The female prison population has grown twice as fast as the male one over the past 35 years — and facilities are slowly starting to take women's experiences and needs into account.

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Two former West Virginia correctional officers have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles in an assault that ...

That time in prison was my last — Sept. 25, 1997, my 29th birthday. I was so scared. Each time I left prison or the Los Angeles County jail, I had a desire to succeed.

Jail vs. prison Ironically, despite the fact that many jail inmates will never even go to trial, let alone be convicted, the living conditions in jails tend to be worse than those in prisons.

Prison and jail escapes happen when inmates have a combination of two things: “Motivation and opportunity,” said Peterson. Motivation is “inherent,” he said, particularly among inmates ...