The exhibit focuses on the early years of the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, the state's first women's prison. The ...

One song tells of a 14-year-old girl in the southern state of Tabasco who killed her father when he was abusing her mother.

In early 2025, the women's prison outside of Fond du Lac had reported an outbreak of respiratory illnesses among prisoners.

Legislators advance bills for a new prison and to help closed sawmills, but the debates include property taxes.

Charlotte Thrasher most recently served as superintendent of the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor.

On the day that they died, Judith Hanks and her daughter, Emily Hanks, drove back home from Philadelphia together — as could ...

For much of the 2025 session, lawmakers have debated the need for more prison capacity in the state. They’re looking at more than $400 million in spending this session, aimed at addressing that issue.