Women are often imprisoned for nonviolent crimes; their pathways into prison reflect high rates of childhood trauma.

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 ...

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Headway California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated ...

California ministry sponsors compromise bill, arguing that “one community’s safety cannot come at the cost of another’s.” In 2008, while Amie Ichikawa was serving her sentence at the Central ...

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas correctional facility for women with special needs, following claims of sexual ...

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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB/Gray News) – A Florida man has been convicted and sentenced to eight consecutive life terms for the rape of two women in 2022. According to Florida State Attorney Ed Brodsky, Cory ...