As World War II reshaped rural Iowa, German prisoners of war became an essential labor force, and, in some cases, unexpected ...

A men's work camp at the Darwin prison has been adapted into a dedicated women's facility. Female prisoners will move into the new accommodation next week, but those with high security ratings will ...

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance rejected a sex discrimination challenge to the prison dress code on Tuesday. Judge Russell Coleman held that male and female prisoners face incomparable ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil suit of ignoring the mental health needs of a female inmate from Schuylkill ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest held on Friday in a Rio de Janeiro prison, during an event designed to ...

Marie West, a World War II veteran and longtime Monument resident, died Jan. 25, less than three weeks shy of what would have been her 103rd birthday, according to her family. West passed away ...

The state Department of Corrections, which has struggled to maintain workers in the past, must hire 133 staff members for the new women's prison in Rapid City as it takes a new approach to drug ...