The non-profit organization Why Not Prosper provided 'Love Bags' filled with body wash, journals, feminine hygiene products, ...

A federal judge granted an order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas correctional facility for ...

The following article discusses sexual assault. For nearly a year and a half, Andrea Weiskircher has been pleading with ...

Traveling two hours on a Tuesday night to visit someone is light work for Kellie Ann Coats, executive director of the Missouri Women's Council.

It's been eight months since Sheriff Andy Schneider took over the jail. He believes everything is going well, but contraband ...

After almost a year without an official No. 2, Sheriff Gary Schuette promoted jail administrator Anthony Stewart on Nov. 10.

Advocates say we're the only state without a law requiring release of dying inmates in some circumstances, and will press the ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

A Virginia corrections officer was killed in the line of duty by an inmate, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. Officials said the attack occurred at 7:53 a.m. on Monday. The officer ...

An inmate attacked a nurse inside Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center earlier this week, the Nevada Department of Corrections confirmed. Sources told the 8 News Now Investigators the nurse ...

There were times when pads were limited, tampons unavailable, or distribution controlled in a way that made women feel powerless and degraded.” ...