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Self-harm in women's prison up by nearly 20%

The number of self-harm incidents at a women's prison in Surrey has increased by nearly 20% in a year, a report has found. The Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) said a high turnover of prisoners at ...
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Brutal Prison Attack Reveals How Transgender Policies Put Women In Harm’s Way

Faith Booher-Smith, a 28-year-old woman and inmate at Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW), was viciously attacked on August 7 by a 6’4” male child molester identifying as a transgender ...
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In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sexual abuse, and victims are blamed

Editor’s note: The article discusses sexual assault, and contains graphic descriptions that may be offensive to some readers. “Guarded by Predators” is a new investigative series exposing rape and ...
The Conversation

‘No support, no housing, no job’ – the vicious cycle pushing more women into prison

Hilde Tubex receives funding from The Western Australian Office of Crime Statistics and Research (WACSAR) Criminal Justice Research Grant. Natalie Gately receives funding from The Western Australian ...
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“Gaurded by Predators”: In Idaho women’s prisons, guards get away with sexual abuse and victims are blamed

BOISE, Idaho — If they hadn’t met in prison, none of it would have happened like this. On the outside, Jamie Hamilton would have been polite to Derek Stettler, maybe have had “a conversation,” she’d ...