Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Women’s incarceration has increased by more than 600% since 1980, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project. Four ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, ...

The number of self-harm incidents at a women's prison in Surrey has increased by nearly 20% in a year, a report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said a high turnover of prisoners at ...

At a discussion on women’s prison writings, the conversation centred on memoirs by two women political prisoners, Unsilenced: ...

INDIANA — Discussions about how to reduce crime are constantly happening in communities across the state of Indiana. One nonprofit that works in women’s correctional facilities in Indianapolis, ...

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 ...

As Christmas approaches in a women's prison, the decorations and trees become brighter and fill up more of the available space, covering up blank walls and distracting the eye from harsh lighting and ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...