Nearly all states allowing jails and prisons to charge incarcerated people for room and board or medical care highlights a deeper problem: their families, especially Black women, are forced to cover ...

New research reveals how passed-down prison debt drives the loved ones of incarcerated people, particularly Black women, into deeper poverty. With Black people making up 37% of the local jail and ...

*Incarceration fees in 48 states are placing a heavy financial load on families, particularly Black women, according to a new Campaign Zero report. Per Axios, Black individuals make up 37% of jail and ...

HARTFORD, Conn. — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished. When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford ...

For Cecily McMillan, getting mail while incarcerated was a complex project. Any letter that was sent to her went through a metal detector and was opened by correctional officers before landing in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BUFFALO — A Niagara Falls woman has been sentenced to just under two years in federal prison for her role in a scheme involving ...