According to The Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2022, the number of incarcerated women in the U.S. increased by more than 585%.
For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...
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 ...
The third edition of The Mabel Bassett Balance includes a story about what it’s like to be in prison as a teenager, an ...
Smith, a 28-year-old woman and inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), was viciously attacked on August 7 ...
Tucked away in the Central Valley, Central California Women's Facility sits off Highway 99 between Fresno and Merced. Farmland surrounds much of the prison, and visitors are rare. The 640-acre ...
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 ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The new Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, a $160 million facility in St. Gabriel, is now open after three years of construction. State officials, ...