"The things that he did to us will forever haunt us and traumatize us," said a woman identified only as Jane Doe #5.

Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...

A lawsuit filed this week alleges that the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women in Chino ...

Six women and the California Coalition of Women Prisoners have filed suit in Los Angeles against the state Department of ...

Art exhibit 'The Only Door I Can Open' and Flyaway Productions' 'I Give You My Sorrows' speak out for prisoners' rights.

In an executive order, the president also moved to end gender-related medical treatments for transgender people in prison.

A former prison guard was convicted Tuesday of 64 counts of rape, sodomy and sexual battery on 13 female prisoners at California’s state prison in Chowchilla. Gregory Rodriguez, 56, sat with his ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics, and ...

Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.