A new safe house is opening in Rockford, Illinois, to support women returning from prison. The facility will provide housing, treatment, and employment services to help women reintegrate into society.

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 ...

On a hot August afternoon, a group of prison reform advocates and families of incarcerated people flocked to a Chicago gallery space for an unusual task: quilting. But this isn’t your average ...