Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

Fifty-four women and their families sued county jails alleging dangerous conditions behind bars. These are their stories.

A review of 54 lawsuits from across the country found that women who are incarcerated while pregnant face increased risks of ...

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 ...

The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17% in a decade, despite leaders' pledges to put fewer women behind bars for petty crimes and the devastating impact on their mental health and ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI) — In June 2024, Andrea Weiskircher thought her life was over. She was sobbing in a jail cell in Boise thinking about what she had just done. Encouraged by a former Idaho Department ...

Seema Azad's memoir, 'Unsilenced,' offers a poignant exploration of the oppressive nature of prisons as a reflection of Uttar ...

ROCKFORD, IL — A safe house that gives women returning to Rockford after spending time in prison a place to live, treatment, employment assistance and educational services is opening on 20th Street.

Derek Rucker, 37, had a string of arrests similar to those of men in a Chicago Sun-Times series about mentally ill people who ...