Educational materials on sexual assault in prisons, produced by the South Dakota Department of Corrections and paid for by federal grant funding. (Photo illustration by John Hult/South Dakota ...

A number of correctional officers at York Correctional Institution have been accused of sexual misconduct and charged or ...

Plaintiff attempts to bolster case against the Women's Center with a 2023 federal audit that found blind spots and an incomplete investigation into staff-on-inmate sexual abuse allegations.

The following article discusses topics of Sexual abuse and assault.** As Idaho reckons with revelations of widespread sexual ...

A Justice Department memo obtained by NPR says detention centers should no longer be inspected using standards specifically designed to keep LGBTQ and intersex inmates safe. Andrew Harnik / AP The ...

New York State’s Bedford Hills Correctional facility, Illinois’ Pontiac Correctional Center and Albion Correctional Facility in New York State are the three U.S. prisons with the highest reported ...

Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to house state inmates under a new agreement approved Thursday by the Board of ...

This comes just days after a DOJ memo revealed plans to dismantle prison rape protections for trans and intersex people.