In a few short years, 1 in 3 incarcerated people will be over 50. But prisons are not equipped to handle the aging population ...

A former medical worker is sentenced to 4.3 years in prison, closing the final criminal case tied to the largest sexual abuse ...

A former medical staffer at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California has been sentenced, marking the final ...

There are more than 1,000 women at SCI Muncy, one of only two women’s prisons in Pennsylvania; About 150 of those women are serving life without parole sentences. Nationally, more than half of the ...

Tucked in a residential neighborhood of bungalows and crape myrtle trees, the federal women’s prison in Bryan, Texas, doesn’t look like a traditional lockup. The women live in dormitory-style rooms ...

Matthew Roy stands in front of the Maine Correctional Center last month. His wife, Katie Mountain, is one of several women who say they have been harassed by another inmate, with their complaints ...

Prison reform advocates are ringing the alarm bells about the conditions at a state correctional facility after several recent deaths. It just might not be the one you’re thinking of. Activists and ...

Kwaneta Harris suddenly developed intense shoulder pain in 2019. Incarcerated in Texas, she began the process of requesting a specialized medical visit, certain she needed to see an orthopedist. Then, ...