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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, ...

Women’s incarceration has increased by more than 600% since 1980, according to a new report from The Sentencing Project. Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in jails or prisons in the ...

A transgender woman incarcerated as a dangerous offender for sex offences wants a judge to order the Correctional Service of ...

The department's own numbers show it has fewer wheelchairs than the number of inmates with prescriptions for them, says ...

As Christmas approaches in a women's prison, the decorations and trees become brighter and fill up more of the available space, covering up blank walls and distracting the eye from harsh lighting and ...