Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to house state inmates under a new agreement approved Thursday by the Board of ...

A transgender woman incarcerated in New Hampshire’s state men’s prison is suing the state’s Department of Corrections for housing her with men and for denying her gender-affirming care. As Valley News ...

There hasn't been a "substantiated" allegation of sexual abuse by staff against an inmate in the nation's largest jail system since 2021. At first glance, the statistic — based on Los Angeles County ...

As Idaho reckons with revelations of widespread sexual abuse by women’s prison staff, the Trump administration has cut off support meant to help states combat that kind of abuse. Funding for the ...