New prison’s programs will reduce state’s world-leading rate of incarcerated women, official says

South Dakota leads the nation in female incarceration. A new $87M women’s prison in Rapid City aims to expand rehabilitation ...
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South Dakota Banks on New Women’s Prison to Curb World-Leading Incarceration Rate

About 338 of every 100,000 women are behind bars in the state. Officials say the new facility could finally curb the nation’s ...
The Hill

Judge orders transgender inmates returned to women’s prisons

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ordered the federal Bureau of Prisons to transfer two transgender women inmates back to federal women’s prisons after they had been sent to men’s facilities in the ...
The Bismarck Tribune

Women inmates share their experiences at remote ND prison

NEW ENGLAND — When the high-pitched noise from a key-cutting machine paused intermittently, the lull of country music could be heard mingling with the whir of sewing machines. A dozen hands of ...

Transgender inmates separated from females at special needs women’s prison following sexual abuse claims

A federal judge granted an order separating transgender inmates from female detainees at a Texas correctional facility for ...
KENS

Former corrections officer at Indiana Women's Prison sentenced for rape of inmate, sexual misconduct

INDIANAPOLIS — A former corrections officer at the Indiana Women's Prison was sentenced after raping an inmate at the prison. Uzochukwu Chinweze was sentenced to 11 years after being found guilty of ...
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Man accused of battering inmate when he worked at state women's prison north of Ocala

Former Florida Women's Reception Center corrections officer Adrian Hernandez was arrested for allegedly battering an inmate. Hernandez faces charges of malicious battery on an inmate and falsifying a ...