The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

In Idaho prisons, more than two dozen women say guards prey on them with little fear of consequences. And women who speak up ...

In a stunning rebuke to the embattled New Jersey Office of Public Integrity and Accountability, indictments against fourteen corrections officers accused ...

ASHINGTON — Inmates at New Jersey’s only state prison for women were regularly sexually assaulted by guards and sometimes forced to engage in sex acts with other prisoners while staff members looked ...

An inmate serving time on forgery and illegal-drug charges has been in a new boot camp at the Montana Women s Prison for only one month, but already she has seen changes in herself. During the ...

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, a time dedicated to amplifying the voices of survivors and advocating justice. The goal should be not just awareness, but, wherever possible, ...

Only a tiny fraction of those condemned to death in the United States are women. Yet their stories reveal how gender, trauma, and systemic bias combine to influence who receives the death penalty and ...