Escalating political pressure on electoral authorities threatens Hondurans’ right to vote in free and fair elections.

Historically, women receive far shorter prison sentences for the same crimes as men. And yet, here are a few examples of women serving the longest prison sentences ever.

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegras, 32, faces a maximum of 20 years in prison after he pled guilty to illegal reentry of a removed ...

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Human Rights Watch and Cristosal report 252 Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. to El Salvador’s CECOT prison faced torture, disappearances, and abuse.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison in connection with a shootout that killed two women last year in Independence, prosecutors announced this week. Namphonh ...

There is a "clear commitment to improvement and innovation" at Europe's largest women's prison despite ongoing challenges, an inspection has found. An unannounced visit to HMP Bronzefield in Surrey in ...

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Honduras may appear as a small country in the Western Hemisphere, but the election on Nov. 30 carries outsize strategic weight. At stake is whether Honduras becomes a robust U.S. partner in ...

A new safe house is opening in Rockford, Illinois, to support women returning from prison. The facility will provide housing, treatment, and employment services to help women reintegrate into society.

The attorney representing the Jane Does plans to appeal the decision. The lawsuit named the governor and more than three dozen people with the state prison system, from the director to corrections ...