Two Bay Area lawyers have been trying to visit the 600 women who are now in federal prisons across the country after the ...

I know how a relocation can exacerbate violence,” writes Johanna Mills. “Even when the place you’re leaving is so toxic that you can’t stay there.” ...

chaplains or other staff in at least two-thirds of all women’s federal prisons over the past decade. But a backlog of thousands of cases has impeded the Bureau of Prison’s ability to hold ...

Those cases prompted a bipartisan Senate investigation two years ago that found prisoners were sexually abused by wardens, guards, chaplains or other staff in at least two-thirds of all women’s ...

chaplains or other staff in at least two-thirds of all women’s federal prisons over the past decade. And just last month, U.S. lawmakers held a hearing to discuss how to better safeguard inmates.

A federal jury convicted Ricco Maye, 42, of 14 charges, including threatening witnesses, drug and sex trafficking. He faces ...

A team of University of Kentucky horticulturalists is working with inmates at a Kentucky prison. Their grant-funded project ...

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit an inmate at Nebraska's only women's prison filed last year over water quality issues ...