California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now. Dena Hernandez, who served 13 years in prison, was resentenced and ...

“My God, you also handed my son freedom,” said Patricia Cortes when she left El Buen Pastor prison on September 17, 2024. She had hoped to be able to guarantee her son’s food and health upon leaving ...

For too many women, prison is “as good as it gets”. New research based on interviews with 80 female prisoners in Western Australia reveals most of these women were “criminalised” by circumstances ...