Early in her second trimester, Linda Acoff was taken into custody for failing to complete court-ordered mental health treatment. After three weeks in the Cuyahoga County Jail in Columbus, Ohio, she ...
For pregnant women who are spending time in prison, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice maintains specialty programs and ...
The third edition of The Mabel Bassett Balance includes a story about what it’s like to be in prison as a teenager, an ...
California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Headway California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated ...