Tucked away in the Central Valley, Central California Women's Facility sits off Highway 99 between Fresno and Merced. Farmland surrounds much of the prison, and visitors are rare. The 640-acre ...

I’ll be thinking of those 3,499 women in England and Wales who will be spending the day in prison. There will be colourful displays in prison libraries with pictures of Marie Curie, Oprah and ...

The estate of Jim Cappello was awarded $10 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. He was murdered by his wife, Nikki Cappello.

Stevi D Dowells/Instagram Two women were allegedly strangled to death during conjugal visits to their husbands at the same California prison — just four months apart. Tania Thomas, 47 ...

MARYLAND (WBFF) — Two Maryland women have been sentenced to prison time and to pay restitution for exploiting an elderly person at an assisted living facility. Maryland Attorney General Anthony ...

At a vigil across the road from Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Fond du Lac, Wis., advocates sought to increase attention on the women’s prison. The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice ...

Willette Benford, 60, spent almost half her life in prison. Now, she's a senior advisor to the first lady of Illinois, M.K. Pritzker. Together, they're focused on addressing barriers women face in ...

Two women were allegedly strangled by their partners during conjugal visits at a California prison in 2024. The Amador County District Attorney is calling for a suspension of the visits and a ...

More than half a dozen women have testified so far about Smith. Some were released from prison early on "compassionate release" because of what Smith allegedly did to them. Others are still ...

To address this issue, organizations like Mujeres Libres, which works to guarantee the rights of women in prison and their families, have conducted workshops to socialize the regulation in prisons ...