A new federal bill aims to protect pregnant women held in prisons and jails

Her bill also would direct the National Institute of Corrections to provide education and technical assistance to state and local correctional facilities to train staff on the dangers of putting pregnant women in restrictive housing and restraints. And it would require a study of policies covering the care of pregnant women in those facilities. The … Read more

New York’s new jails boss once served time in a cell block he now oversees

NEW YORK — Stanley Richards knows how bleak life can be at Rikers Island, New York City’s notorious jail complex. As a young man, he spent two years locked up there for robbery. Now, he runs the place as the city’s new Department of Correction commissioner. In January, Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped Richards to become … Read more

Kenyan court jails Chinese man in ant-smuggling case

A Kenyan court on Wednesday ordered a Chinese man to pay a fine of 1 million shillings ($7,746) and gave him a 12-month jail term for trying to smuggle live ants out of the country. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The magistrate in the case … Read more

Homan warns Spanberger blocking access to Virginia jails could force more ICE street operations: ‘Do the job’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, blasted Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger over her policies surrounding federal immigration officials and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer requests that have been ignored by the state under her leadership.  Homan sat down with Fox News Digital for … Read more

Exiled activist Anna Kwok vows to keep fighting after Hong Kong jails her father

WASHINGTON — A prominent Hong Kong activist in exile in the U.S. said a court ruling back in Hong Kong to imprison her father for eight months has only made her more determined to fight for the territory and its people. “I think obviously the (Hong Kong) government wants to use guilt, wants to use … Read more