Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice launched an investigation into CCWF and another women’s prison, California Institution for Women, to determine if CDCR has sufficiently protected female ...

They are among around 675 female inmates (as of June 3) of an approximate total prison population of 1,800 at Michigan's only women's prison, Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility (WHV) ...

U.S. criminal justice policies have led to a 585 percent increase in the incarcerated women’s population since 1980 and have resulted in the highest female incarceration rate in the world.

But not everyone’s on board. Opponents argue the bill goes too far and risks letting serious misconduct slide. “Just last week, there were charges for a 25-person riot at Green Hill,” said ...

Former "Bob's Burgers" voice actor Jay Johnston was sentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison following his guilty plea in July for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot at the US Capitol.

Founded in 1873, the 401 N. Randolph St. property was the nation's first women's prison and housed inmates until 2009. After the prison moved to its current Girls School Road location, ...

DUBLIN — Federal officials have notified Congress that they intend to permanently close the scandal-plagued FCI Dublin women’s prison, a facility wracked by a reputed “rape club” that led ...

New prison rules for trans women on hold, sowing confusion As federal lawsuits challenge President Trump's executive order impacting trans inmates, the Bureau of Prisons is putting a stop to new ...

Women in Michigan's only prison for females were, per policy, video-recorded on corrections officers' body cameras while they were nude during routine strip searches and while showering and using ...

Maine’s Department of Corrections has had all nonessential funding pulled after it allowed a man who identifies as a woman into a female prison. According to Fox News, U.S. Attorney General Pam ...

In Ohio, Lucasville remains Ohio's longest and deadliest ever prison riot. We revisit the uprising on the 30th anniversary of the 11-day siege.