Federal officials are probing whether transgender inmate housing policies in California and Maine violate female inmates' constitutional protections.

A former medical worker is sentenced to 4.3 years in prison, closing the final criminal case tied to the largest sexual abuse ...

California has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle claims by 13 women who say they were violently attacked by staff at the Central California Women’s Facility after reporting sexual abuse. The ...

The United States Department of Justice sent formal notices to California Governor Gavin Newsom and Maine Governor Janet Mills on Thursday, announcing the start of federal investigations into the ...

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it’s investigating whether California and Maine violate the rights of female inmates when they house them with transgender women. The investigation will focus ...

Assistant Atty. Gen. Harmeet Dhillon, who leads the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, announced an investigation into two California prisons on Thursday. (Andrew Harnik / Associated Press) ...

"Something happened that was not supposed to happen," said the attorney who represents the 13 women who sued California prison officials.

Women’s advocates are celebrating a federal investigation into trans inmates in California prisons who they claim are putting women at risk — calling the probe long overdue. The Department of Justice ...

The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it's investigating whether California and Maine violate the rights of female inmates when they house them with transgender women. The investigation will focus ...