ATHENS — One morning in the courthouse, Selina Watts messaged her boss in tears. Drug court demanded another test, and she wouldn’t make it to work on time. She feared the job she’d just landed would ...

CORONA, Calif. (KABC) -- An in-prison apprenticeship program in Corona is giving female inmates the tools they need to build a better life upon release. The California Institution for Women held a ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The number of female detention deputies are increasing across the country, and the national trend is noticeable in the Charleston community. At the Al Cannon Detention ...

A grand jury report states that female inmates have less work and fewer educational opportunities than their male counterparts. Credit: Rebecca Caraway / Noozhawk photo A recent Santa Barbara County ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

MINDEN, La. -- A unique program for female inmates housed at the Webster Parish jail is teaching skills usually displayed on construction sites predominately by men. Ten female inmates have recently ...

THOMASVILLE — Five female inmates got baptized at the Thomas County Jail on Thursday morning. A symbol of new beginnings and spiritual rebirth, Sheriff Tim Watkins hopes that the women who ...

NEW ENGLAND — When the high-pitched noise from a key-cutting machine paused intermittently, the lull of country music could be heard mingling with the whir of sewing machines. A dozen hands of ...