A Justice Department report released on Thursday found that inmates at two state-run women’s prisons routinely had their rights violated. State officials say they have already put reforms in place. By ...

Send fewer women to prison. That’s the consensus across the political spectrum. It is part of Andy Burnham’s plan to free up prison places for men. The Conservatives have said they are sympathetic ...

Nearly one in three women in prison who were charged with murder or manslaughter report experiencing domestic violence, according to journalist Justine van der Leun’s survey of incarcerated women—but ...

Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most important solution is to abolish prison births altogether. After utilizing a doula while ...

Inmates at the Montana Women’s Prison in Billings. Fifty of them were moved to a Boulder facility in May 2025 as part of a strategy to reduce overcrowding. (Montana Department of Corrections). As a ...

Since 2019, a number of workshops have been held in the Darwin Correctional Precinct, as part of an ongoing prison education ...