The increasing incarceration of women – often for minor, nonviolent offenses – carries a high human cost. There is a shift ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A former medical staffer at a now-shuttered federal women's prison in California has been sentenced, marking the final criminal ...

In leaked videos from California's largest women's prison, guards stand in a line facing dozens of incarcerated women gathered around cafeteria tables. Suddenly, a guard fires a mustard-brown spray ...

"Orange Is the New Black" wasn't the first TV show to shine a spotlight on female inmates. In 1987, there was a trashy, one-and-done sitcom that took the women-behind-bars premise and tossed it in a ...

Prison reform in Australia is experiencing what can only be described as a crisis of the imagination. The over-representation of Indigenous people in prisons is one Closing the Gap target that has not ...

As Christmas approaches in a women's prison, the decorations and trees become brighter and fill up more of the available space, covering up blank walls and distracting the eye from harsh lighting and ...

This story was originally published in Uncloseted Media, an LGBTQ focused investigative news outlet. Editor’s Note: This article includes references to topics such as rape, sexual assault and violence ...

Nearly one in three women in prison who were charged with murder or manslaughter report experiencing domestic violence, according to journalist Justine van der Leun’s survey of incarcerated women—but ...

ABERDEEN, MD — A 27-year-old Aberdeen woman has been sentenced for the sex trafficking and sexual exploitation of a child, as well as the distribution of child sex abuse material. According to court ...

• Rex Heuermann, the Long Island serial killer who fatally strangled eight women, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole Wednesday. • Victims’ families gave emotional ...

The first time she entered the prison, she felt as if she were going to faint. The year was 2021. Maïmouna Diouf had been found guilty of infanticide — a charge she denies, claiming she gave birth to ...

This piece was published in collaboration with the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale. In leaked videos from California's largest women's prison, guards stand in a line facing dozens of incarcerated ...