It once housed the most notorious women prisoners, including Myra Hindley and Rosemary West, but many thousands who passed through Holloway Prison’s gates were in fact failed by society, a new exhibition will show. Thirty former inmates have shared their rehabilitation, and
Rules coming into force tomorrow will stop transgender women offenders who have committed violent or sexual crimes being locked up with female prisoners in England and Wales. The new rules mean any inmate with male genitalia will be barred from living alongside women
After facing pressure to intervene in the transfer of a transgender convicted rapist to an all-women’s prison, Scotland’s government has decided to stop transferring such inmates with a history of violence against women to its all-female prison, according to reports. The Agence
A former prisoner has described how she had a contraceptive coil fitted while in jail to avoid becoming pregnant if she was raped as she shared a shower block with transgender inmates. Amanda Benson, 41, accused Nicola Sturgeon of “serving up women
Isla Bryson was convicted this week of raping two women before her transition of rape on Wednesday (Image: PA) Fears have erupted that transgender rapist Isla Bryson could be in the “care suite” of a women’s jail in Scotland, where inmates share
A US court will hear arguments today on whether a newly organised firing squad or the old electric chair are legal ways to execute inmates in the state, which has been unable to obtain drugs for lethal injections A lower court judge
At least seven people have reportedly been killed in a shootout in Mexico, as authorities are trying to track down dozens of escaped inmates following a violent and deadly uprising at a prison near the Texas border. Mexican officials say 17 have been