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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Department of Justice said it would investigate two state women’s facilities to determine ‘if those prisons ...

The Trump administration is launching an investigation into trans women in women’s prisons in California and Maine — as a law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom has led to horrific allegations of rape and ...

A California correctional officer stands at a gate on the grounds of Valley State Prison in Chowchilla, Calif., in July 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday, March 26, 2026, that it ...

America’s federal prison system is running a 20th-century operation against 21st-century threats. If Congress is serious about public safety, it must modernize the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Right now ...

Lindsay Foreman was hunched over the landline in Ward 7 of Tehran’s Evin prison, telling her son Joe that the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign had started. Warplanes had been circling above the Iranian ...

The Philadelphia Department of Prisons has increased its correctional officer staffing by 27% since April 2024, marking a significant turnaround for a system that struggled with severe shortages ...

R. Kelly has been released from isolation at a federal prison in North Carolina after spending roughly two weeks in the facility’s Special Housing Unit while officials investigated his possession of a ...

Transgender people have been the focus of an aggressive legislative push to mitigate their access to health care in recent years, and now trans prisoners are facing a new offensive. President Donald ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Busà Photography The United States’ federal prison system no longer offers gender-affirming care to incarcerated trans people ...

*Director Andrew Jarecki, known for “The Jinx,” takes audiences deep into the walls of Alabama’s prisons in his latest documentary, “The Alabama Solution,” currently streaming on HBO and nominated for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a consultant on white-collar crime and former convicted felon. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) currently operates 122 ...