Melisha Johnson, a single mother, faced a 12-year prison sentence for writing bad checks, but found redemption through ...

Incarcerated women, who are almost all survivors of childhood abuse, domestic violence, or sex trafficking, are at risk of further victimization at a high rate..

OAKLAND — Darrell Smith allegedly made himself a noticeable fixture at the FCI Dublin women’s prison — at least once swapping his guard’s uniform for leather boots, an unbuttoned shirt and ...

Moving the women to a men's prison would jeopardize their safety ... attorneys from the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights and Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders ...

As the city of Indianapolis takes steps to redevelop the long-vacant Indiana Women's Prison property, a Near Eastside group has started a separate project to tell former inmates' stories.

Women make up about 10% of Singapore’s prison population. And inside the walls of Institution A4, at the Changi Prison Complex, are about 800 female inmates, incarcerated for various offences.