A plane transporting prisoners from Auckland to Christchurch was forced to turn around after one of those onboard damaged an ...

In a report published following a review of four female jails, chief prisons inspector Charlie Taylor said this lack of "basic care" is causing such distress that inmates are resorting to harming ...

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More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

Over 150 women were raped and killed during a mass jailbreak in Congo's Goma, as inmates set fire to the prison. The incident occurred during clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese forces.

Women in prisons are enduring a daily nightmare of abuse, neglect, and despair, a new study has revealed. It amplifies pleas for dignity and humane treatment. “They treat us like we’re nothing,” one ...

By Shaila Dewan and Amy Harmon President Trump has ordered federal prisons to house inmates who are transgender women in men’s facilities and halt medical treatments related to gender transition.

Hundreds of female prisoners were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak in the Congolese city of Goma. On January 27, hundreds of prisoners broke out of Munzenze prison, after the M23 rebel group ...

including women and children, from Ofer Prison west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The release took place late Sunday night into Monday morning, marking the first phase of the ceasefire ...