Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that this is not the first women’s prison in the state of North Dakota.

According to data from the Prison Policy Initiative, more than 1.9 million people in the United States are incarcerated in prisons, local jails, and other detention facilities. Additionally, one in ...

The third edition of The Mabel Bassett Balance includes a story about what it’s like to be in prison as a teenager, an ...

A hands-on program certifying incarcerated women as heavy equipment operators offers a model for closing labor gaps and ...

The roughly $250 million project is likely to bring hundreds of permanent positions and temporary construction jobs.

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 ...

MCLOUD, Okla. (KFOR) – 20 women inside Mabel Bassett, Oklahoma’s women’s prison, have been working for the past several months to earn their cosmetology and barbering license. They have been working ...

Gov. Jeff Landry, center, a Warden Kristen Thomas cut a ribbon to open the new Louisiana Correctional Institution for Women in St. Gabriel on Aug. 28., 2025. (Governor's office photo) Officials cut ...

The Boston College Prison Education Program, already the largest higher education prison program in the state, is expanding to serve women incarcerated at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in ...