The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, ...

The rising level of loneliness among Japan’s ageing population is pushing some elderly women to view life in prison as a better alternative to freedom. At Tochigi Women’s Prison, the largest women’s ...

The increasing number of elderly women in Japanese prisons highlights broader social challenges, including poverty and ...

This surprising trend highlights the broader issue of loneliness and economic struggle faced by Japan's elderly ...

“There are even people who say they will pay 20,000 (RM570) or 30,000 yen a month (if they can) live here forever,” Takayoshi ...

Japan is experiencing a surge in elderly female prisoners, with the number of prisoners aged 65 or older nearly quadrupling from 2003 to 2022. This rise comes as elderly women seek companionship and ...

In Japan, some elderly individuals are ready to opt for incarceration to escape loneliness, among other reasons, as ...

A former prison guard was convicted Tuesday of 64 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual battery on nine female prisoners at California’s state prison in Chowchilla. Gregory Rodriguez, 56, sat with ...

Male inmates who were convicted of violent crimes yet were placed in a women's prison based on their gender identity – and then committed sexual offenses – could get access to those incarcerated women ...

Palestinian prisoners released by Israel after three hostages left Hamas captivity in an exchange described conditions in ...

women’s services manager for Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday the goal is to establish a separated housing unit that would ...

A new female inmate at an island prison is abused by fellow convicts and staff, and her disillusionment with the new warden prompts her to join in an attempted breakout and mutiny.