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The facts are stark: Nearly 60% of women in contact with the justice system have experienced domestic abuse. Self-harm in women’s prisons is at record levels. Many women leave prison with worse mental ...

Long at or overcapacity like the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge, the women’s prison houses 250 inmates. There were 241 inmates in the population before Monday’s transfer, ...

A former guard at Montana Women’s Prison has been accused of raping a woman in custody and smuggling contraband into the prison for her. Andre Hunter pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of ...

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Sexual abuse in prison is underreported, underprosecuted, and routinely ignored. When women do speak up, they face retaliation, face disbelief, or are gaslit into silence.

Women make up less than 5% of California’s prison population, but that small portion faces “double punishment,” said Anne Irwin, the director of prison reform group Smart Justice California ...

Founded in 1873, the 401 N. Randolph St. property was the nation's first women's prison and housed inmates until 2009. After the prison moved to its current Girls School Road location, ...