First they had to give birth in custody, then their babies were taken away. Sometimes they never got them back. Here’s what 29 women told the Lost Mothers Project ...

Britain's first purpose built women's prison once stood on the outskirts of a Surrey town. Woking Female Convict Prison opened in 1869 and could hold up to 780 inmates. Until then, prisoners would ...

The number of prison staff being investigated for sexual assault or harassment has surged almost 400 per cent, as a former female inmate reveals she was forced to complain about a “creepy” male ...

Justice Secretary David Lammy will throw his weight behind a major women's justice strategy to better support vulnerable women and stop them committing crimes ...

Tina was 16 years old when she says she was forced to get married. She describes what followed as decades of "relentless" abuse, including being "punched in the face a few times...[and] an incident ...