Male guards have repeatedly strip-searched female inmates over the past year without any legal justification or evidence of ...

A crowd of civil rights activists rallied outside a San Francisco County Jail on Friday after 20 women filed a federal ...

There is a grey tsunami headed for prisons across the United States. In a few short years, 1 in 3 incarcerated people will be over the age of 50. But prisons are not equipped to handle the physical ...

A former medical staffer at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California has been sentenced, marking the final criminal case tied to what authorities describe as the largest sexual abuse ...

A federal judge has ordered the Oregon Department of Corrections to house transgender women in state prisons based on their gender identity and only after completing safety assessments on each case.

Mobile County Sheriff's Office officials have made an arrest in connection with the murders of a Wilmer family. 'Perfect storm': Trump berated a female journalist in latest attack — and it's quite ...

California recently agreed to a $1.9 million settlement to resolve a lawsuit brought by 13 currently and formerly incarcerated women who alleged prison staff violently assaulted them in retaliation ...

A transgender prisoner serving a sentence for murder has been charged with the sexual assault of a fellow inmate at a women's prison. Alexandra Stewart, previously known as Alan Baker, allegedly ...

Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a press release announcing an investigation into gender self-identification policies in women’s prisons. The decision comes against the backdrop of ...