A new lawsuit accuses a gynecologist at the California Institution for Women prison of systematically abusing incarcerated patients over seven years. Los Angeles, California - A new lawsuit accuses a ...

as well as set restrictions on placing trans women in women’s prison wards, his office said on Wednesday. Presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni stated during a press briefing that the ban would ...

Self-harm among women in prison has skyrocketed over the last decade, with rates of self-harm now over 8 times higher than in the men’s estate. The report, produced by the prisons inspectorate, found ...

The directive specifically mandates that “males are not detained in women’s prisons” and restricts the use of federal funds for gender-affirming medical care within the prison system.

Female prisons have a self-harm rate 8.5 times higher than male jails, as women experience a lack of "basic care" - including a "bizarre rule" that bans them from putting dirty underwear in ...

like women's razors and hair care, is on hold at at least one federal prison in Texas, according to sources who spoke to NPR on the condition of anonymity. Earlier this week, NPR obtained a copy of ...

A lack of “basic care” for women in prisons causes such distress that some inmates resort to harming themselves, inspectors have warned amid rising levels of self-harm in jails. Inspectors ...

In a report published on Wednesday following a review of four jails, chief prisons inspector Charlie Taylor urged for more to be done urgently to help women behind bars cope. The review detailed how ...