A Justice Department memo obtained by Prism says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans to dismantle protections for trans and intersex people in federal, state, and local prisons, jails, and youth detention facilities, according to a government memo ...

A group of female inmates in San Francisco claims sheriff’s deputies filmed them during a mass jail strip-search with male officers watching and cracking jokes. Nearly 20 women have accused San ...

RFE/RL's Belarus Service spoke to women who had been imprisoned at the country's notorious Homel penal colony on politically motivated charges. Now free and living in exile, the former prisoners ...

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 ...

Patients at Carswell medical prison in Texas describe unsanitary conditions, missed treatments and substandard care.

The investigation alleges the DOC failed to properly act to address allegations that prisoners have been subjected to sexual ...

Justice organizations hand-delivered letters to the City Hall offices of elected officials demanding protections for women in ...

A number of correctional officers at York Correctional Institution have been accused of sexual misconduct and charged or ...

Long before the white man arrived with his mirror and his gospel of inferiority, African women were already beautiful. Their skin glowed under the sun’s own spotlight; their hair spoke stories of ...

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 ...