Pittsfield Township — Women imprisoned at the state's only women's prison, which has been under fire recently for its poor conditions, have asked the governor, legislators and Michigan's corrections ...

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 ...

The state of Oregon has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit and agreed to pay a male inmate $295,000 after he was assigned ...

The Prison Policy Initiative has published data showing rising prison populations, disproportionate growth of women's ...

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