The U.S. Department of Justice inquiry follows a lawsuit from a prisoner in the state’s women’s prison who alleged a ...

The U.S. Department of Justice states it will investigate allegations of deprivation of female prisoners’ Eighth Amendment ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into Washington's only women's prison over policies ...

The Justice Department is investigating Washington state prisons over allegations that female inmates are unsafe with ...

Vermont lawmakers have passed a sweeping, first-of-its-kind bill expanding protections for transgender people in prison, ...

The Department of Justice is also investigating California and Maine for incarcerating transgender women in facilities for women.

Conservative legal group demands Bureau of Prisons records after a woman was allegedly re-incarcerated for objecting to a male roommate assignment.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Washington state has violated the rights of female prisoners housed ...

One of President Trump's first executive orders impacts transgender inmates incarcerated in federal facilities. It's just one in a series of... Dee Farmer knows all too well what could happen when a ...

Dee Farmer knows all too well what could happen when a trans woman is placed in a prison for men: abuse and assault from prisoners and frequent indifference from prison officials to stop it. While ...

This article first appeared on Mother Jones. It has been republished with the publication’s permission. Six days after President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, Alishea Kingdom went to a ...

Factually, the proposal rejects medically accepted standards of care.