A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas correctional facility for women with special needs, following claims of sexual ...

Introducing male inmates into the private space of female inmates is beyond idiotic. It’s a recipe for disaster. As the former sheriff of Los Angeles County, I can say unequivocally that any law ...

For many, the experience of going to jail is a nightmare. For an extensive number of women booked into the La Plata County Jail between 2019 and 2024, that nightmare is one they’ve been unable to wake ...

A federal judge has sided with two female inmates who sued a Texas prison that put them in physical danger by forcing them to be housed with male prisoners who identify as women. In an order published ...

A caged outdoor area is used to discipline general population women prisoners at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The California Department of ...

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is facing a class action lawsuit after a former jail commander was charged with watching strip search videos of female inmates for self-gratification. One former ...

A woman’s path to prison reveals broader patterns of hardship, motherhood and daily life inside Fairbanks female facility.