California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Dena Hernandez, who served 13 years in prison, was resentenced and ...

Tucked in a residential neighborhood of bungalows and crape myrtle trees, the federal women’s prison in Bryan, Texas, doesn’t look like a traditional lockup. The women live in dormitory-style rooms ...

Pittsfield Township — Women imprisoned at the state's only women's prison, which has been under fire recently for its poor conditions, have asked the governor, legislators and Michigan's corrections ...

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