When I entered the adult prison system in the early 2000s, there were a little more than 163,000 people incarcerated in ...

Cosmetology students at Nevada’s Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center turned the tassels on their graduation caps after walking the stage Monday.

A woman serving a life sentence for her role in the murder of her husband in 1990 will have a second chance at life under the ...

But the women also forge tight bonds ... She found "the worst thing was the mental pressure and tensions inside the prison". Finding a quiet place in the crowded cells, where people spend most ...

But for the women, it was even easier for them to think ... nonprofit organization dedicated to cultivating media centers inside prisons.

Efforts to reform life inside the walls of the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla are making headway. But most ...

Leanne Strong, 54, pleaded no contest to delivery of methamphetamine. "I'm disgusted with the choices I made in this case," ...

I filtered through complaints about our publication, grievances against the state and many good prison stories. There were writers of persuasion and eloquence. But the letters that took my breath — ...

The Paper Trail is a newspaper run by inmates that serves women’s prisons across the state. Photo by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Welcome to CalMatters, the only ...