Inside Texas' pregnancy care in prison: Where women such as Kristina Chambers stay and are treated

For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...
WREG

Over 100 inmates transported to state prison: SCSO

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said it transported over 100 state inmates to the Tennessee Department of Correction on Wednesday. They said they transported 108 male inmates and ...

ND’s first women’s prison takes shape: construction progress

Construction is moving full speed ahead on the Heart River Correctional Center, North Dakota’s first prison built ...

Number of women in jail soars, despite global push to cut numbers

The number of women in jail globally has soared by 17% in a decade, despite leaders' pledges to put fewer women behind bars ...
WAFB

Inside look at new $160 million women’s prison facility

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The new Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women is the first prison facility to be built in the state in over 35 years. Over $160 million, and more than three years later, ...
VTDigger

Essex rejects state zoning request for new women’s prison

Razor wire lines the recreation yard at the Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington on Aug. 27, 2024. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The Essex town planning commission ...
Boston College

BC Prison Education Program expands to women’s facility

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 ...
The MetroWest Daily News

FreeHer March set for Sept. 13 in Framingham MA to oppose women's prison plan

Formerly incarcerated women will lead a march on Saturday, Sept. 13, from the Framingham Centre Common to MCI-Framingham to protest the state's plan to invest $360 million in renovating the women's ...