At least three prisons have a 50% vacancy rate, with some so short-staffed that they have been incapable of complying with policies on safety, medical treatment and solitary confinement.

Trump’s order says it is intended to protect women’s spaces from those who “self-identify” as women. It defines the sexes in an unconventional way, based on the reproductive cells — large cells in ...

Negasi Zuberi, 31, of Klamath Falls, Oregon, was sentenced to life in federal prison today for kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women, and holding one in a cell he constructed in his garage.

A female former inmate who says she was sexually victimized by her transgender cellmate has sued the Washington state prison ... s cell at the Washington Corrections Center for Women after transfe ...

A former inmate at a Washington state women ... transferred to a women’s prison, according to the lawsuit. When the state granted the request and placed Williams in a cell with Clark, the ...

“There is no doubt that the men and women of (the ... The 1954 riot at the state penitentiary began when two prisoners feigned illness, overpowered responding guards and started opening cells. The ...

“There is no doubt that the men and women ... state penitentiary began when two prisoners feigned illness, overpowered responding guards and started opening cells. The breakout grew until the ...

received a transfer to the women's prison, where the felon allegedly quickly started harassing and threatening a female cellmate, according to a federal lawsuit against the State of Washington ...

The Marshall Project examines new restrictions on gender-affirming care in prisons, from confiscating undergarments to ...

A former inmate at a Washington state women’s prison was repeatedly sexually assaulted by her hulking transgender cellmate — who was transferred to the prison after changing her gender ...