On Thursday, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee unanimously approved AB 732, a bill...
Women’s Issues
Across the Nation, States Fail to Meet Pregnant Women’s Health Needs in Prisons
A 50-state survey by the Prison Policy Initiative reveals a dearth of state laws designed to...
Opinion: To End Intimate Partner Violence, We Must Focus on Racial Justice and Healing
By Marc Philpart and Jacquie Marroquin, California Health Report Like millions of Californians...
The Dehumanizing Effects of Inadequate Access to Menstrual Products in Prisons and Jails
Thirty-eight states fail to legally require prisons and jails to provide menstrual products to the...
Because Most Locked-up Women Are in Jail, Not Prison, State Reforms Often Fail to Reach Them
PPI's yearly "big-picture view of incarcerated women helps us see why many recent criminal justice...
Who’s Helping the 1.9 Million Women Released From Prisons and Jails Each Year?
By Wendy Sawyer, Prison Policy Initiative Given the dramatic growth of women’s incarceration in...