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 ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Re-entering society after being released from prison can be challenging, especially without the right support. Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry (TPOM) is creating a new ...
For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...
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, ...
California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Headway California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated ...