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.

Many people in prison rely on federal Pell Grants to pay for college courses. But in most states, women's prisons offer less access to Pell-eligible classes than men’s prisons do.

Five incarcerated women at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic & Correctional Center in Vandalia were chosen as caretakers at the nursery.

What women in prison miss most, the prison schemes helping them rebuild their lives and why fewer may end up going to jail With women being mostly non-violent offenders, the government is setting ...

The former warden of a federal women’s prison in California so plagued by sexual abuse it was known as the “rape club” was sentenced Wednesday to nearly six years in prison for sexually ...

Sonya Ruparel, CEO of Women in Prison, writes about why the government must seize its chance and stop failing women in prison.

Women who allege they were raped in a California prison by a biological male claiming to be transgender will be compelled to refer to the defendant using she/her pronouns, a Madera County judge ...

Most women in prison are single mothers who've been victims of domestic and sexual violence, typical of the history of women’s incarceration ...

To access abortion now, many Americans need to cross states lines, which women under criminal court control may not be allowed to do.

Women frequently experience a “revolving door” of short prison sentences – too short to engage in meaningful education, training or work opportunities.