Chicago launches first support center for formerly incarcerated women in Pilsen

The Women’s Justice Institute on Thursday announced the launch of a new women-focused Community Reentry Support Center, ...

Suit blames Pa. agency, prison staff for suicide of female inmate

WILLIAMSPORT — The state Department of Corrections and the superintendent of the Muncy prison are accused in a federal civil suit of ignoring the mental health needs of a female inmate from Schuylkill ...
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Women at Mabel Bassett find their voice through journalism

Incarcerated women at Mabel Bassett Correctional Facility find purpose and hope by creating their own newspaper.
The Times Shreveport on MSN

Louisiana ICE agent pleads guilty to sexual abuse of a female detainee

An ICE agent has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a female detainee at a Louisiana ICE processing center. The agent now ...
The Texas Observer

In Texas State Jails, a Rising Death Toll and a Broken Promise

Once billed as rehabilitative alternatives to prisons, these facilities are the sites of fatal overdoses—like that which ...

Multiple KY probation officers preyed on felons they were supposed to help reform

At least seven probation and parole officers in recent years crossed professional boundaries with felons, according to state records.