A district council in eastern Germany has taken what appears to be an unprecedented step, petitioning a court to strip a convicted neo-Nazi of his registered female gender identity after he used the ...

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

Transgender people have been the focus of an aggressive legislative push to mitigate their access to health care in recent years, and now trans prisoners are facing a new offensive. President Donald ...

It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs more high-security beds.

The African Diaspora International Film Festival is happy to announce its 2026 Women’s History Month Film Series, a ...

An analysis of how systemic neglect, school discipline policies, and adultification bias push Black girls into Louisiana’s juvenile justice system long before adulthood. The article explores the ...

The Formerly Incarcerated People’s Performance Project, FIPPP, works with people who’ve survived jails and prison to share their experiences live on stage-with first hand accounts of mass ...

Ohio correctional facilities will soon be required by law to provide incarcerated women with free feminine hygiene products. Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 29 on Dec.

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

House Bill 29, which takes effect later in March, requires Ohio correctional facilities to provide incarcerated women with ...

The new Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women is designed as a “more humane” replacement to an embattled facility closing after 112 years in operation.

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 ...