Protesters gathered outside the state’s largest prison for women Wednesday night and held a baby shower for the pregnant inmates inside, tying balloons to the gate and cheering. Inmates at N.C.

Although there are more men than women in prison, the growth rate of female imprisonment since 1980 has been twice that of men. Female incarceration in the U.S. has increased by more than 585 percent, ...

Landen Glass was sentenced to prison and required community service on Monday for his role in the death of 11-year-old Hailey ...