"In here, we do not exist anymore," said one trans inmate at Seagoville prison after learning of the earlier planned policy changes. "We are dodos." She spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity because ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte is calling on lawmakers to solve overcrowding in Montana’s prisons. He’s asking for 500 additional beds at the Deer Lodge prison. That’s on top of a $200 million the Legislature ...

Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched ...

By Shaila Dewan and Amy Harmon President Trump has ordered federal prisons to house inmates who are transgender women in men’s facilities and halt medical treatments related to gender transition.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Transgenders rights supporters rally outside of the Supreme Court, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Private prison company CoreCivic has announced it will contract with the State of Montana to transfer 240 inmates to the company's 2,672-bed Tallahatchie County Correctional ...

David Kofi Wuaku, has donated essential supplies to the female inmates at the Ho Central Prisons. The items, which included toiletries and assorted foodstuffs, were aimed at improving the welfare ...

In Pakistan, there has been a 2.8pc increase in the female prison population, with 1,550 female inmates making up 1.5pc of the total prison population in 2024. Of the total, 73.41pc are under trial.

Over 150 women were raped and killed during a mass jailbreak in Congo's Goma, as inmates set fire to the prison. The incident occurred during clashes between M23 rebels and Congolese forces.

In the meantime, hundreds of Montana inmates are being transferred to private prisons in Arizona and Mississippi as a stop gap for a prison population growing faster than the state can manage.