Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. According to data from the Prison Policy Initiative, more than 1.9 million people in the United States are incarcerated in prisons ...

Early in her second trimester, Linda Acoff was taken into custody for failing to complete court-ordered mental health treatment. After three weeks in the Cuyahoga County Jail in Columbus, Ohio, she ...

Assemblywoman Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, speaks about Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7, authored by Assemblyman Corey Jackson’s, D-Moreno Valley, in the chamber Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, at the state ...

A female former inmate who says she was sexually victimized by her transgender cellmate has sued the Washington state prison system, arguing that her rights were violated when she was forced to share ...

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 ...

Women charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a slow judicial process and prisons that may lack basic supplies.

Rapid City, S.D. (KELO) — Governor Larry Rhoden stopped by the currently under-construction Women’s Prison in Rapid City earlier today to discuss the progress. The new Women’s Prison will house up to ...

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