Incarcerated transgender adults and juveniles experience violence and sexual abuse at the hands of inmates and staff, despite constitutional protections. This experience is shared by all transgender ...

Jasmyn Flores was in the lieutenant’s office with three male guards. A thin layer of perspiration glued loose flyaways of her long, dark hair to her forehead. Her heart palpitated, beating against the ...

Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to house state inmates under a new agreement approved Thursday by the Board of ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office has run afoul of a federal law aimed at reducing sexual assaults in jails, leaving 17-year-old inmates with virtually no place to go while awaiting trial in adult ...

Kansas lawmakers have approved a barrage of anti-transgender bills in recent weeks, but the effects on an important and overlooked institution — the state's prisons and jails — are unknown. County ...