A new Canadian documentary is taking a different approach to talking about the lives of women behind bars, by giving them their own cameras and allowing them to help tell their own stories.

Joseph Naso, an American serial killer, has allegedly claimed he killed 26 women, far more than the four murders for which he ...

A Michigan woman shares her harrowing survival story after being kidnapped by a man who stalked her for 13 years and built a ...

Documentaries are far cheaper than narrative fiction, so more producers are willing to fund smaller, women-directed documentaries, thinking of them as a safe bet.

The number of women behind bars has risen dramatically in the U.S. over the last four decades. Amna Nawaz and producer Lena Jackson examine why so many women in prison are survivors of domestic ...

Mehrdad Oskouei’s documentary brings empathy to a tough subject: women and girls convicted of murdering male family members.

The Independent Women’s Forum will release a documentary mini-series on them harmful impact of housing biologically male prisoners with female inmates.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Performing Prison Arts: The Voice Within is a powerful documentary that takes audiences inside the women’s prison in Vandalia Missouri. It shows how creating art can transfo… ...

Watch a few episodes of your typical prison documentary series — MSNBC’s “Lockup,” say — and there are certain things you’re almost guaranteed to see: shanks handcrafted from common ...

Investigation Discovery goes behind the scenes with the inmates of Indiana Women's Prison. By Amy Amatangelo Women in Prison Still - H 2015 When it premiered in 2013, Orange is the New Black was ...

Data from 15 states reveal that female inmates are disciplined at higher rates than men for smaller infractions of prison rules — often with harsh consequences.