In a nation grappling with questions of justice, redemption, and second chances, Jubilee Generation’s vision is quietly ...

By Dr Claudia Tomlinson It is with profound sadness that I announce the passing of Guyanese political reformer and publisher, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

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Work is underway to build a new state prison for women to replace the dilapidated Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton. (Courtesy of the Department of Corrections) New Jersey ...

Frenchie Mae Cumpio and her former roommate were convicted of financing terrorism and sentenced to up to 18 years in prison.

A male former state Corrections officer accused of sexual conduct with inmates at a women's prison in Washtenaw County has been bound over to stand trial on four felony counts. Joshua Lee, 22, of ...

Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility near Ypsilanti. Credit: Deedeebee, Wikimedia Creative Commons An internal assessment by the Michigan Department of Corrections contradicts the state’s public ...

Women’s incarceration has increased by more than 600% since 1980, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project. Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in jails or prisons in the ...