The Department of Justice is investigating allegations of rape, groping and sexual harrassment by correctional officials in California women's prisons.

Hours after officials announced the closure of the troubled Federal Correctional Institute in Dublin, a judge paused all transfers of its female inmates.

A former correctional officer at the biggest women's prison in California has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting at least 13 inmates over the past nine years.

While the number of dismissals for sexual misconduct are extremely rare among the roughly 26,000 correctional officers who work at California prisons, inmate advocates say sexual abuse by staff is ...

Gynecologist at California prison for women sexually abused patients, including pregnant woman, during exams. Former inmates sue doctor.

A women’s prison in California so plagued by sexual abuse that it was known among inmates and workers as the”rape club” will be closed, the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced ...

Central California Women’s Facility inmates sued prison officers after they were beaten and pepper sprayed after filing sexual assault claims.

Women have filed hundreds of lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by prison staff, including forcible rape.

LOS ANGELES — The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility ...

California pushes reforms for incarcerated women, addressing sexual violence, rehabilitation, and alternatives to prison with new legislative proposals.

A women's prison in California so plagued by sexual abuse that it was known among inmates and workers as the "rape club" will be closed, the head of the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday ...

California pushes reforms for incarcerated women, addressing sexual violence, rehabilitation, and alternatives to prison with new legislative proposals.