Early in her second trimester, Linda Acoff was taken into custody for failing to complete court-ordered mental health treatment. After three weeks in the Cuyahoga County Jail in Columbus, Ohio, she ...
In the federal prison system, 64% of the women serving time are drug offenders. It’s not that women are committing more crimes today; it’s simply that the penalties have changed and judges are now ...
MCI-Framingham, Massachusetts’ only state-run prison for women, is antiquated, inefficient, and inadequate. But Governor Maura Healey’s plans for an expensive rebuild of the facility are butting up ...