Nearly 100 years ago on Nov. 24, 1928, the first federal prison for women in the country, the Federal Industrial Institution, ...

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.

A corrections facility that costs $300 million than expected, and then $300 million more? Eh, not worth our attention.

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

An Afghan teenager who pleaded guilty to taking part in an Oklahoma plot to carry out an Election Day attack has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.