Female Inmates

14 N.J. COs indicted on charges related to 2021 women's prison raid

The indictments are the latest development in a state criminal probe that resulted in significant fallout, including the departure of the state’s corrections commissioner

Okla. inmate charged with raping handcuffed female inmate

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The inmate was able to leave the booking area unsupervised and rape the female inmate who was handcuffed to a bar attached to a wall while awaiting release

Using technology to reduce recidivism: A novel approach to resident communications and resources

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Tyler Technologies

From a kiosk, tablet or handheld device, incarcerated residents can maintain critical family ties, access medical care and education and keep track of court dates while increasing public safety staff efficiency

Congressman calls for federal investigation into ‘horrors’ at Fort Worth women’s prison

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The nation’s only medical prison for women, FMC Carswell, had the highest rate of sexual assault allegations at any federal women’s prison from 2014 to 2018

Pregnant women held for months in one Ala. jail to protect fetuses from drugs

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Etowah County Detention Center often holds several pregnant and postpartum women in the jail under special bond conditions that require rehab and $10,000 cash

Controversy over why CO delivered a baby inside a N.Y. jail cell

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A corrections officer, not a medical professional, received the newborn, hit him on the back to summon his first breaths and responded when he turned blue, an internal report says

6 years after only women's prison in La. flooded, a new one is being built

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Costing about $150 million, the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women will meet the unique needs of female inmates

Chaplain who sexually abused inmates at gets 7 years in prison

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James Theodore Highhouse forced inmates seeking his spiritual guidance at Calif. prison to have sex with him

Calif. county to pay $480,000 over delayed treatment of pregnant inmate who miscarried

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Deputies took two hours to respond to the homeless woman's call for help, then stopped at Starbucks on the way to the hospital; the woman lost the pregnancy

Wash. DOC aims to develop "robust gender-responsive program" in Women's Prison Division

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The study, called the Gender Informed Practices Assessment, takes a compressive systemic look at women's prison practices

Lawsuit alleges deputy threatened to kill female inmate after rape at Georgia jail

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Rape and sexual battery of female inmates at the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center “was rampant, routine, and widespread,” according to the woman’s lawsuit