A downstate Illinois woman says she was pushed into giving birth on the prison system's timetable, not her own, and has now taken the state to federal court over it. In a lawsuit filed by the ACLU of ...

A former correctional officer was sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally buying guns for a drug ring leader. Desmond Maxwell pleaded guilty to straw-purchasing firearms for Nathaniel Hatcher, ...

A $310 million New Jersey women’s prison is scheduled to start construction by the end of the year. February 27, 2026 A $310 million New Jersey women’s prison is designed as a “more humane” ...

The federal government just inched a lot closer to bringing immigration detention back to Marana, with a new Department of Homeland Security procurement notice tied to the long-closed prison north of ...

Cerulli Associates sees $105 trillion in wealth getting passed down to heirs through 2048. Women's investable assets in the U.S. are expected to nearly double by 2030, the consulting firm found. Women ...

A bill that would allow pregnant women sentenced to incarceration to defer their sentences until after the birth of their child recently advanced out of the Alabama House Judiciary Committee. “Alabama ...

A season of historic triumph had its uneasy moments. The UCLA women’s basketball team is about to share that range of emotion with a national audience. In “You See L.A.,” an hourlong documentary ...

After 10 years away from pro wrestling, AJ Lee is looking at WWE in a whole new way, and it recently made her emotional. Lee came back to WWE in September 2025. Now, she prepares for her first singles ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — A unique program inside the Montana Women's Prison is making a difference for both dogs and the women training them. Known as Prison Paws, the program teaches responsibility, job ...

Lansing — Mold is a persistent problem inside Michigan's only prison for women, and employees made bets over whether inmates there would commit suicide, according to testimony presented Tuesday to the ...