The U.S. Department of Justice inquiry follows a lawsuit from a prisoner in the state’s women’s prison who alleged a ...

Three more women have joined a suit against the Maine Department of Corrections over what they say was repeated harassment ...

The Justice Department opened a third federal civil rights investigation Tuesday into a state housing transgender women ...

A federal judge on Wednesday considered whether the Trump administration can move forward with a new Bureau of Prisons policy ...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has opened an investigation into Washington state’s practice of housing transgender women at the Washington Corrections Center for Women near ...

Federal officials are probing whether transgender inmate housing policies in California and Maine violate female inmates' constitutional protections.

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas correctional facility for women with special needs, following claims of sexual ...

JUST SOUTH OF US -- NEW HAMPSHIRE WAS ALSO NAMED IN A SIMILAR LAWSUIT ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OTHER STATES. THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ANNOUNCING THIS AFTERNOON IT WILL INVESTIGATE MAINE'S ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Washington state has violated the rights of female prisoners housed ...

NSW prison guards will now decide whether transgender inmates are housed in men’s or women’s jails — rather than allowing ...

The U.S. Department of Justice states it will investigate allegations of deprivation of female prisoners’ Eighth Amendment ...