Women are the fastest growing prison population in the United States. Other than constituting yet another indication of how deeply flawed the American criminal justice system is, this fact has brought to light the incompetence of federal and private prisons in providing female inmates (particularly pregnant ones) proper medical care and protection from the rampant physical and sexual abuse they are subject to in detention. Click here to read the article in Fair Planet by Yair Oded about proposed legislation that would provide better trauma-informed care and health services for women in prison, and facilitate and strengthen their communication with their families.