Incarcerated women face challenges in accessing menstrual hygiene productsA new study has shown that among incarcerated women, many have to trade or barter to access menstrual hygiene products. The study, which...
The aging prison population: Causes, costs, and consequences State and federal governments spend increasingly more money on consistently inadequate healthcare for their growing populations of...
Prisons try to adjust as their inmate population grows olderThe number of elderly Americans serving time in prison has skyrocketed in recent decades. In 1991, for example, just 3% of the men and...
Community Mental Health Services May Support Reducing Jail Populations The Stepping Up Initiative — supported by NACo, the American Psychiatric Association Foundation and the Council of State Governments...