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Incarcerated people have a constitutional right to health care, yet only a half-dozen states have passed laws guaranteeing access to prenatal or postpartum medical care for people in custody.

It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier’s door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because they thought she

It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier’s door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because they thought she

It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier's door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because they thought she might have had a miscarriage.

A lack of oversight and standards for pregnancy care in jails is becoming more problematic as the number of incarcerated women rises and abortion restrictions put medical care further out of reach.

The ACLU of Idaho said the bill “really shifts the due process — checks and balances — away from judges and juries and towards police and prosecutors.”

On March 6, 2020, a Kentuckian in Lexington tested positive for the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and Gov. Andy Beshear declared a state of emergency.

Families of incarcerated people spend hundreds to visit, communicate with and support their loved ones, particularly during the holiday season.

Prison commissary prices soar in North Carolina, leaving incarcerated people and their families struggling.

Two companies shape what it’s like to be in prison in most of America. Their opacity gives them power.