And the state needs a smaller, more modern prison to house and rehabilitate women who committed serious crimes. The existing ...

Governor Maura Healey's plan, which is nine times more expensive than a replacement pitched during the tenure of former ...

News takes you inside a unique program where incarcerated women find purpose and hope in crafting symbols of our freedom.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Tuesday for the Taliban’s supreme leader and ...

A corrections officer at the Montana Women’s Prison is suing the state and his supervisor, saying he was retaliated against for reporting the supervisor’s alleged sexual misconduct with inmates.

A prisoner accused of beating her cellmate to death at Wisconsin's women's prison almost two years ago pleaded no contest Monday to homicide.

RACINE — The warden of Racine’s state prison for young offenders is being honored as Woman of the Year, as part of a program recognizing women for their professional and personal achievements ...

Shimere Shanklin, a formerly incarcerated woman, is opening a home in Rockford to provide stable housing and resources to other women reentering society after prison.

This session, four prison heat-related bills filed by House members have been referred to the House Corrections Committee: HB 1315, HB 2997, HB 3006, and HB 489.

Two women were sentenced last Monday, June 23, to time in federal prison on separate offenses on Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Both Kaitlyn Shantell Left Hand, 27, of Bullhead and Malania Rose Fast ...

In a disturbing turn of events from Washington State, a violent male prisoner who identifies as transgender has been transferred back to a men's prison after a harrowing history of sexual assault ...