Many women are in prison for killing their abusive partners. Lawmakers in Georgia, Missouri, Connecticut and Massachusetts ...

A new program at the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center — the first of its kind — is preparing women for success beyond ...

The report shows Thomas was killed on what was supposed to be the last day of a four-day visit at the prison with her husband ...

Two women were visiting their significant others at Mule Creek State Prison near Stockton when they were killed last year, authorities said.

The family of a woman who was strangled to death last year during a conjugal visit with her husband at a Northern California ...

The family of Jim Cappello was awarded $10 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. He was murdered by his wife, Nikki Cappello.

Massachusetts Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss how these changes will impact education in the state. This segment aired on March 14 ...

ALBANY — More than 2,000 correction officers who are being terminated after they declined to report for duty following a statewide prison strike are being prohibited from trying to get their ...

A federal district judge in Indiana has once again ordered the state Department of Correction (IDOC) to arrange a sex reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate convicted of reckless homicide ...

Three alleged fentanyl dealers – including a brother and sister – are facing decades in prison for their roles in a major drug trafficking scheme, local and state officials announced on Tuesday.

To address this issue, organizations like Mujeres Libres, which works to guarantee the rights of women in prison and their families, have conducted workshops to socialize the regulation in prisons ...