While men historically receive the majority of extreme prison sentences, some women around the world have faced extraordinarily long terms for crimes ranging from murder and fraud to political ...

Evangelina Perez lost count of the number of times her mother, Martha Perez, called her from federal prison, gasping for breath because she had missed dialysis treatments for her kidney failure. At 59 ...

Gov. Phil Murphy participates in a groundbreaking for a new Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Chesterfield on Oct. 15, 2025. Beside him are Myrna Diaz, who was incarcerated for 14 years at Edna ...

As Christmas approaches in a women's prison, the decorations and trees become brighter and fill up more of the available space, covering up blank walls and distracting the eye from harsh lighting and ...

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of ...

Prison doulas and legislative interventions can be a lifeline for incarcerated pregnant women. But the most important solution is to abolish prison births altogether. After utilizing a doula while ...

Work is underway to build a new state prison for women to replace the dilapidated Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Clinton. (Courtesy of the Department of Corrections) New Jersey ...