According to data from the Prison Policy Initiative, more than 1.9 million people in the United States are incarcerated in prisons, local jails, and other detention facilities. Additionally, one in ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child ...

Jordan Pasha, Security and Operations Supervisor at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, on a path inmates at the women’s prison use to get to the recreation yard on ...

New Corrections report shows reduced job openings since pay increase took effect as state agency hires 133 for new Rapid City ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Starting over after prison is hard. Olivia Perez was released after a 15-month sentence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with family to support her, it was still a tough ...

Evangelina Perez lost count of the number of times her mother, Martha Perez, called her from federal prison, gasping for breath because she had missed dialysis treatments for her kidney failure. At 59 ...

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 ...

Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most important solution is to abolish prison births altogether. After utilizing a doula while ...

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A recently released Washington state woman says her former cellmate, a biological male who stands six feet, four inches tall and is a "violent, convicted sexual predator," repeatedly sexually ...