If a woman is pregnant at the time she is sentenced to incarceration, the bill mandates that the court include a term of ...

Alabama bill allows pregnant women to defer incarceration and provide postpartum care for 12 weeks, with probation until that ...

It goes to the House, which passed a similar bill last year, the What is a Woman Act by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover.

Right groups call on the Saudi government to give the Leeds University PhD candidate 'her full freedom', including the right ...

A federal appeals court has upheld singer R. Kelly's racketeering convictions and a 30-year prison sentence, finding he ...

Each of the incarcerated women had pleaded guilty and received suspended prison sentences while they attend drug court ... the John Jay/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting ...

like women's razors and hair care, is on hold at at least one federal prison in Texas, according to sources who spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity. Earlier this week, NPR obtained a copy of ...

The Princess visited the women's prison in Wilmslow, Cheshire, to highlight the importance of strong, loving and consistent mother and baby relationships to a child's development, even in the most ...

The review detailed how many prison officers are inexperienced and lack training, and end up in a “vicious cycle” where they spend a lot of time helping women in crisis that they are unable to ...