NEW ENGLAND — When the high-pitched noise from a key-cutting machine paused intermittently, the lull of country music could be heard mingling with the whir of sewing machines. A dozen hands of ...

According to the World Prison Brief, there are currently over 733,000 women and girls imprisoned globally. This number continues to rise, increasing at a rate that surpasses the male prison population ...

House Bill 29, legislation that enshrines female inmates' access to feminine hygiene products and showers, lands on Gov. DeWine’s desk for final approval.

California ministry sponsors compromise bill, arguing that “one community’s safety cannot come at the cost of another’s.” In 2008, while Amie Ichikawa was serving her sentence at the Central ...

For many, the experience of going to jail is a nightmare. For an extensive number of women booked into the La Plata County Jail between 2019 and 2024, that nightmare is one they’ve been unable to wake ...

MINDEN, La. -- A unique program for female inmates housed at the Webster Parish jail is teaching skills usually displayed on construction sites predominately by men. Ten female inmates have recently ...

A federal judge has sided with two female inmates who sued a Texas prison that put them in physical danger by forcing them to be housed with male prisoners who identify as women. In an order published ...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a time dedicated to amplifying the voices of survivors and advocating justice. The goal should be not just awareness, but, wherever possible, ...

Jasmyn Flores was in the lieutenant’s office with three male guards. A thin layer of perspiration glued loose flyaways of her long, dark hair to her forehead. Her heart palpitated, beating against the ...

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is taking further action to keep male inmates away from women’s prisons, but ...