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, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by ...

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 ...

IT’S the ‘Monster Mansion’ home to some of Britain’s most notorious female killers – with baby killer Constance Marten the latest high profile inmate joining the likes of Lucy Letby and ...

Audio recordings and records obtained by InvestigateWest reveal incomplete investigations, omitted evidence and questions ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.