At New York’s Green Haven lockup, student barbers must overcome their machismo — and annoyance — to sharpen their craft.

Mohagany Foster, Aaliyah Straite, and Toyia Dockery are transgender women who spent time in North Carolina men's prisons. They have spoken out about their experiences. This is the first of three ...

NEW DELHI, April 16 (Reuters) - (This April 16 story has been refiled to fix the byline and the dateline format) India's government launched a bid to overhaul its democratic system on Thursday, ‌with ...

Prison reform advocates are ringing the alarm bells about the conditions at a state correctional facility after several recent deaths. It just might not be the one you’re thinking of. Activists and ...

NEW DELHI, April 17 (Reuters) - An Indian government bill to expand assemblies that would have brought forward plans to reserve a third of the seats for women did not get enough votes to get through ...

The upcoming podcast “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy Prison” investigates the crisis of aging prisoners in Pennsylvania. Caption: The podcast “Dying on the Inside: Women Lifers at Muncy ...

COLUMBIA — A bill that would allow pregnant women convicted of non-violent crimes to defer their prison sentence until after they give birth recently passed the S.C. Senate. The CARE Act would allow ...

California recently agreed to a $1.9 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by 13 currently and formerly incarcerated women who alleged prison staff violently assaulted them in retaliation ...

MUMBAI -Celebrity hairstylist Aalim Hakim talked about the legacy of his late father Hakim Kairanvi, revealing how his final haircut for megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the 1985 film ‘Mard’ went on to ...

Surveillance footage newly obtained by KQED sheds light on a mass use-of-force incident at the Central California Women’s Facility in 2024. The incident resulted in discipline for more than 40 staff ...

The claim that Iran planned to execute eight women by hanging is still under investigation. The rumor gained popularity after U.S. President Donald Trump shared it on Truth Social alongside an appeal ...