The government is expected to announce the launch of a Women's Justice Board to reduce the number of women in prisons as soon as next week. It is a progressive approach to sentencing that went ...

The activist allegedly took part in unlawful public assemblies to mark the executions of four drug traffickers.

"These risks — and the consequences that have already manifested for women subjected to mixed-sex prison environments — are known, but are being deliberately ignored in deference to laws and ...

Provisions in one of the first orders signed by Trump mandate that transgender women be housed in men's prisons by stripping protections for trans prisoners in the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The ...

A.D. Lewis, an attorney at the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit law firm that focuses on constitutional protections for trans people, estimates there are fewer than 10 trans women in federal women’s ...

One of President Trump's recently-signed executive orders has raised questions about the future of transgender women in prison. On his first day back in office this week, Trump signed what's titled ...

Three transgender women filed an emergency court request to not be transferred to male prisons arguing their safety is at stake. The BOP has traditionally reviewed transgender cases individually ...

A.D. Lewis, an attorney at the Prison Law Office, a nonprofit law firm that focuses on constitutional protections for trans people, estimates there are fewer than 10 trans women in federal women ...

Senior midwives and researchers with experience in criminal and social justice are among those calling for improved maternity provision for pregnant women in UK prisons. In an article published by ...