This is part of the “Confronting the Women’s Incarceration Crisis” series, where we examine what is driving more women into the system and explore ways to reverse the trend. Read the introduction and ...
At the time of the inspection 360 women were being held at HMP Eastwood Park [PA Media] An unannounced inspection of a women's prison has found it had the highest rate of assaults against staff of any ...
Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...
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Self-harm in women's prison up by nearly 20%
The number of self-harm incidents at a women's prison in Surrey has increased by nearly 20% in a year, a report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said a high turnover of prisoners at ...
California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Headway California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated ...
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