And the state needs a smaller, more modern prison to house and rehabilitate women who committed serious crimes. The existing ...

Women on Long Island face unique postprison job struggles, but a local nonprofit and university partnership offers free ...

Chance opened a transitional house for women reentering society after serving a prison term in North Charleston, one of few ...

RACINE — The warden of Racine’s state prison for young offenders is being honored as Woman of the Year, as part of a program recognizing women for their professional and personal achievements ...

"There is no justification for spending $360 million renovating MCI-Framingham, on top of the annual cost of more than $235,000 per woman," writes one advocate.

Washington County officials have approved a resolution to apply for a $1.5 million grant to expand the Community Rebuilding Initiative by repurposing the former women’s jail in downtown Fayetteville.

The Essex Planning Commission considered rezoning two potentially-viable sites for a new state-proposed women’s correctional ...