An advocate for reform in women’s prisons is calling for an overhaul of federal law following a recent report highlighting ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

America’s prison system is supposed to be one of treatment, rehabilitation, and job and skill education for most non-capital ...

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Governor Maura Healey has announced a $360 million renovation plan for the state’s nearly 150-year-old women’s prison in Framingham, describing the proposal as a means of downsizing the facility, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A powerful new documentary from Connecticut filmmaker Travis Carbonella is shining a light on a familiar face in the fight for prison reform: Barbara Fair. The 76-year-old ...

BEAUMONT, Texas — Former federal prison warden Percy Pitzer has published "A Warden's Path," drawing from his career in corrections to advocate for prison reform and better community reintegration of ...