Teen Who Raped, Strangled and Brutalized 2 Girls Was Facing 7 Decades in Prison — Then a Judge Let Him Walk Free

Jesse Butler, who comes from a prominent family, pleaded no contest to rape, attempted rape and strangulation assault among ...

'Puncher' sentenced to 7 years in prison just one month after arrest

Derek Rucker, 37, was featured in a Chicago Sun-Times series about mentally ill people who attack people in public places in ...

Number of women in jail soars, despite global push to cut numbers

The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17% in a decade, despite leaders' pledges to put fewer women behind bars ...

Arkansas women try to smuggle drugs into Federal Prison in Grant Parish

GRANT PARISH, La. (KALB) - Two women from Arkansas were arrested for trying to smuggle drugs into the Federal Prison in Grant ...

Alabama prison officials arrest two women for producing dangerous synthetic drug

Two Birmingham-area women are under arrest by state prison officials on drug charges. A search warrant at a Hoover home on Wednesday turned up 4 pounds of flakka and a flakka manufacturing lab. Later ...

Man arrested, suspected of passing contraband to inmate at women's prison

In a coordinated effort on Nov. 5, 2025, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) and the Montgomery Police Department ...

Inside Texas' pregnancy care in prison: Where women such as Kristina Chambers stay and are treated

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...

Man charged after break-in at women's prison in Kitchener

A 28-year-old Kitchener man is facing multiple charges after police say he allegedly broke into Grand Valley Institution for ...