Female Inmates
The suit accuses the Bureau of Prisons of failing to do enough to prevent sexual abuse at FCI Dublin, despite serious incidents going back to the 1990s
Theranos founder objects to $250 monthly restitution sought by US due to limited financial resources
Prosecutors want Elizabeth Holmes to pay $250 a month to victims of her failed blood testing startup after she leaves prison, but her attorneys are pushing back
Girls Scouts Beyond Bars is a unique program in dozens of women’s prisons, jails and juvenile-detention centers across the country
Officer was able to radio for back up during the attack, inmates were subdued
Focuses on the real-life stories of six women serving time in a maximum-security state prison
A new vocational class for female inmates hopes to arm them with skills to use once they’re released
Suit details reports of serial rape and sexual abuse by eight correctional officers at the all-female Rose M. Singer Center
Settlement would prohibit male guards from videotaping strip searches of female inmates
The Family Preservation Project is the most expensive program the Department of Corrections has
None of the injuries were described as life-threatening
The video was taken by defense lawyer Bill Gelin, who said that the deputy was dragging Dasyl Rios “like she was a farm animal”
Believed she had hidden a bottle of urine in her vagina so she could falsify a drug test
The campaign, titled “Freedom Tattoo,” helps inmates move on without visual reminder of their past
New Expectations is a group home in Newark for expectant or new mothers recovering from addiction
Union: “There is simply not enough staff to maintain order and safely house and rehabilitate the inmate population”
Renovations to convert the Davis Center into a 24-bed female juvenile correctional facility were halted after questions were raised regarding vacant beds and difficulties maintaining adequate staffing at the Rubenstein Center
Sheriff Tom McCool says the women don’t work because he doesn’t have enough staff to supervise the inmates
Deal resolves allegations that women at the prison are subjected to sexual victimization by correctional staff and other prisoners
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn ordered the closing of the Dwight Correctional Center last year as a cost-cutting move
13 female inmates performed a deeply moving dance and poetry piece they helped write
Fighting an increase of 600 percent in female incarceration in the last 30 years
3 women have sued motel owner and the director of the halfway house, saying they were repeatedly sexually assaulted
In ‘Prison Baby,’ Jiang Stein recounts the discovery of her origins and how they led her to advocate for mothers in prison
The ACLU is investigating the complaints from the prison
State police concluded Thursday that no criminal charges should be filed
Some inmates used sexual assault and harassment reporting as a tool to get moved to a new cell or get someone punished.
Weird News
A Texas woman allegedly stole a bottle of $3.99 wine to get arrested and see her jailed boyfriend
Ladies of Leath Women’'s Correctional Institution in Greenwood has been handcrafting patriotic American flag bow ties since Tight Lines Y’all teamed with Prison Industriess
Female prisoners are actively working as ‘recruiters’ for outside pimps
Some legislators are questioning why how she died and why she was in jail in the first place
Jamie Hein suffers from hereditary angioedema, which costs taxpayers $416,000 a year
For the second time in a matter of eight months, a Marion County Jail inmate was put in the wrong cell block
Two days per month, two troops comprised of 19 offenders’ daughters are shuttled to the Jessup facility to bond with their mothers
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