Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

Woman serving 39 years for robbery wins miss criminal beauty contest held inside one of the toughest’s women prisons in the world. Woman serving 39 years for robbery wins miss criminal beauty contest ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people. And if Republicans ...

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 ...

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...