" I am cut to the brains: February 2020

February 27, 2020

The gender gap in prison discipline is real and significant.

Women in prison are given disproportionately longer punishments for infractions committed while behind bars, a new federal study concludes. Female prisoners are more likely to be punished for nonviolent offenses, like disobeying or talking back to corrections officials, and kept at facilities far from their families. 

February 10, 2020