Judy Brossard had no idea how large an undertaking it would be when she and two friends were approached 15 years ago to knit ...

which is a state correctional facility for women. NINA MOINI: You mentioned that you're bringing access to the arts to people who are either in Shakopee or in other prisons or incarcerated.

Meeker County Judge Stephanie Beckman sentenced 27-year-old Jaimee Traylor to 132 months at the women's prison in Shakopee after a Meeker County jury found her guilty of 3rd degree murder last ...

A woman serving 20 to 45 years in prison argued that incarcerating women during childbearing years violates reproductive ...

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their ...

Last Friday afternoon, Kara Sternquist, a trans woman in custody at a federal women’s prison in Fort Worth, Texas, was taken from her unit. A guard told Sternquist that she had an unexpected ...

After three years of planning and retrofitting, the women’s prison at Vandalia is expected to open a nursery in February that can serve up to 14 mothers and their babies for 18 months at a time.

A 66-year-old woman was sentenced Thursday to 28 to 56 years in prison for killing her former domestic partner in Rochester in 2023.

Cheryl Thomas, women’s services manager for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, testifies Jan. 15, 2024, about a proposed nursery program at the women's prison under construction in ...