BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The new Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women, a $160 million facility in St. Gabriel, is now open after three years of construction. State officials, ...

A former inmate at a Washington state women’s prison was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her transgender cellmate — who was transferred to the prison after changing her gender identity, according to ...

Early in her second trimester, Linda Acoff was taken into custody for failing to complete court-ordered mental health treatment. After three weeks in the Cuyahoga County Jail in Columbus, Ohio, she ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The new Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women is the first prison facility to be built in the state in over 35 years. Over $160 million, and more than three years later, ...

JACKSON, MI — Jackson might not appear on the silver screen as often as cities like New York or Los Angeles, but “Prison City” has produced an interesting variety of cinematic offerings. They include ...

“There are very good people in this prison,” Akiyo told CNN. “Perhaps this life is the most stable for me.” The companionship offered by prison is the main appeal for these elderly women, along with ...

Iyaani's visit to Lang'ata Women's Prison sparks excitement, with inmates cheering his arrival A viral video showed the musician's emotional greetings and hugs from the animated inmates The clip ...

Oregon’s troubled women’s prison has a new superintendent, a 27-year career corrections official who most recently served as superintendent of Washington state’s biggest women’s prison. Charlotte ...

North Dakota state and corrections officials broke ground April 2 for a new women's prison in Mandan that aims to replace an aging facility south of Dickinson and address inmate care concerns. During ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A former corrections officer at the Indiana Women's Prison was sentenced after raping an inmate at the prison. Uzochukwu Chinweze was sentenced to 11 years after being found guilty of ...

A convicted right-wing extremist in Germany took advantage of the country’s lax laws on self-identification to serve out his 18-month sentence in a women’s prison. Marla-Svenja Liebich, previously ...