A female former inmate who says she was sexually victimized by her transgender cellmate has sued the Washington state prison system, arguing that her rights were violated when she was forced to share ...

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The oldest prison for women in the nation is here in Massachusetts. MCI-Framingham, built in 1877, houses about 200 women. More than half of those in custody are serving sentences longer than six ...

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California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Headway California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated ...