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

Yaritza Colon, a former female inmate, is suing the state of New York for $20 million, alleging state prison officials failed ...

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.

A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending ...

Laisha Landrum was resentenced this week, two decades after she and her teenage boyfriend murdered 16-year-old Emily Clemons.

Mark Leno, who authored California’s medical parole law when he was a Democratic state senator, criticized prison officials ...

Alabama’s prison system has been in the federal crosshairs for years, and as the latest lawsuit from the Department of ...

A group of eight female members stationed at the Taconic Correctional Facility in Bedford Hills, NY, were housed in prison facilities where they were allegedly subject to “humiliating surveillance” by ...

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.

Prisoners who qualify — excluding inmates sentenced to death or life without parole — can be placed in a community health ...

While prison officials and Farm Line workers disagree about whether the incarcerated workers have all the shade and water ...

After 12 years, the class action lawsuit over living conditions at Stateville Correctional Center that helped bring the ...