The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans ...

According to The Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2022, the number of incarcerated women in the U.S. increased by more ...

The number of self-harm incidents at a women's prison in Surrey has increased by nearly 20% in a year, a report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said a high turnover of prisoners at ...

Kate visited a women's prison working to help prisoners addicted to drugs. — -- The Duchess of Cambridge is a royal on a mission. The new face of the British monarchy, who’s more than glamour and ...

CANYON COUNTY, Idaho — Canyon County commissioners recently voted to allocate $7.5 million from the county's reserve funds to build a women's jail facility, moving forward with a project that has been ...

Inspired by Andrea Weiskircher, scores of women revealed sexual abuse by Idaho prison staff. Most of their cases were buried.

Two prisoners have died at a women’s jail within days of each other, sparking serious concerns over healthcare. Both women were inmates at HMP Bronzefield in Ashford in Surrey where Lucy Letby and ...

ATHENS — One morning in the courthouse, Selina Watts messaged her boss in tears. Drug court demanded another test, and she wouldn’t make it to work on time. She feared the job she’d just landed would ...