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?

Unlike some other states, Vermont’s Department of Corrections does not hire chaplains. That leaves it up to volunteers and outside organizations to provide religious and spiritual support for the ...

The SC ruled that women prisoners cannot be excluded from open jails on vague security grounds, deeming it gender discrimination and unconstitutional.

In this Feb. 27, 2015 photo, elderly inmates stand in line for their breakfast against a wall decorated with religious icons and art work created by the inmates at Lurigancho men’s prison in Lima, ...

A record 18 female prison officers were dismissed in 2025 for having illicit relationships with prisoners, according to the Ministry of Justice. The figure was disclosed to The Sun following a ...

Ghana has called on Russia to extradite the man, who is accused of recording sexual encounters without consent.

A court on Wednesday sentenced a hospital director to six years in prison for murder after he and a surgeon performed a cesarean section on a woman who had sought an abortion at 36 weeks pregnant and ...

Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the ...

We tracked reports and contacted police and prosecutors for a deeper look at the situation across UK.

President Donald Trump gave conflicting signs today in a series of remarks about the Iran war strategy. In an interview, he said the war is nearly over but later told House Republicans that “we ...

Government officials want to know why a convicted rapist was granted day release last summer - a decision which allowed him to go on the run and attack a Sheffield woman.