A recent Colombian law lets some women walk free from prison – but resuming life is not easy
The law allows female heads of households to serve their sentences outside of prison, in exchange for unpaid community ...
North Texas man sentenced to 15 years in prison after stalking, attacking multiple women
Tyler Wakefield, 27, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a Collin County judge heard "chilling" testimony of his ...
Activists Protest Reopening of Notorious Women's Prison as ICE Facility
"One of our key demands as survivors of the extreme abuse at Dublin has been for the permanent closure of the facility," ...
Lawsuit accuses gynecologist at California women’s prison of abusing patients for years
A lawsuit filed this week alleges that the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women in Chino subjected women to abusive procedures and unwanted exams, with other medical ...
How Illinois' first lady and Willette Benford are giving second chances to women leaving prison
CBS News contributor David Begnaud shows how Willette Benford, who spent 24 years in prison, is working with Illinois first ...
‘Surge’ of violence prompts crackdown in California prison system, officials say
The day before state authorities announced plans to restrict inmate movement and revoke visits and other privileges, three ...
Denver man who targeted women waiting for rides jailed for 290 years
John Pastor-Mendoza kidnapped and assaulted women he met outside bars in Denver by pretending to be the driver on a ...
Crossbow killer who murdered 3 women is sentenced to a whole-life order in UK prison
A former British soldier who pleaded guilty to the murder of three women at their family home north of London has been sentenced to a whole-life order, meaning that he would never be released from pri ...