Something happened that was not supposed to happen,” said the attorney who represents the 13 women who sued California prison ...

Federal officials are probing whether transgender inmate housing policies in California and Maine violate female inmates' ...

Survivors and advocates delivered urgent testimony during a budget hearing to address allegations of abuse, retaliation and ...

California has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle claims by 13 women who say they were violently attacked by staff at the Central California Women’s Facility after reporting sexual abuse. The ...

Prisons should not serve as assisted living facilities. Incarcerating people who have aged out of crime is morally ...

Hundreds of elderly women in California prisons remain in inhumane and costly conditions due to inadequate consideration by ...

The Trump administration is launching an investigation into trans women in women’s prisons in California and Maine — after horrific allegations of widespread rape and harassment, including a trans ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced an investigation into ...

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it's investigating whether California and Maine violate the rights of female inmates when they house them with transgender women. The investigation will focus ...

The United States Department of Justice sent formal notices to California Governor Gavin Newsom and Maine Governor Janet Mills on Thursday, announcing the start of federal investigations into the ...

From 2006 to 2010, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 women without getting the proper state approval, according to the Center for Investigative ...