This week’s death, which incarcerated people and advocates described as a suicide, comes at a time of turmoil in the facility.

Spurred by InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse by Idaho women’s prison staff, lawmakers are advancing legislation meant to close a gap in state law that makes it difficult to hold ...

A jailhouse kitchen employee was busted for carrying on an “inappropriate relationship” with an inmate assigned to work with ...

News Inside Issue 22 takes a hard look at how incarcerated women face unique challenges — and why their stories deserve to be ...

Seventeen women have been sentenced to death in Florida's history, but only two have been executed. The number of people on Florida's death row is dropping quickly as Gov. Ron DeSantis keeps up the ...

An appeals court ruled prison officials cannot claim qualified immunity after using an inmate as 'bait' to catch a counselor ...

Matthew Roy stands in front of the Maine Correctional Center Feb. 19. His wife, Katie Mountain, is one of several women who ...

The Advocate highlights social inequality through original stories and opinions, and content generated by fellow NNPA and other publications ...

Film Independent has announced the six filmmakers selected for the fifth annual Amplifier Fellowship — and with $180,000 in ...

As lawmakers push for accountability for longstanding issues, a Michigan Department of Corrections spokeswoman pushed back ...

The Northern Territory government has opened the first ever women's prison in Alice Springs. There are 35 women in the facility, but that will grow to 95 in the coming months. Donald Trump says Andrew ...

LANSING — Inmates frequently miss meals, prescribed medications and programming because of a shortage of working wheelchairs and wheelchair attendants at Michigan's only prison for women, according to ...