A new audit from the California state prisons’ inspector general found that five correctional officers who were accused of sexually assaulting incarcerated people over the last dozen years ...

While prison disciplinary policies do not cite periods directly, the PPI report identified at least six types of prison policies used to punish menstruating people: These include rules concerning ...

ALBANY — Black and Hispanic inmates are significantly more likely to experience disparities in disciplinary treatment, the state’s inspector general said Thursday morning, charging the sprawling ...

When Monica Cosby, Tyteanna Williams and Celia Colon talk about the years they spent as inmates at women's prisons in Illinois, their stories often turn to the times they would be disciplined for what ...

Like most other institutions, prisons cannot run on repression alone. Prisoners’ conformity to the rules doesn’t come solely at the end of a baton: there needs to be a carrot as well as a stick. The ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Black and Hispanic people incarcerated in New York state prisons are more likely than white people to face further punishment once they wind up behind bars, according to a state ...

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Corrections, Reentry and Rehabilitation significantly changed their media relations policy by instituting new rules that are unlawful and aim to keep staff and ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Every morning, 53 prison inmates woke up to bright lights and the sound of chow at 4:30 a.m. A small fraction rubbed groggy eyes, put on ...

Women in prison, when compared with incarcerated men, often receive disproportionately harsh punishments for minor violations of prison rules, according to a report released Wednesday by a federal ...