Some Alabama sex offenders who abuse young children will have to undergo "chemical castration" while on parole, under a new law, but the requirement has prompted legal concerns and appears to be ...

Serious sex offenders could face mandatory chemical castration under plans set to be agreed by the justice secretary to help ease overcrowded prisons. The recommendations from former Tory justice ...

Around 100 jailed paedophiles in British prisons have agreed to undergo chemical castration in a bid to lower the rates of reoffending. Sex offenders at HMP Whatton in Nottingham have signed up to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee now has a controversial bill that was formally introduced last week, aimed at cracking ...

Oklahoma City (AP) - A Republican lawmaker is pushing to add Oklahoma to the list of states in which so-called chemical castration is an option for certain sex offenders, albeit an option that rarely ...

Another day, another announcement of the results of the independent reviews that seem to have become the hallmark of the Starmer Labour government. This time, it is about prison reform and how to deal ...

Harrisburg, Pa. — Three Republican state representatives are urging colleagues to join them in their mission to legalize the castration of convicted child sex offenders. A memo detailing the proposal, ...

At first blush, it sounds barbaric. An Indiana House bill authored by state Rep. Elizabeth Rowray, R-Yorktown, would sanction castration of child sex offenders. But if you dig into the details of the ...