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North America
Women
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United States
The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons said Monday it will close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.
Europe
Overcrowding
United Kingdom
Scotland’s prison population has reached its highest since 2020.
North America
Activities
Social ties
United States
There is growing recognition among prison leaders that children are also affected by incarceration. Some prisons are looking for ways to build and maintain family ties during incarceration.
United States: women emerging from prison face disproportionate challenges to resuming their lives
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North America
Women
Rehabilitation
United States
Ohio — an epicenter of the opioid crisis — is among the states that experienced the most dramatic jump in female prisoners. Programs aimed at helping women stay out of prison once they’re released have not grown at nearly the same pace, according to the National Institute of Justice.
North America
Minors
Access to legal rights
Activities
United States
New court filings say that the city is violating an eight-year-old court order mandating access to education for people under 22.
Women
Asia
Rehabilitation
Malaysia
Charin Promwichit said the ‘Penjanaan Pendapatan Bagi Wanita Bangkit Bersasar’ (Webawa) programme will involve female detainees on parole and former female prisoners who are on licenced release, those undergoing prison programmes, former women ODP and OBB as well as wives of prison inmates.
North America
Facilities
Alternatives
United States
Gov. Gavin Newsom went far beyond the promise he made in his first year in office to close at least one California state prison. But now, he is resisting calls from criminal justice advocates and liberal state lawmakers to shutter five more penitentiaries.
North America
Access to legal rights
Social ties
United States
A pair of lawsuits filed this month claim that two county jails in Michigan banned in-person family visits for inmates several years ago as a way to boost county revenues from the increased number of phone calls and electronic messaging that resulted.