A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed ...
WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...
South Dakota leads the nation in female incarceration. A new $87M women’s prison in Rapid City aims to expand rehabilitation ...
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas ...
Advocates for incarcerated men and women say they are determined to keep the public spotlight on the “humanitarian crisis” ...
About 338 of every 100,000 women are behind bars in the state. Officials say the new facility could finally curb the nation’s ...
Inmate Carolyn Arnett approached a pastor at the all-women's McPherson Unit prison with something she wanted to get off her ...
Lashanda Gregory was sent to a Delaware prison as she was seeking the right to sue Connecticut on claims she was sexually ...
In the last year, at least 12 inmates at Mobile County Metro Jail have been charged with indecent exposure, a crackdown ...
For the first time since InvestigateWest exposed widespread sexual abuse by Idaho prison staff, the director of Idaho’s ...