The lawsuit was filed in Washtenaw County Circuit Court in May by 20 Jane Does who were at Women's Huron Valley Correctional ...

The $500 million claim against MDOC and 37 officials including Gov. Whitmer alleged privacy violations during strip searches ...

The Chesterfield facility will replace a prison plagued by abuse and controversy, even as legal battles over past misconduct ...

ESSEX, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – On Thursday night, the Essex Planning Commission rejected the State of Vermont’s zoning change request that would have allowed plans for a new women’s prison to move forward ...

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According to The Sentencing Project, between 1980 and 2022, the number of incarcerated women in the U.S. increased by more ...

Razor wire lines the recreation yard at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Aug. 27, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Essex town planning commission ...

Tavarela Bruce women's prison in Rio de Janeiro hosted the 19th annual Miss Tavarela Bruce beauty contest on Wednesday (September 24). During the event, ten inmates, selected based on behavior records ...

An indictment against more than a dozen people who worked at the now shuttered Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for women were dismissed Thursday by a judge in Hunterdon County. The employees, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Over 80 incarcerated women from the Indiana Women’s Prison graduated from Ivy Tech Community College Thursday. The graduation is through a program created by the Indiana ...

DENVER — A criminal case has reached its final chapter this past week when a judge sentenced two women to prison after they forged a deed and sold a home for more than $600,000. On Friday, Charity ...