Approximately 150 female inmates were transferred from the Dayton Correctional Institution recently as the facility grapples ...

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, ...

As lawmakers push for accountability for longstanding issues, a Michigan Department of Corrections spokeswoman pushed back ...

A unique program inside the Montana Women's Prison is making a difference for both dogs and the women training them. Known as Prison Paws, the program teaches ...

Momentum is finally building to address longstanding and systemic problems at Michigan’s only women’s prison as state lawmakers, local elected officials, and activists demand answers about mold, ...

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

Michigan's only women's prison faces scrutiny over mold, poor medical care, and inmate deaths. Some state lawmakers are demanding action.

Forty-nine women inmates at a Pennsylvania prison suffered carbon monoxide poisoning believed to have come from a malfunctioning heating system, authorities said Thursday. The women became sick around ...