What's life like for the 15,000 women behind bars in Mexico? In many ways, it's far worse than you might think.

The article discusses sexual assault. If they hadn’t met in prison, none of it would have happened like this. On the outside, ...

A new investigation finds sexual abuse inside Idaho’s women’s prisons has been widespread — and largely ignored. Over the ...

Society / Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most ...

Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual abuse. For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security prison facility ...

In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences — and those who speak up ...

Colorado prisons are battling a growing number of inmates struggling with substance use disorder. Back in 2024, the attorney general said some parts of the state can see higher than two-thirds of ...

Female legislators proposed a slate of bills aimed at prison reform, including offering survivors of sexual violence alternatives to incarceration.

California ministry sponsors compromise bill, arguing that “one community’s safety cannot come at the cost of another’s.” In 2008, while Amie Ichikawa was serving her sentence at the Central ...

Women in Michigan's only prison for females were, per policy, video-recorded on corrections officers' body cameras while they were nude during routine strip searches and while showering and using ...

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Justine Igo, a former inmate, is the first resident of Pete & Andy’s transitional home in Rhode Island, a program for women at risk of homelessness after prison. The home, a collaboration between St.