Every year, dozens of pregnant women are sentenced to Julia Tutwiler Prison in Alabama, long considered one of the worst female prisons in the country.

On Oct. 16, 2006, she began a yearlong incarceration at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women after pleading guilty to second-degree burglary. "I was scared every day of my life in there," she said.

At one point during Marsha Colby's four-year stint at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women, 72 women shared just two working toilets. "We've had worms come up through the drains in the shower area ...

(The Root) — Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Ala., is in the news again. You may recall that this is the same prison where, in the mid-1980s, prisoners with HIV were segregated from the ...

Tutwiler is the only women's prison in the state, and it holds a record 900 inmates, more than double its 400 capacity.

I'm writing to say Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women is arguably the worst of Alabama’s prisons — a facility built in 1942, designed for 400 inmates, and costing $350,000 to build.

In 2007, a Justice Department report ranked Tutwiler as the women's prison with the most sexual assaults, and 11th among all the prisons studied.

Inmates at Tutwiler Prison faced sexual abuse for years, probe says. Jan. 22, 2014— -- A Justice Department investigation accuses Alabama officials of violating women’s rights by fostering ...

More than 300 surveillance cameras are up and running at the Alabama Department of Corrections' troubled Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka.

Tashiba Watkins resigned from her position at the prison in 2023 after text messages revealed she was paid at least $1,000 by an inmate. Tashiba Watkins, a correctional officer at Julia Tutwiler ...

Every year, dozens of pregnant women are sentenced to Julia Tutwiler Prison in Alabama, long considered one of the worst female prisons in the country. Like most prisons, Tutwiler has nowhere for ...