Having an Afro or dreadlocks can mean solitary confinement. Meanwhile, going with mandated hairstyles may be life-threatening ...

Chow Hang-tung's complaint about clothing directives shows how "legal reasoning and conventions can take us a long way from ...

Getting hitched behind bars can be an important step toward rehabilitation. But inmates should expect long waits, spare ...

Uptown People’s Law Center and Equip for Equality filed a class action lawsuit against IDOC Director Latoya Hughes on behalf ...

Massachusetts law cuts back on the amount of revenue generated by the commissaries at the Commonwealth's correctional ...

Prison authorities have defended their trousers-only rules for female inmates, telling a HK court that they are based on ...

The Taliban morality police in Afghanistan have detained men and their barbers over hairstyles and others for missing prayers ...

The Collector was speaking at a programme arranged for the inmates of the district sub-jail here, distributing certificates to those who completed the training programme in multi-skill trade under ...

OFFICIALS AT SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON ARE INVESTIGATING THE FATAL ATTACK OF INMATE ááJOSEPH MENDOZAááá. IT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT AROUND 6 PM ---STAFF WITNESSED TWO INMATES-ááEDGAR ...

HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland (HMIPS) said a “central repository” should be provided where “difficult to source items” can be requested for trans inmates. It is recommended that ...