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 ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A prisoner accused of beating her cellmate to death at Wisconsin’s women’s prison almost two years ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 24 of the New York edition with the headline: Prosecutors Stepped In as Prison Reform Left Women Behind.

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

"This program is really a rebirth for me," said Maricell Vega. "Because I have lost myself, and I've been lost for so long ...

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.

Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Taylor Sanchez in January 2024 with first-degree intentional homicide in 68-year-old Cindy ...

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The caps and gowns were blue and gray. The outfits underneath were orange and state-issued. Last week, nearly two dozen women at Perryville Prison in Goodyear graduated from ...

Education These women just graduated from a college program—all from behind bars 12News journalist Erica Stapleton takes us inside Perryville Prison in Goodyear for the big milestone.

A Lynn woman guilty of coercing and enticing women across the Northeast into prostitution was sentenced to prison, United States Attorney Leah Foley’s office said. On Wednesday, Latasha Anderson ...