More than two dozen women in Idaho prisons say guards have sexually abused them and faced little or no consequences, according to new reporting. The nonprofit newsroom InvestigateWest found at least ...

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Faith Booher-Smith, a 28-year-old woman and inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), was viciously attacked on August 7 by a 6’4” male child molester identifying as a transgender ...

This story has been updated to include a statement from The Illinois Department of Corrections. Seven women filed federal lawsuits Wednesday against Logan Correctional Center staff members they said ...

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

Riicarra Janelle Dior is a transgender woman currently serving time at the Grafton Correctional Facility — a men’s prison in Lorain County. Warning: There is discussion of sexual assault and anatomy ...