A 15-year-old Florida boy has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the beating and rape of a 91-year-old woman.

Maryland lawmakers debate reforming medical and geriatric parole programs, considering early release for elderly and seriously ill inmates.

Maryland lawmakers are divided on whether to clear the path for elderly and seriously ill inmates to more easily seek early ...

An 81-year-old woman in Japan, identified as Akiyo, deliberately committed theft to secure a place in prison, highlighting ...

An 81-year-old Japanese woman, Akiyo, commits crimes intentionally to avoid loneliness and receive stable living conditions ...

Akiyo said there are good people in Tokyo’s Tochigi Women’s Prison and that she feels life is a bit stable behind bars.

Akiyo was lodged in Tochigi Women's Prison, Japan's largest women's prison, located north of Tokyo. It houses nearly 500 ...

Government figures from 2022 reveal that more than 80 percent of elderly female inmates were incarcerated for theft, with the number of inmates aged 65 and above nearly four times higher than in 2003.

Photo: AFP Several of the freed inmates were hoisted onto the crowd’s shoulders, including an elderly man who raised his crutches ... of the Red Cross in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners ...

Two Salinas Valley State Prison inmates have been convicted of first-degree murder after fatally stabbing a fellow inmate, the office of Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni ...

Japan’s largest women’s prison, north of Tokyo, a facility which houses about 500 inmates, one in five of whom are elderly. Staff at the penitentiary offer its elderly population assistance ...