“This echoes the kinds of policy changes and the renaissance in efforts to improve prison conditions and to make access to ...

Sento, a mother of two, was serving a one-year prison sentence until a few days ago. On this International Women’s Day, her time behind bars has come to an end ...

A new prison oversight pilot program is launching at possibly four state prisons replacing legislation that sparked emotional debate on Wednesday and arriving just days before the documentary “The ...

States are building new women's prisons as addiction, tougher sentencing and high recidivism drive rising incarceration.

Community advocate and counselor Aaron Hicks addressed University of Wisconsin students Tuesday, discussing the need for ...

Alabama Prison Reform is an unlikely lead story heading into this Sunday's Academy Awards. Where 'The Alabama Solution' is up for an award. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is under fire ahead ...

Formerly incarcerated women have expertise that is policy-ready. We need to mandate including them on the bodies that shape jails, prisons, parole, sentencing and reentry.

A Mississippi bill is close to making it illegal to prescribe abortion-inducing pills to Mississippians. Violators could face 10 years in prison.

The Women-Life-Freedom uprising represents a transformative and irreversible turning point for Iranian society.

The killing of the notorious child murderer now makes other sick killers targets.