Joshua Timothy Lee was arraigned Thursday, Oct. 30, on four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct involving sexual ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17% in a decade, despite leaders' pledges to put fewer women behind bars ...

The roughly $250 million project is likely to bring hundreds of permanent positions and temporary construction jobs.

State prosecutors alleged the former corrections officer engaged in multiple sexual acts with several prisoners while working ...

Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that this is not the first women’s prison in the state of North Dakota.

Former officer Joshua Lee allegedly engaged in multiple sexual acts with several prisoners while working at Women's Huron Valley near Ypsilanti.

A man who worked as a corrections officer at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility allegedly was caught having sex ...

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...

At the Springer Correctional Center in northern New Mexico, women inmates are getting hands-on training in wildland ...