Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in U.S. jails or prisons. By 2023, that number was roughly 186,000, according to The Sentencing Project.

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

The bill would codify protections adopted since sexual misconduct drove the feds to declare oversight of NJ's women's prison ...

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 ...

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 ...

Evangelina Perez lost count of the number of times her mother, Martha Perez, called her from federal prison, gasping for breath because she had missed dialysis treatments for her kidney failure. At 59 ...

As Christmas approaches in a women's prison, the decorations and trees become brighter and fill up more of the available space, covering up blank walls and distracting the eye from harsh lighting and ...