Colorado prisons are battling a growing number of inmates struggling with substance use disorder. Back in 2024, the attorney general said some parts of the state can see higher than two-thirds of ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Starting over after prison is hard. Olivia Perez was released after a 15-month sentence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even with family to support her, it was still a tough ...

The Alabama Bureau of Pardons and Paroles plans to offer a residential rehabilitation facility for women like the Perry ...

A hands-on program certifying incarcerated women as heavy equipment operators offers a model for closing labor gaps and ...

These changes have included a range of new initiatives at Edna Mahan that center gender-responsive approaches in officer training and in service provision, and, most notably, the governor’s decision ...

Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual abuse. For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security prison facility ...

Justine Igo, a former inmate, is the first resident of Pete & Andy’s transitional home in Rhode Island, a program for women at risk of homelessness after prison. The home, a collaboration between St.

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 ...

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Women in Michigan's only prison for females were, per policy, video-recorded on corrections officers' body cameras while they were nude during routine strip searches and while showering and using ...