Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

When the Bureau of Justice Statistics released the first-ever national look at reproductive issues in state and federal prisons in April, it answered some long-standing questions, while raising a few ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans ...

More than two dozen women in Idaho prisons say guards have sexually abused them and faced little or no consequences, according to new reporting. The nonprofit newsroom InvestigateWest found at least ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A 39-year-old woman in Ohio found guilty of raping an infant was sentenced to life in prison. Kristina Jacobson was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility ...

Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most important solution is to abolish prison births altogether. After utilizing a doula while ...

Gov. Maura Healey's $360 million plan to renovate MCI-Framingham, the state's only women's prison, has sparked criticism. Opponents, including Framingham city officials and advocate groups, argue ...

While men historically receive the majority of extreme prison sentences, some women around the world have faced extraordinarily long terms for crimes ranging from murder and fraud to political ...

Plaintiff attempts to bolster case against the Women's Center with a 2023 federal audit that found blind spots and an ...