The Georgia case was brought on behalf of transgender inmates by the Center for Constitutional Rights after Georgia enacted a law in May banning the use of state money to pay for hormone therapy, ...

A prison building boom is underway across the country as the Government presses ahead with the biggest jail expansion programme since the Victorian ...

The directors and stars of 'Alice,' 'Amal,' 'Amarela,' 'Classroom 4' and 'One Last Round' let us in on their filmmaking ...

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...

The historical and archeological record upends the widespread belief that long-term incarceration belongs to the modern state ...

More than 30 antisemitic incidents were recorded in 2024, including students performing Nazi salutes, drawing hate symbols ...

Throughout California prisons, outdoor showers were condemned, water hoses in kitchen areas discontinued, and garbage disposal usage ceased. Numerous drinking fountains were turned off, and ice ...

THE future of is uncertain as the site has been put on the market by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) who will be accepting bids from potential ...

The Amnesty International report claims detainees at Alligator Alcatraz face punitive punishment and unsanitary living ...

This week the Victorian government passed youth crime laws that will see children face adult courts and sentencing – reforms ...

In 1856, respectable music teacher Celestina Christmas later Celestina Sommer committed one of Victorian London’s most ...

Children as young as 14 years old could spend life in prison for some violent crimes after the Victorian parliament passed a ...