ICE Denies Women in Custody Pads and Tampons, Forcing Them to Bleed or Improvise Using Toilet Papers and Rags

Female and transgender detainees are left without enough pads and tampons, forcing some to use toilet paper, rags and ...
Truthout

Despite Rules to Provide Menstrual Products, Some in ICE Jail Can’t Access Them

For ICE facilities, the agency assigns one of three different sets of standards that guide requirements for providing food, ...
Hartford Courant

Experts: Girls and women in CT prison often have a common backstory: trauma, abuse, poverty

More than two years ago, on the heels of allegations of abuse and neglect at a girls’ group home, the Connecticut legislature instructed a group of experts to study services available for girls ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Singing contest in Rio prison provides creative outlet for women behind bars

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied makeup, donned gowns and competed in a singing contest held on Friday in a Rio de Janeiro prison, during an event designed to ...
Associated Press

Singing contest in Rio prison provides creative outlet for women behind bars

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A group of Brazilian women behind bars applied ...