The third edition of The Mabel Bassett Balance includes a story about what it’s like to be in prison as a teenager, an ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

Construction is moving full speed ahead on the Heart River Correctional Center, North Dakota’s first prison built specifically for women, and it’s set to change how the ...

Sep. 19—A group of former female inmates at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln recently filed a federal lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by prison employees while held there. Given ...

Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by Predators” is a new investigative series exposing rape and ...

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...

Women who were allegedly recorded during strip searches by prison guards' body cameras told Newsweek in exclusive interviews that the mental and emotional aftermath has led to fear, anger and the ...

A hands-on program certifying incarcerated women as heavy equipment operators offers a model for closing labor gaps and ...

One woman was tutoring other former inmates in a post-prison program, helping them get better grades when a staff member urged her into another program that would help her with her own education.

IONE — Two women were killed during conjugal visits with their incarcerated partners inside Mule Creek State Prison months apart last year, sparking questions about safety, rehabilitation, and justice ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Back in 1984, state lawmakers knew there were problems in the state prison in Sioux Falls. The ruling came as then Gov. Bill Janklow was developing a plan to convert a ...