Women make up less than 5% of California’s prison population, but that small portion faces “double punishment,” said Anne Irwin, the director of prison reform group Smart Justice California ...

Thirteen women who are currently serving sentences in the Chowchilla prison filed the complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California earlier this month, asserting that ...

The deaths of two women during conjugal visits with their significant others at a California prison last year should prompt a ...

A 62-year-old grandmother was killed while having an overnight "conjugal visit" with her convicted murderer husband at a California prison, according to reports. David Brinson, 54, was found ...

But the rampant abuse she said she experienced — and witnessed — behind bars remains with her to this day, pushing the California ... was released from prison Though women comprise about ...