OAKLAND, Calif. — The former warden of an abuse-plagued federal women’s prison known as the “rape club” went on trial Monday, accused of molesting inmates and forcing them…
Read more Ex-prison warden faces trial over inmate abuse allegationsCAIRO — Egypt announced late Thursday the release of 30 political activists from jail, the latest in a series of mass releases from detention amid intensifying international scrutiny…
Read more Egypt announces freedom, mass pardon for 30 jailed activistsALBANY, N.Y. — Sexual assault victims in New York will get a one-time opportunity to sue over their abuse starting Thursday, under a new law expected to bring…
Read more Wave of sex abuse lawsuits seen as NY opens door for victimsA Delaware business owner has been sentenced to 30 days of incarceration for storming the U.S. Capitol after seeing the riot erupt on a Tinder date’s television and…
Read more Man gets jail for joining Capitol riot after Tinder dateDES MOINES, Iowa — An judge on Friday set a hearing for January to consider whether to order prison for an 18-year-old sex-trafficking victim in Iowa who killed…
Read more Hearing for Iowa teen who killed rapist moved to JanuaryDES MOINES, Iowa — An 18-year-old sex trafficking victim who killed her rapist was being held in an Iowa jail Wednesday and could face a prison term after…
Read more Iowa teen who killed rapist being held in jail after escapeHOUSTON — A Texas inmate whose lawyers say has a history of mental illness is set to be executed Wednesday for killing his mother and burying her body…
Read more Texas to execute man for killing mother nearly 20 years agoMANILA, Philippines — Philippine authorities filed murder complaints on Monday against the top prisons official and an aide, accusing them of masterminding the killing of a radio commentator…
Read more Philippine prisons chief charged in journalist’s killingMONTGOMERY, Ala. — A former corrections officer on Friday compared Alabama prisons to a “third world country with a concrete floor” and said he believes federal officials should…
Read more Former officer: Alabama ‘not in control’ of state prisonsIn California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill detainees to chairs for days at a time. In West Virginia, people held…
Read more US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowdingSEATTLE — A divided Washington Supreme Court on Thursday approved a registered sex offender’s application to become an attorney in the state. Zachary Leroy Stevens, 35, has been…
Read more Wash. Supreme Court: Registered sex offender can be a lawyerSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Three former Illinois prison guards face life behind bars after the 2018 fatal beating of a 65-year-old inmate in a case marked by the unpunished…
Read more Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate deathOAKLAND, Calif. — One of five workers accused of sexually abusing inmates at a federal women’s prison in California pleaded guilty on Thursday, prosecutors said. Enrique Chavez entered…
Read more Federal prison worker pleads guilty to inmate sex abuseOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the bureau is refusing to hand over, with…
Read more Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to executeSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Jesús Joya says his brother was “special” — at 45, he was childlike, eager to please. He was as far from a gang…
Read more Prison deaths mount in El Salvador’s gang crackdownNEW ORLEANS — A controversial transfer of juvenile prisoners to a temporary facility at Louisiana’s sprawling high security prison farm for adult convicts involves a shuffle of youths…
Read more Shuffle of juvenile prisoners lands 8 at adult penitentiaryCOLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the death sentence Wednesday for an inmate who argued her attorneys didn’t properly raise in her defense trauma she experienced,…
Read more Death sentence upheld for killer with gender dysphoria claimCAIRO — A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran’s capital injured at least nine people but was extinguished after several…
Read more Iran officials say Tehran prison blaze has been extinguishedMANILA, Philippines — Human rights activists pressed their call Monday for the immediate release of a former Philippine opposition senator after she was taken hostage in a rampage…
Read more Calls mount for Filipino ex-senator freedom after jail riotDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The sound of apparent gunshots and explosions echoed early Monday through the streets of a western Iranian city, one of the hot spots…
Read more Gunfire, blasts in western Iran amid Mahsa Amini protests
